Arthur Greene
UBabita Deokaran ubulawe ngesitayela se-execution ngaphandle emzini wakhe eGoli ngoLwesibili ngemuva kwemizuzu eshiye ingane yakhe esikoleni.
I-Special Investigating Unit (i-SIU) ikuqinisekisile ukuthi isikhulu esiphezulu eMnyangweni wezeMpilo e-Gauteng singufakazi ophenyweni lwamathuluzi enkohlakalo okuvikelwa kwabantu (i-PPE) azamazamise lesi sifundazwe ngonyaka odlule.
Okhulumela i-SIU uKaizer Kganyago uthe uDeokaran ubengomunye wofakazi abangaphezu kwabangama-300 ophenyweni lwehlazo lemali eyizigidi ezingama-R332.
“UBabita Deokaran ubebambe iqhaza ophenyweni oluningi kanti ubesiza ngaphambi kwamacala e-PPE. Siyabavikela ofakazi bethu (yingakho) kungekho muntu obazi ukuthi ubengufakazi,” kusho uKganyago.
Ukubulawa kukaDeokaran kungenzeka ukuthi uthengelwe abantu abazombulala, kusho amaphoyisa etshela i-Daily Maverick. Kodwa uKganyago uthe kusekusha kakhulu ukuthi angaxhumanisa ubufakazi bakhe nokubulawa kwakhe.
Kubikwa ukuthi udutshulwe amahlandla amaningi kwisingenxa somzimba wakhe ngesikhathi elinde ukuvulelwa isango lapho ahlala khona. Unqotshwe ukulimala ngemuva nje kokuphuthunyiswa esibhedlela.
Imiyalezo ethunyelwe uDeokaran ikhombisa ukuthi yena nezinye izikhulu babhekene namacala okusatshiswa, okwehliswa ezikhundleni kanye namanga wokuthi abaziphethe kahle ngesikhathi bezama ukukhuluma ngenkohlakalo eMnyangweni wezeMpilo.
UDeokaran ubhalele uShan Bolton, umqondisi we-Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, echaza ngamacala nokusatshiswa abhekene nakho.
“Bamise abaqondisi ababili be-SCM kanye nami. Benza impilo yomqondisi wezinkokhelo yaba isihogo; usulile emsebenzini,” kubhala yena.
“Njalo eminyakeni embalwa, sineqembu elihlukile labantu abangena baphange, futhi izimali zibonakala zingumgodi ongenamkhawulo,” uphinde wabhala kanjalo.
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