Isimo esithinta iholidi lomndeni kaFikile Mbalula eDubai sibukeka siphinde sashuba njengoba i-AfriForum ingenelela ekushushiseni ngasese yize iNational Prosecuting Authority (NPA) yakhipha isinqumo saphambilini sokuthi ingamthwesi icala ngenxa yokushoda kobufakazi.
Lezi zinsolo zisukela ezigamekweni zokuthi iSedgars Sports, inkampani edayisa ezemidlalo edumile eNingizimu Afrika, kungenzeka ukuthi yaxhasa uhambo lukaMbalula likanokusho ngesikhathi esanguNgqongqoshe wezeMidlalo nokuNgcebeleka. OwayenguMvikeli woMphakathi u-Busisiwe Mkhwebane naye uwazwakalisa ukukhathazeka mayelana nokushushumbiswa kwemali ngokungemthetho phakathi kukaMbalula nalenkampani.
Isinyathelo se-AfriForum sokushushisa ngokuzimele umbalula sikhombisa inkolelo yokuthi kunezizathu zamacala, okuphakamisa ukuthi isinqumo se-NPA sasingekho emthethweni. Bagxeka amaphoyisa kanye ne-NPA ngalokho abakubona njengophenyo olunganele kanye nokuhlangana okungase kwenzeke. UBarry Bateman, okhulumela i-AfriForum, ukhomba ubufakazi obushodayo kanye nokuntuleka kokubambisana phakathi kwabomthetho nabashushisi.
UBateman uveza ukuthi uMbalula angase avikeleke ekushushisweni ngenxa yokuxhumana nepolitiki kanye nabalandeli abanamandla, esola i-NPA ngokushushisa. Ngaphandle kwalezi zinselelo, i-AfriForum isalokhu izibophezele ekulandeleni ubulungiswa, mhlawumbe ithathe izinyathelo zomthetho ukuze iphoqelele iziphathimandla ezifanele.
Le ntuthuko yengeza olunye ungqimba kulo mhlangano oqhubekayo, ogqamisa izindaba zokuziphendulela kanye nobuqotho ngaphakathi kwezinhlelo zomthetho nezombusazwe eNingizimu Afrika.