He was at a local river when a viper struck him ... was praying at a river at Hazelmere and said a black snake which he thought was a black mamba came across him and bit him on his left foot.

A 27-year-old man was bitten by a Black Mamba while praying beside a river in Hazelmere, KwaZulu-Natal, early Saturday morning. At about 6.30 am, a concerned citizen phoned the Reaction Unit South ...