Owayengusonhlalakahle KwaZulu-Natal, uSthembiso Mthimkhulu, uzogwetshwa ngoLwesibili eNkantolo eNkulu yaseMgungundlovu ngecala lokubulala ngesihluku amalungu omndeni ayisithupha. Lokhu kubulala kwenzeka ngoFebhuwari 2021, eqhutshwa inkolelo yakhe yokuthi izisulu zazithakathe umalume wakhe.
Okhulumela iNational Prosecuting Authority uNatasha Ramkisson-Kara uthe umsolwa oneminyaka engu-38 ubudala wagasela kwaKhumalo eNkanini ngaseShowe waphoqa izisulu u-Octavia Khumalo (65), Christopher Khumalo (77) nendodakazi yabo uMbali Khumalo (37). , indodana yakhe uThabo Khumalo (10), kanye nezihlobo zakhe uNothile Sphelele Khumalo (17) noLangalihle Sigampu (8) ukuba zingene engumbini lokulala wase eyababulala ngokubadubula.
Enye ingane, uNosipho, 9, yasinda kulesi sibhicongo ngokucasha ngekhethini. Okhulumela amaphoyisa uBrig Jay Naicker uveze ukuthi uMthimkhulu usebenzise imbazo ukugqekeza isicabha kanti ubehlome ngesibhamu ngesikhathi ehlasela.
UMthimkhulu ubalekile endaweni yesigameko kodwa waboshwa eGreytown wathweswa amacala ayisithupha okubulala. Uyaliphika icala. Nokho, ukulahlwa kwakhe yicala ngo-Okthoba 26 kwatholakala ikakhulukazi ngenxa yobufakazi bukaNosipho “obukholakala ngokwedlulele”.
Icala lalithi uMthimkhulu wayekholelwa ukuthi umalume wakhe, uChristopher Khumalo, nguye owabulala esinye isihlobo sakhe ngokuthakatha, nokwaholela ekutheni abulawe.