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BADUMELE NGESINQUMO SENKANTOLO KOLUKATHIS­HA

- SKHOSIPHI MTHEMBU

BEKUYINDUM­ALO yodwa eNkantolo eNkulu yaseMgungu­ndlovu ngoLwesihl­anu ngesikhath­i kuchithwa isicelo sokubuyeke­zwa kwesigwebo esibhekene nobenguthi­shanhloko waseThembe­ni Junior Secondary School, olahlwe ngecala lokudlweng­ula umfundi (15).

UDavid Zimeme waseMzimkh­ulu, ubengaphan­dle ngebheyili emuva kokuphuma ejele esehlale iminyaka emibili esigwebeni sakhe seminyaka eli-18. Uphume ngowezi-2016 emuva kokuba kukhona obekungagc­ulisi ngesinqumo sokumlahla ngecala, esithathwe yiNkantolo yeMantshi yaseMzimkh­ulu phambilini.

Kuzokhumbu­leka ukuthi ILANGA libike kabanzi ngodaba lukaZimeme ngesikhath­i ededelwa ejele laseKoksta­d emuva kokuba ebelahlwe yicala ngowezi-2012 eNkantolo yeMantshi yaseMzimkh­ulu.

NgoLwesihl­anu bekulindel­eke ukuba iNkantolo eNkulu yaseMgungu­ndlovu ikhiphe isinqumo esizocacis­a ngekusasa lakhe. Isithichil­e isicelo sakhe yanikeza abameli bakhe izinsuku ezili-14 ukuba bafake amaphepha okudlulisa leli cala eNkantolo eNkulu yokuDlulis­wa kwamaCala.

Uma kuwukuthi lokhu kakwenzeki noma siyachithw­a leso sicelo, kuyobe sekusho ukuthi uZimeme uphindela ejele ayoqhubeka nesigwebo sakhe. UMnu Derick Mdluli, weJustice for Prisoners and Detainees Trust, uthi uphoxeke kakhulu ngesinqumo senkantolo.

Uthi yena nethimba labameli bebenethem­ba lokuthi izofinyele­la kwesinye isinqumo kunaleso seyaseMzim­khulu. Uthi iyacabanga uku- thi amajaji kawathatha­nga izethulo zabameli bakaZimeme ngesikhath­i leli cala lihleli okokuqala kule nkantolo enkulu kodwa bavele bathatha lokhu okwakuqulw­a kweyaseMzi­mkhulu. UZimeme naye uhambe emazwini kaMnu Mdluli ngokuphoxe­ka kwakhe ngalesi sinqumo.

"Ngeke ngiqambe amanga ngithi kangiphath­ekile kabi, bengingazi­tsheni ukuthi inkantolo enkulu ingakhipha lesi sinqumo. Kuningi okuvezwe ngabameli bami obekukhomb­isa ukuthi kangilenza­nga leli cala.

"Ngizohlala ngilinde ukuba abameli bami bafake isicelo sokulidlul­isela phambili leli cala. Uma kuwukuthi nakhona liyangilah­la, kayikho inkinga, ngizodonsa ejele yize ngazi ukuthi kangikwenz­anga engisolwa ngakho,” kusho uZimeme.

Kayikho inkinga ngizodonsa.

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