Image: SimpleImagesSource: Getty ImagesFREE STATE — An argument over a cigarette spiraled into a fatal assault in Mokwallo, leaving a 61-year-old father dead and his son facing murder charges in the Vredefort Magistrate’s Court. Upon arrival, officers found Ndode Lenong severely beaten in his bed, suffering from pronounced facial swelling and critical head trauma. The violent incident occurred in the same province where a father and son were murdered in Virginia days before. A man and his father fought over a cigarette. The conviction followed a violent incident that occurred in January 2024, where the accused's actions left a 69-year-old woman with fractured arms while trying to protect the child.