Lubhalwe nguPalesa Matlala
Owake waba yilungu leSpecial Task Force osolwa ngokubulala ufakazi oqavile weKhomishini kaMadlanga unqatshelwe ibheyili ngemuva kokuthi inkantolo ithole ukuthi angase abaleke noma abeke ofakazi engozini.
INkantolo yesiFunda yaseBrakpan inqume ukuthi uMatipandile Sotheni usengozini yokubaleka futhi angaphazamisa ofakazi uma ededelwa ngebheyili.
USotheni ubhekene namacala angu-16 ahlobene nelokubulala uMarius van der Merwe owathula ubufakazi phambi kweKhomishini kaMadlanga njengoWitness D.
Umsolwa osolwa ngokubulala ufakazi oqavile owethula ubufakazi phambi kweKhomishini kaMadlanga usazogqunywa ejele ngemuva kokuthi iNkantolo yesiFunda yaseBrakpan isichithile isicelo sakhe sebheyili.
Owayeyilungu leSpecial Task Force uMatipandile Sotheni uvele enkantolo ngoMsombuluko, ngethemba lokuthi uzodedelwa ngesikhathi esalinde ukuqulwa kwecala.
Esikhundleni salokho, iMantshi uTlakale Sathekge ikhiphe isinqumo sokuthi uSotheni uhlulekile ukuveza ubufakazi obekuzokwenza athole ibheyili.
Inkantolo ithole ukuthi ukumdedela kungabeka ofakazi engcupheni futhi kusongela ubuqotho becala.
USathekge uthe maningi amathuba okuthi uSotheni angakwazi ukuphazamisa ofakazi, afihle noma acekele phansi ubufakazi bese ebalekela ukuqulwa kwecala uma enikezwa ibheyili.
Imantshi iphinde yaveza ubucayi bamacala nokuthi kungenzeka agwetshwe isikhathi eside ejele uma uSotheni elahlwa yicala.
“Ummangalelwa uhlulekile ukusungula izimo ezingavamile ezimenza akhululwe,” kutholwe inkantolo.
USotheni ubhekene namacala angu-16, okubalwa awokubulala ngenhloso, awokwakha itulo lokubulala namanye abucayi ahlobene nokubulawa kukaMarius van der Merwe.
UVan der Merwe, owaziwa esidlangalaleni ngelikaWitness D, ube yingxenye yeKhomishini kaMadlanga ngemuva kokwethula ubufakazi obuqanda ikhanda mayelana nezinsolo zobugebengu ezibandakanya izikhulu zomthetho kanye nonogada abazimele.
Ngesikhathi ethula ubufakazi, uVan der Merwe wahlanganisa amalungu oMbutho Wamaphoyisa aseNingizimu Afrika, uMnyango Wamaphoyisa kaMasipala waseKurhuleni kanye nezinhlaka ezizimele ecaleni lokubulala nokulahlwa kwesidumbu sika-Emmanuel Mbense.
Ubufakazi bakhe badonsa ukunaka okukhulu komphakathi.
UVan der Merwe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wadutshulwa wabulawa ngaphandle komuzi wakhe eBrakpan.
Umbuso uthi uSotheni unesandla ekubulaweni kwabantu.
Ngesikhathi kulalelwe isicelo sebheyili, ithimba labammeli bakaSotheni lathi ukumgcina ezitokisini kuzofaka ubunzima obukhulu kwezezimali nomndeni wakhe.
Abammeli bakhe bathi wondla izingane ezintathu, abazali bakhe asebekhulile nezingane zikadadewabo.
Baphinde bathi imibandela yebheyili eqinile ingase ixazulule ukukhathazeka kwakhe ngokubaleka noma ukuphazamisa ofakazi.
Kodwa inkantolo yazichitha lezo zinkulumo.
USathekge uthole ukuthi uSotheni akazange ayiqinisekise ngokugcwele inkantolo ngesimo sakhe futhi waphawula nokuthi akuyena umnakekeli wokuqala wezingane zakhe.
Inkantolo iphinde yakwamukela okushiwo wumbuso ukuthi icala abhekene nalo libukeka liqinile okwamanje.
INational Prosecuting Authority isamukele isinqumo, esithathwa njengokunqoba okubalulekile kwabashushisi njengoba belungiselela ukuqulwa kwecala.
Icala lihlehliselwe umhlaka-30 kuNtulikazi ukuze kuqhutshekwe nophenyo.
Ngaphandle kwenkantolo, udadewabo kaVan der Merwe, uNatasha, uthe lesi sinqumo siletha imizwa ehlukene.
“Impela kuwukunqoba kodwa ukunqoba okubuhlungu,” esho.
“Sizobe siyibungaza sonke lento kodwa ifika nemizwa yokuthi bamthathelani umfowethu? Kungani bekumele bambulale ngaleyandlela?”
Njengoba icala lobugebengu liya phambili, abaphenyi bayaqhubeka nokwakha icala labo kwelinye lezindaba ezibhekwe kakhulu ezixhumene neKhomishini kaMadlanga.
Osesithombeni esingenhla: Owayeyilungu le-Special Task Force uMatipandile Sotheni uvele eNkantolo yesiFunda yaseBrakpan.
Umthombo wesithombe: Ifayela