KUBOSHWE indoda (48) yaseTshwane, uLinda Buthelezi, ngezinsolo zokuzama ukuqola isikhwama seRoad Accident Fund (RAF) ku-R6.1 million. Uphiko oluphenya ngobugebengu iSerious Commercial Crime Investigations (SCCI) lumvalele esitokisini kulandela uphenyo olunzulu mayelana nesimangalo sakhe somgunyathi.
Icala lisukela ngoDisemba 2018, lapho i-RAF ibika isimangalo esisolisayo emaphoyiseni aseBrooklyn. UButhelezi ngomlomo wommeli wakhe ufake isicelo sokuthi uyisisulu sengozi yomgwaqo. Nokho uphenyo luveze ukuthi empeleni nguyena odale le ngozi.
Amarekhodi asenkantolo akhombisa ukuthi uButhelezi wadlula enye imoto ngokungemthetho, kwaholela ekutheni izimoto zishayisane. Kamuva walahlwa yicala lokushayela budedengu yiNkantolo yeMantshi yaseProtea Glen eSoweto, wathola inhlawulo kanye nesigwebo esilengisiwe seminyaka emithathu. Yize kunjalo, kuthiwa waqamba amanga esicelweni sakhe seRAF, eziveza njengesisulu efuna izigidi zesinxephezelo.
Icala beliqulwa eNkantolo yeMantshi yasePitoli ngoMsombuluko, 24 Mashi, kodwa lahlehliselwa umhla ziyisi-8 kuMbasa ukuze kuqhutshekwe nokuqhubeka.
Iziphathimandla zizigxekile lezi zinsolo zomgunyathi, zathi zidla izinsiza ezihloselwe izisulu zezingozi zangempela. “Izicelo zomgunyathi zifaka ingcindezi engenasidingo ohlelweni. Sizibophezele ekutheni labo abaluxhaphazayo baphendule,” kusho isikhulu.
Ukuboshwa kukaButhelezi kuyisixwayiso kwabanye abangase bazame ukuxhaphaza iRAF ukuze bazizuzele bona. Uphenyo lusaqhubeka, iziphathimandla zizimisele ngokulandela amacala afanayo okukhwabanisa.
I-RAF, uhlelo olubalulekile lokweseka izisulu zezingozi, ibiqinisa izinyathelo zokuvimbela ukukhwabanisa, iqinisekisa ukuthi izimali zifinyelela kulabo abadinga ngempela.