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Oyilungu lekomidi leMeya yezokuphepha komphakathi uDkt Mgcini Tshwaku ukugxekile ukubulawa waphinde wayala ukuthi kuqiniswe amaphoyisa ukuze kunqandwe udlame lwamatekisi e-Alexandra nase-Marlboro.
Amaphoyisa ase-Gauteng aqinisekise ukuthi kushone abantu ababili kwathi abanye abahlanu balimala ngesikhathi oshayasibhamu abebehamba nge-BMW X5 emhlophe bevulela ngenhlamvu bebhekise ezimotweni zikaMoekeletsi.
Isikhulu samatekisi uMolefe Moekeletsi bese kuneminyaka esinda ekufeni. Usinde kwizinhlamvu, umlilo nezinsongo kwaze kwaba yilapho ababulali bemthola ngoLwesine ekuseni.
Usihlalo we-Alexandra, iRandburg, iMidrand, iSandton Taxi Association (ARMSTA) udutshulwe wabulawa e-Marlboro, kanye nonogada bakhe. Unogada wesibili nomshayeli ongenacala basesibhedlela belwela izimpilo zabo.
Ngokwemithombo yamaphoyisa, uMoekeletsi uthintwe kusasele usuku nje ukuthi ashone ngemuva kokuthi amaphoyisa ethole imibiko yokuthi usethola izinsongo ezintsha zokubulawa. Bekumele enze isitatimende.
Ukubulawa kuphawula ukuphela kwesahluko esinodlame esamlandela iminyaka.
NgoNhlaba ka-2019, uMoekeletsi wasinda ngokulambisa ngesikhathi amadoda amabili abehlomile evulela ngenhlamvu emahhovisi e-ARMSTA e-Wynberg. Wasinda kodwa bebelokhu bemqondile.
Ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva, ngoNcwaba ka-2019, indawo yakhe yase-Marlboro yaphinde yahlaselwa. Kungene izigebengu ebezihlomile kungakasi zashisa amatekisi ayishumi abepake kule ndawo.
Ekhuluma nabezindaba ngesikhathi kushiswa amatekisi akhe, uMoekeletsi wathi uyenqaba ukuhlala ngokwesaba. “Ngikholelwa kumninimandla onke, oyonquma usuku engisuka ngalo kulo mhlaba kodwa hhayi ngesibhamu,” esho ngaleso sikhathi.
Kodwa leso sibhamu sigcine simtholile.
UMolefe ulandelwe esuka ekhaya wabulawa e-Marlboro ngoLwesine.
Okhulumela amaphoyisa esifundazweni sase-Gauteng uColonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi uthe lesi sigameko senzeke ku-8th Street e-Marlboro ngesikhathi oshayasibhamu abebehamba nge-BMW X5 emhlophe bevulela ngenhlamvu bebhekise ezimotweni ezimbili i-Audi neveni i-Mahindra.
“Umshayeli we-Audi kanye nomgibeli weveni bashonele endaweni yesigameko, kwathi abathathu balimala baphuthunyiswa esibhedlela, kwathi izakhamuzi ezimbili zalimala ngesikhathi imoto abebehamba ngayo ishayisa i-Audi,” kusho uNevhuhulwi.
Imoto yabasolwa yatholwa kamuva ishiywe endaweni engamakhilomitha ambalwa eduze nomfula i-Jukskei. Amaphoyisa aphenya amacala amabili okubulala nayisihlanu okuzama ukubulala, okusolwa ukuthi yimbangela yodlame lwamatekisi.
Oyilungu lekomidi leMeya yezokuphepha komphakathi eGoli, uDkt Mgcini Tshwaku, ubize lesi sigameko sokubulawa kwabantu ngesihluku obekuhloswe ngaso ukubhebhethekisa izimpi zamatekisi. “Lokhu kuwukutuela ngamathe isivumelwano sokuthula esisayinwe emasontweni amahlanu edlule.
“Sicela izinhlangano zamatekisi nabahlali ukuthi banqabe ukuziphindiselela bavumele umthetho uthathe indawo yawo,” usho kanje.
Inxusa lezokuthula e-Alexandra, uThabo Mopasi, uthe umphakathi kumele uguqule ubuhlungu obukuwo ube ukuthula. “Sengathi ifa likaSihlalo u-Moekeletsi lingakhuthaza ukuzibophezela okuvuselelwe ekuthuleni nasekuzinzeni ngaphakathi kwe-ARMSTA,” esho.
Eminyakeni edlule, i-ARMSTA ilahlekelwe ngabaholi abambalwa odlameni lwamatekisi okuhlanganisa noSam Budza, uTello Selepe, u-Isaac Seriti kanye noBethuel “Hosi” Hlongwane. Akekho noyedwa kubabulali babo osebanjiwe.
Esikhathini esingangenyanga nje edlule, ngomhlaka-19 kuMandulo, uMoekeletsi wayeme phambi kwamakhulu eKwabhekilanga Sports Ground e-Alexandra ukuze aphawule lokho abaphathi bamatekisi abakubiza ngokuthi “ukuphela kokuchitheka kwegazi.”
Ukhumbuze abashayeli ukuthi i-Alexandra yake yaba yisizinda sodlame lwamatekisi eNingizimu Afrika, ebanxusa ukuthi bayeke ukubulalana ngenxa yamandla nemizila.
“Uma ungamfuni umholi linda kuphele ihlandla lakhe bese umkhipha ngevoti,” usho kanje emcimbini.
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Esithombeni esingenhla: UMolefe Moekeletsi udutshulwe wabulawa eMarlboro ngoLwesine odlameni okusolakala ukuthi lukhona ematekisini.
Umthombo wesithombe: Sithunyelwe