Terrifying video has emerged from South Africa of an expletive-ridden altercation between a man wielding a wooden stick and another motorist.

In the video, filmed on September 5 in the Cape Winelands, filmer Egan Ezra is confronted in his car by another driver for not maintaining the correct distance between vehicles.

Getting out of his vehicle - which has a girl seated in the front passenger seat - and grabbing what appears to be a pick-handle‚ the aggressor approaches Ezra and screams in Afrikaans: “Ek sal jou f****n dood bliksem‚ jy ry soos n p**s”.

Local reports translate this loosely as: “I will f****n beat you to death. You drive like a p**s.”

Happily, the two later reconciled. Video shows the two taking part in a Christian feet-washing ritual aimed at showing humility towards each other.

This is what happened after the caucasian gentleman cut me off and almost caused an accident. When I drove drove past him he yelled, "F***ing Hotnot!". Hotnot is a derogatory term used for people who are mixed race. I sped ahead of him and he came back a 2nd time trying to run me off the road. I saw his daughter with her phone out, taking photos or video. That's when I took my phone out as well. He pulled over and I stopped behind him and this is what happened. He threatened my life, struck me in the face and tried to pull me out of my car.