Abesilisa ababili bavele enkantolo kulandela ukuboshwa kwabo oKlebe eBrakpan ngokutholakala negolide lenani lika-R15 million ngokungemthetho. Abasolwa, uJoachim Chivayo, 33, odabuka eZimbabwe kanye no-Ayanda Brian Gungwa, 20, babhekene namacala ngaphansi komthetho iPrecious Metals Act.
Ngokusho kukaCaptain Lloyd Ramovha, okhulumela oKlebe eGauteng, ukuboshwa kwabasolwa kwenzeke ngesikhathi kuhlelwe umkhankaso eHelderwyk Estate ngoLwesibili ntambama. Abasolwa batholwe nezinsimbi eziyisithupha zegolide elingagaywe ngesikhathi bezama ukuthola umuntu othengiwe. Abomthetho baphinde bashaqa imoto yohlobo lweMercedes-Benz SUV ngesikhathi beyihlinza.
“Igolide elishaqwe lenani lika-R15 million likhombisa ubucayi balobu bugebengu,” kusho uRamovha. Icala libhaliswe esiteshini samaphoyisa eBrakpan, kanti laba bobabili bagcinwe esitokisini ngemuva kokuvela kwabo okokuqala enkantolo ngoLwesithathu.
Ibamba leNhloko yoKlebe esifundazweni eGauteng, uBrigadier Paulina Sekgobela, uncome ithimba ngokusebenza ngempumelelo. “OKlebe baseGauteng basazibophezele ekuvikeleni izinsiza ezibalulekile zesizwe. Ukukhuthala nokuxhumana kwethimba bekuvelele,” kusho uSekgobela.
Uphenyo olwengeziwe luyaqhubeka ukuze kutholwe umsuka wegolide nokuhlonza abanye abasolwa ngokuhweba ngokungemthetho.