Umbutho wamaphoyisa aseNingizimu Afrika (SAPS) eMpumalanga uwachithile kakhulu amahlebezi asabalale mayelana nezidumbu ezebiwe emakhazeni aseBarberton.
Okhulumela amaphoyisa esifundazweni, uBrigadier Donald Mdhluli, ukucacisile ukuthi lezi zinsolo azinasisekelo. “Ihhovisi likaKhomishana wesifundazwe likubeka ngokusobala ukuthi lezi zinsolo zingamanga futhi azinasisekelo. Ayikho imibiko noma izigameko zokuntshontshwa kwezidumbu kunoma yimaphi amakhaza aseBarberton noma kwenye indawo esifundazweni,” usho njalo.
Ibamba likaKhomishana wesifundazwe, uMajor General uDkt Zeph Mkhwanazi, ukugxekile ukusatshalaliswa kwemininingwane engelona iqiniso, exwayisa ngokuthi kungenzeka kubangele ukwethuka okungenasidingo. “Ukusabalalisa imininingwane engamanga kungadala ukwesaba nokudideka emphakathini. Sinxusa umphakathi ukuthi ubikele amaphoyisa e-SAPS ngezenzo ezisolisayo ukuze aphenye,” kusho uMkhwanazi.
I-SAPS iqinisekise abahlali ngokuzibophezela kwabo ekugcineni ukuphepha futhi yabakhuthaza ukuthi bagweme ukwabelana ngolwazi olungaqinisekisiwe. Esikhundleni salokho, izakhamizi zakhunjuzwa ukuthi zisebenzise imigudu esemthethweni ukubika izinto ezikhathazayo ezifanele.
I-SAPS yaseMpumalanga iyaqhubeka nokuqapha isimo futhi isagxile ekubhekaneni nezinselelo zangempela zokuphepha esifundazweni.