Lubhalwe ngu-Palesa Matlala
Owake waba yilungu lethimba lamaphoyisa elikhethekile oneminyaka engu-41, uvele enkantolo yase-Brakpan ebhekene nezinsolo zokubulala ufakazi wekhomishini uMarius van der Merwe.
UMatipandile Sotheni (41) owayeyilungu lethimba lamaphoyisa eliyisipesheli, uvele eNkantolo yeMantshi yase-Brakpan ngomhlaka-16 kuNhlolanja ka-2026.
USotheni ubhekene namacala okubulala, ukuzama ukubulala nawokwakha itulo ahlobene nokubulawa kwephoyisa uMarius van der Merwe ngoZibandlela ka-2025.
UMatipandile Sotheni (41) owayeyilungu lamaphoyisa akhethekile, uvele eNkantolo yeMantshi yase-Brakpan ngomhlaka-16 kuNdasa ka-2026, esolwa ngokubulala ufakazi oqavile eKhomishini kaMadlanga yophenyo.
Ubhekene namacala okubulala, amathathu okuzama ukubulala nelokwakha itulo lokubulala. Amaphoyisa kazwelonke athe kuzokwengezwa necala lokutholakala nezibhamu nezinhlamvu ezingekho emthethweni.
Isisulu, uMarius van der Merwe, wayeyisikhulu soMnyango Wamaphoyisa kaMasipala waseKurhuleni (EMPD) owafakaza kukhomishini ngasekuqaleni kukaLwezi ka-2025. Wadutshulwa wabulawa ngomhlaka-5 kuZibandlela ka-2025 ngaphandle komuzi wakubo ngesikhathi kunesigameko sokudubula.
Okhulumela i-SAPS kuzwelonke, uBrigadier Athlenda Mathe, uthe uSotheni wangena emaphoyiseni ngo-2005, waba yingxenye yethimba eliyisipesheli ngo-2010 wasula ngo-2019.
UMathe uthe uWiandre Pretorius ubeshayela iSuzuki Swift eyasetshenziswa esigamekweni sokudubula ngesikhathi uSotheni ehleli esihlalweni somgibeli wadubula wabulala uVan der Merwe. UPretorius wasinda ngesikhathi bezama ukumbulala kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi bambulala.
“Uphenyo lwethu lusikhombisa ukuthi wayazi okuningi. Ngakho babefuna athule,” kusho uMathe.
UKhomishana Wamaphoyisa Kazwelonke u-Fannie Masemola usungule iThimba Lokusebenza eliphenya ngokubulawa kofakazi kwiKhomishini kaMadlanga ekuqaleni kukaNhlolanja ka-2026, kulandela umyalo kaMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa. Ithimba liqale ukuphenya ngoNhlolanja ngomhlak-8.
Icala lihlobene nokubulawa kuka-Emmanuel Mbensi ngo-2022.
UNatasha van der Merwe uthe ngaphandle kwenkantolo umndeni ubungakatshelwa ngokusemthethweni ngokuboshwa kukaSotheni.
“Akekho oke weza kithi ezositshela ukuthi sekuboshiwe, size sathola ukuthi uboshiwe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Njengomndeni sesilinde izinyanga ezintathu njengoba sinemibuzo eminingi,” usho kanje.
Ukulalelwa kwebheyili kaSotheni kuhlehliselwe umhlaka-25 kuNdasa ka-2026.
Osesithombeni esingenhla: UMatipandile Sotheni.
Umthombo wesithombe: UPalesa Matlala