Dylan Bettencourt
NgoLwezi ngonyaka odlule, uMhloli-Jikelele Wezobunhloli (u-IGI) wamemezela ukuthi uphenya lowo owayenguMphathi wezinhloli uMahlodi Muofhe.
Izinsolo ezenziwa ngesikhathi sengxoxo eyayikumabonakude noMhloli-Jikelele Wezobunhloli uSetlhomamaru Dintwe waqamba amanga ngokuthi uzakwabo uneziqu ezingamanga, ngakho-ke uMuofhe usemmangalele futhi ufuna isinxephezelo semali eyizi-R500 000, kubika i-TimesLive.
Lesi saziso senzeke ngaphambi kweNkantolo eNkulu yase-North Gauteng ngenkathi lowo owayeyisikhulu sezobunhloli etshela inkantolo ukuthi uDintwe “wenza nokuphambene namalungelo omthetho-sisekelo esithunzi somuntu kanye nemfihlo yommangali ngesikhathi ememezela uphenyo.”
UMuofhe ufuna nokuthi kukhishwe umyalelo wokunxeshezelwa komthethosisekelo ofinyelela kumali eyizi-R500,000.
Encwadini efungelwe yowayengumphathi wezinhloli, wabhala ukuthi izimangalo ezibhekiswe kuye umhloli jikelele wezobunhloli “zazinobuzwe, zinenzondo, zinobudedengu futhi zilimaza.”
“Ngenxa yesikhundla ebengikusona esibucayi kakhulu, bekungaba lula kakhulu ukuthi ummangalelwa aqinisekise ubuqiniso noma enze ngenye indlela ngalezi zinsolo. Into ebizobalula ebingenziwa ummangalelwa ukuthi angishayele ucingo acele ubufakazi beziqu zami,” esho.
UMuofhe uqhube wathi ubezokhombisa uDintwe iziqu zakhe uma kuwukuthi wacela ukuzibona nokuthi sasingekho isidingo sokuvela kumabonakude ehlambalaze umsebenzi wakhe.
I-News24 ibike ukuthi uDintwe uke waveza ukuthi ufake umphathi jikelele wezobunhloli ngaphansi kophenyo ngemuva kokuthola isikhalazo ngomthombo ongaziwa.
“Njengomuntu obhekene necala lokubheka uphiko lwezobunhloli, besingekho isidingo sokuthi aqhubekisele phambili imininingwane enonya,” kusho uMuofhe.
Amaphepha asenkantolo akhomba ukuthi uMuofhe weza namakhophi aqinisekisiwe eziqu zakhe ze-Bachelor of Law azithole eNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Afrika kanye nekhophi yokuvunyelwa kwakhe njengommeli wenkantolo ephakeme.
UMuofhe wengeze ngokuthi uphenyo lomphathi jikelele wezobunhloli olumayelana naye luphule umthetho we-Oversight Act othi, “ngaso sonke isikhathi kumele wenze njalo futhi wenze umsebenzi wayo ngenkathi uvikela isithunzi sabantu obaphenyayo”.
Umphathi jikelele wezobunhloli uzihoxisile izinsolo ezibekwe uMuofhe ngemuva kokutholakala ukuthi isikhalazo “sasingenasisekelo futhi izinsolo azilona iqiniso.”
Bobabili uMuofhe noDintwe bebesanda kuphakanyiselwa ezikhundleni zokuba yizinhloli, kodwa uMuofhe wahoxa kulolu hlelo ngezizathu zakhe.
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