Ishone kabuhlungu intombazane eneminyaka emibili yaseLimpopo ngemuva kokunqatshelwa ukwelashwa emtholampilo wendawo. Ngokusho kukanina wengane, ngesikhathi befika emtholampilo, abasebenzi banqabile ukuyonakekela ingane ngoba ifayela layo belingekho. Ngaphandle kokunxusa kukamama, umtholampilo kusolakala ukuthi waphikelela ekutholeni ifayela ngaphambi kokunikeza usizo lwezokwelapha.
Umama obekhungethwe usizi uthe indodakazi yakhe ibinenkinga yokuphefumula. Ngemva kokujikiswa, umndeni waphuthuma esibhedlela esiseduze, kodwa kwase kwephuze kakhulu – ingane yashona isanda kufika.
Lesi sigameko sisuse umsindo emphakathini njengoba izakhamuzi zifuna izimpendulo emtholampilo. Umholi womphakathi uLebogang Mokoena usigxekile isenzo somtholampilo, wathi izikhungo zezempilo kumele zibeke phambili ukusindisa izimpilo kunokuthi kubhekwe kakhulu umthetho wokwenza.
UMnyango wezeMpilo eLimpopo uyasivuma isigameko wabe usuqala uphenyo ukuze kutholakale ukuthi ngabe kwalandelwa umthetho yini. Okhulumela uMnyango uNeil Shikwambana udlulise amazwi enduduzo emndenini waphinde waqinisekisa umphakathi ukuthi uzothathelwa izinyathelo ezifanele uma kutholakala ububi.
Izishoshovu zamalungelo abantu nazo zisigxekile lesi sigameko, zacela ukuthi kuthuthukiswe izinhlelo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo nokuqeqeshwa ukuze kunqandwe izinhlekelele ezifanayo. Lo mndeni ukhungathekile, ufuna kwenzeke ubulungiswa ngendodakazi yawo eyanqanyulwa impilo ngenxa yezinsolo zobudedengu.