Izolo bekuhlanganisa iminyaka emine uMthokozisi Ntumba abulawa ngezinhlamvu zenjoloba edutshulwa ngamaphoyisa embhikishweni wabafundi weFees Must Fall eBraamfontein, eGoli. NgoMashi 10, 2021, uNtumba wayeye kule ndawo eyobona udokotela kodwa wadutshulwa kabuhlungu ezihambela emgwaqeni. Ukushona kwakhe kube wuphawu lombhikisho wabafundi bephikisana nokukhishwa ezifundweni ngenxa yokungakhokhelwa kwemali eNyuvesi yaseWits.
Amaphoyisa amane abekwe icala lokubulala ahoxisiwe ngemuva kokuthi inkantolo ithole ubuthaka ecaleni lombuso. Kusenemibuzo yokuthi ngabe ukwehluleka kwabashushisi bekungamabomu yini, njengoba abasolwa bekungabasebenzi bakahulumeni. Ufakazi oqavile, onguchwepheshe weCCTV owayenezithombe zesigameko, akabizwanga ukuthi azofakaza. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi izintatheli zamthola kalula ufakazi kodwa enkantolo kwathiwa akekho, futhi wakuveza ukuthi akekho oseke wamthintitha ngaleli cala.
Amaphoyisa amane – uTshepiso Kekana, uCidraas Motseothatha, uMadimetja Legodi, noVictor Mohammed – ayaqhubeka nempilo yawo, kanti umfelokazi kaNtumba nezingane ezine balindele ubulungiswa. Leli cala lengeza embonweni wokuthi ubulungiswa eNingizimu Afrika ngokuvamile abufinyeleleki ezakhamuzini ezivamile.
Umndeni kaNtumba, ohlala eBergville, KwaZulu-Natal, ubhekene nezinkinga zezimali kanye nobuhlungu bomphefumulo ngemuva kokushona kwakhe. Izinhlelo zokuqamba kabusha umgwaqo oseBraamfontein ngegama lakhe azinikezi induduzo emndenini, njengoba zingeke zithathe indawo yokulahlekelwa umyeni nobaba.
Ithemba lokugcina lomndeni yicala lombango elibhekene nombuso. Nokho, ubulungisa beqiniso budinga ukuziphendulela, hhayi nje ukukhokhelana ngokwezimali. Umbuso kumele uqinisekise ukuthi labo abanecala ngokufa kukaNtumba bayaphendula, kunokuba bavikeleke.