Ezinyangeni ezinhlanu ngaphambi kokuba kubulawe isisebenzi sasendlini, uBusisiwe Nxumalo, ebulawa ngumama wakhe ongamzali, uSithembile Happiness Xulu—umhlengikazi e-Alberton—kubikwa ukuthi wathatha imishwalense eminingi yempilo egameni likaNxumalo, wazibiza ngokuthi nguye yedwa omhlomuli.
Ngokwamaphepha asenkantolo, uXulu nalowo asolwa naye, uSimon Mogale, 37, basolwa ngokwakha itulo lokubulala uNxumalo ukuze bathole imali. UXulu kusolakala ukuthi wathatha amapholisi amathathu phakathi kuka-Agasti noSepthemba 2021, ngalinye lino-R2 million we-life cover kanye neminye imihlomulo yomngcwabo.
NgoJanuwari 18, 2022, isidumbu sikaNxumalo satholwa endaweni yokulahla udoti eduze komuzi kaXulu eLenasia South. Umphimbo wakhe wawudatshulwe. Umbuso uthi uMogale wambulala ngemuva kokuthi uXulu emnike ummese, wamthembisa u-R60 000, waphinde wasola uNxumalo ngokweba imali.
Ngemuva kwesigameko sokubulala, uXulu kusolakala ukuthi wazama ukufuna imali yomshwalense ngokubika ngokufa kukaNxumalo ngephutha, kodwa amapholisi amiswa ngenxa yezinsolo zokukhwabanisa.
Abaphenyi baphinde bathola ukuthi ezinyangeni ngaphambi kokuthi akhiphe amapholisi amasha, uXulu wanyusa inqubomgomo yomngcwabo ekhona ukuze afake noNxumalo, akhuphule iholo lisuka ku-R10 000 laya ku-R50 000.
UXulu waboshwa eVosloorus ngoJuni 2023, kwathi uMogale waboshwa eLimpopo. UMogale uqale wanqatshelwa ibheyili kodwa usanda kuthola ibheyili ka-R20 000 nakuba amaphoyisa ephikisa. Umseshi wecala uxwayise ngokuthi impilo kaMogale ingase ibe sengozini uma ededelwa, njengoba uXulu kusolakala ukuthi wayemesabisa ethi, * “Ngizokubulala njengoba ngabulala umyeni wami.”* Nokho, imantshi inqume ukuthi abukho ubufakazi obusekela lezi zinsolo.
Bobabili abasolwa bazovela eNkantolo eNkulu yaseGoli ngoLwesine.