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INkantolo Yesifunda sase-East London ithole icala lokuqala elibhekene nabantu abahlanu ngokushona kwabantu abasha abangu-21 e-Enyobeni Tavern ngo-2022.
Icala manje lizoya kuMqondisi Wezokushushiswa Komphakathi, ozonquma ukuthi noma ubani kulaba abahlanu ubhekene namacala obugebengu.
Uphenyo luthole ukuthi abantu abahlanu bangase babe necala lobugebengu ngokushona kwentsha engu-21 e-Enyobeni Tavern ngoNhlangulana ka-2022. Imindeni ibuthene ukuze ithandaze eNkantolo Yesifunda sase-East London eMdantsane ngoLwesihlanu, ngaphambi kwesinqumo.
IMantshi uMkhululi Lomalindi inqume ukuthi ukushona, okubangelwe i-crush asphyxia ngomhlaka-26 kuNhlangulana ka-2022, kungenzeka ukuthi kwabangelwa isenzo noma ukungenzi lutho okufana necala labantu abahlanu: usayitsheni wamaphoyisa uThabile Kondile wesiteshi samaphoyisa saseScenery Park, umnikazi wethaveni uVuyokazi Ndevu, umphathi wethaveni uSiyakhangela Ndevu, unogada uTembisa Diko, kanye nomhloli omkhulu weBhodi yotshwala yase-Eastern Cape uZuko Lizani.
Lokhu kuyisinqumo sokuqala, hhayi icala lobugebengu. Irekhodi lophenyo manje lizonikezwa uMqondisi Wezokushushiswa Komphakathi, ozonquma ukuthi noma ubani kulaba abahlanu kufanele abhekane namacala obugebengu.
Izisulu ezingu-21, abafana abangu-12 namantombazane ayisishiyagalolunye aneminyaka ephakathi kuka-13 no-21, bashonele endaweni eScenery Park ngesikhathi sephathi “yokuphothula izivivinyo zesikole”.
UVuyokazi Ndevu nomyeni wakhe base bevele belahlwe yicala ngoNhlolanja ka-2024 ngokudayisa utshwala kubantwana abancane, futhi bahlawuliswa u-R5,000 ngamunye. Lolu phenyo lwaluyinqubo ehlukile, ikakhulukazi ukunquma ukuthi ubani okufanele abekwe icala ngokufa ngokwabo.
Ofakazi abangaphezu kuka-30 bafakaze cishe eminyakeni emibili yokulalelwa kwecala.
NgoNcwaba ka-2024, iNkantolo Ephakeme yase-East London yayala ukuthi ithaveni ibhidlizwe zingakapheli izinsuku ezingu-90 futhi yavimbela indawo ukuthi isebenze njengethaveni futhi ngaphandle kokuthi ihlangabezana nazo zonke izidingo zomthetho.
NgoMbasa, iKhomishini Yamalungelo Abantu yaseNingizimu Afrika yakhipha umbiko wayo wokugcina ngale nhlekelele, yenza okutholakele okubi kakhulu ngokumelene neBhodi Yotshwala, amaphoyisa, kanye noMasipala waseBuffalo City Metropolitan.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Abasebenzi bezobunhloli baphenya ngemuva kokushona kwamakhasimende atholakale ngaphakathi kwe-Enyobeni Tavern, eScenery Park, ngaphandle kwe-East London esifundazweni sase-Eastern Cape, eNingizimu Afrika ngomhlaka-26 ngoNhlangulana ka-2022.
Umthombo wesithombe: Reuters