Abantu abayisikhombisa emunye bagwetshwe odilikajele ababili umuntu emunye ngokuhlanganisa imali yokuthenga uphethiloli nokushisa babulale abesifazane ababili abebekholelwa ukuthi bayathakatha.
Izelamani ezimbili, uLwandiso Mzaza, 29, noLufefe Mzaza, 28, uYamkela Nonjojo, 31, Odwa Nonjojo, 34, Anelisiwe Nonjojo, 32, noZithini Rhayisa, 34, noMkhonzeni Ngcabangcosi, 24, bagwetshwe yinkantolo enkulu yaseMthatha. e-Eastern Cape ngoLwesihlanu.
Bagwetshwe ngamacala amabili okubulala nelokushisa elokushisa babulale abesifazane ababili.
NgoZibandlela wezi-2018, leli qembu laba nemihlangano emibili eyayiholwa uLwandiso ukuze kuthathwe isinqumo sokushisa nokubabulala kwabesifazane elikholelwa ukuthi bayathakatha.
Bahlanganisa imali bathenga uphethiloli ngemuva kokubopha itulo lokushisa abasolwa ngokuthakatha, imindeni yabo nemizi yabo, kusho okhulumela iNational Prosecuting Authority uLuxolo Tyali.
Ngobunye ubusuku, uNothethisa Ntshamba owayengasoli lutho wayesekhaya nomyeni wakhe, izingane ezintathu nodadewabo uNtombekhaya Ndlanya, bengazi ngetulo lokumbulala.
Ngesikhathi uNtshamba ephuma endlini ehamba nodadewabo ekhaya, bahaqwe yiqulu elibashaye labakhanda ngamatshe lababhunyela ngophethiloli ngaphambi kokuba babashise.
Babe sebeshisa umuzi kaNtshamba waba umlotha, kusho uTyali. Laba baboshwe bawaphika amacala, bathi angeke kuqinisekiswe ukuthi bangobani njengoba lesi sigameko senzeke ebusuku. Kodwa omunye wabasolwa, uRhayisa, uzivumele yena emaphoyiseni kodwa wazama ukuhoxisa ukuvuma kwakhe ngesikhathi kuqhubeka icala.
“Lokhu kwenza kudingeke ukuthi kuqulwe icala ngaphakathi kwecala. Inkantolo ithole ukuvuma icala. Umbuso uqhubekile wahola ubufakazi babazibonele ngawabo, abanye bekuyizingane zikamufi,” kusho uTyali.
Ummeli wombuso omkhulu uMbulelo Nyendwa uthe udlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane abasolwa ngokuthakatha ludlangile, hhayi e-Eastern Cape kuphela kodwa nakwezinye izingxenye zezwe.
Izingane zikamufi azigcinanga nje ngokulahlekelwa omama bazo kodwa bese bexoshiwe futhi besabela izimpilo zabo bephila nesigcwagcwa sokubizwa ngezingane zabathakathi yizakhamuzi, kusho uNyendwa.
IJaji uNozuko Mjali lithe alikho izwe elizihloniphayo elizovumelana namacala abasolwa ngakho kufanele bajeziswe kanzima ukuze kuvikelwe umphakathi kulabo abangawuhloniphi umthetho.
Iqembu ligwetshwe odilikajele ababili umuntu ngamunye ngamacala okubulala amabili neminye eyishumi ngelokushisa. Izigwebo zizosebenza kanye kanye.
“Le nkantolo iyodwa isilahlekelwe ngamacala alolu hlobo kule sekethe yaseNtabankulu iyodwa,” kusho uMjali.