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Ochwepheshe bathi bekungeke kwenzeke ukuthi umuntu adubule izimoto ebezihamba ngesivinini emgwaqeni omkhulu.
Lokhu kuqhuma kwenzeke ngemuva komhlangano we-ANC futhi kwenzeke ngaphambi kokwethulwa komkhankaso kaMashatile.
Umbiko wamaphoyisa ukuchithile ukuthi alikho icala lokuzama ukubulala iPhini likaMengameli, uMnuz Paul Mashatile, uthi kungenzeka ukuthi uhide lwezimoto zakhe lushaywe yizinhlamvu eziphaphalazile.
Uhide lwezimoto zikaMashatile ludubuleke ngomhlaka-30 kuNdasa ngesikhathi egoduka evela emhlanganweni weKomidi eliPhezulu le-ANC e-Birchwood Hotel eKurhuleni.
Kodwa amaphoyisa athi mhlawumbe bekungahlosiwe. Imithombo emibili itshele i-News24 ukuthi lokhu kuqhuma kwesibhamu kuqhamuke endaweni ekude yashaya izimoto zakhe ngesikhathi ihamba ku-N12 ngase-Gilllooly’s Interchange noma ku-N3 ngase-Modderfontein.
UMashatile ubeselibangise emzini wakhe ose-Waterfall Estate obiza u-R37 million ngesikhathi kudubuleka izimoto.
Amaphoyisa agxile ezintweni ezimbili ukuthi isibhamu siqhamuke kuphi, nokuthi onogada basabele ngendlela efanele yini. Akekho noyedwa obekulolu hambo ophendule ngesikhathi, nokuyinto edide ezinye izikhulu.
Esinye sezizathu zokudideka ukuthi uMengameli Cyril Ramaphosa uthathe umzila ofanayo emizuzwini embalwa edlule. Njengoba izimoto zicishe zifane, abanye basola ukuthi okungalungile kungenzeka ukuthi bekuhloswe ngakho nakuba ochwepheshe besho okunye.
Ukudubula useceleni komgwaqo ezimotweni ezigijimaho bekungaba nzima kakhulu.
I-News24 ibike ukuthi odubulile bekuzodingeka adubule kwelinye lamabhuloho ayisishiyagalolunye noma umngcele ophakathi nendawo, ezindaweni ezibonakala kakhulu neziyingozi.
ULawrence Motshage, ongunogada eduze no-N12, uthe ubugebengu buyivelakancane kule ndawo futhi noma ikuphi ukuqhuma kwesibhamu kuvame ukuvela emijondolo eseduze futhi ngezimpelasonto kuphela.
Lesi sigameko sabikwa ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingu-21 ngosuku okwaqalwa ngalo umkhankaso ezinkundleni zokuxhumana osihloko sithi Mashatile iThemba Lethu (Mashatile Our Hope), okwabhebhethekisa amahlebezi okuthi kungenzeka iPhini likaMengameli ladlala lo mdlalo ukuze kuqalwe umkhankaso wokufuna umengameli we-ANC ngo-2027.
UMashatile yena wasibukela phansi lesi sigameko ngesikhathi ethula inkulumo yakhe ngeSonto lePhasika. “Ngaqale ngacabanga ukuthi amatshe, kodwa abavikeli bathi umthelela unamandla kakhulu.”
Isazi sobugebengu uDkt Guy Lamb uthe, “Asikuboni ukubulawa kwabantu ngezibhamu. Uma bekuhleliwe, bekuhlelwe kabi.”
Uchwepheshe we-Ballistics uThomas Wolmarans wachaza ukuthi ukudubula kwezinyoni kuphelelwa amandla ngokushesha futhi ngeke kubhoboze imoto eyiloluhlobo. Uthe nomonakalo obonakale ezithombeni awufani nesibhamu esinamandla.
UMashatile akakasho ukuthi lokhu bekuwumzamo wokubulala impilo yakhe, kodwa nethimba lakhe alikazilungisi izimangalo zabezindaba. Umeluleki wakhe uKeith Khoza utshele i-Sunday World ukuthi imoto ishaywe into ebukeka sengathi isibhamu.”
Noma kunjalo, amaphoyisa ayangabaza ukuthi kusetshenziswe isibhamu sohlobo lwe-9mm. Ukube bekunjalo, onogada bebengeke baphazame ngomsindo wamatshe.
Osesithombeni esingenhla: UPaul Mashatile.
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