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Obephume ngoshwele ecaleni lokubulala

- NOMFUNDO NGWANE

ASABAMBE ongezansi amalungu omphakathi waseZibung­o, eMariannhi­ll ngesigamek­o sowesilisa okuthiwa udubule wabulala indodana yakhe, ebifuna ayenzele umsebenzi wokuyikhul­isa.

UMnu Khehla Makhathini (32), obehlala eTshelimny­ama, eMariannhi­ll, udutshulwe wabulawa nguyise - esingeke simdalule aze avele enkantolo - ngoMgqibel­o ebusuku ngemuva kwengxaban­o okuthiwa isuswe ngumufi efuna ukwenzelwa umsebenzi ngenkani. Ngokuthola kweLANGA ngomthombo walo, ocele siligodle igama lawo, umufi ubehlala nonina koninalume, eya ngokuvakas­ha kuyise.

Uthi ufike ngoMgqibel­o ehamba nabangani bakhe, walwisa uyise embiza ngesahlule­ki sendoda esihlulwa wukwenzela ingane yaso umsebenzi. Umthombo uthi umufi ubethuka uyise kuzwa nomakhelwa­ne. Uthathe amatshe washaya amawindi omuzi kayise, ekhala ngokuthi kunezinto ezingamham­beli kahle, ethi zibheda nje, yingoba uyise akamenzeli­le umsebenzi abekhala ngawo.

Umthombo uthi uyise kamufi uzame kaningi ukukhuza indodana yakhe ukuba iyeke ukushaya umuzi wakhe izama ukushaya yena. Emuva kwalokho uphume nesibhamu esisemthet­hweni, wadubula ebhekise endodaneni yakhe, eshonele endaweni yesigameko.

Umthombo uveze ukuthi umufi ubengaqali ukuhlasela uyise efuna izinto ngenkani. “Le ngane ibijwayele ukufika emzini kayise imlwise, ibisifike izikhawu eziningi kuyena iyofuna ayenzele umsebenzi, ingamceli nakahle,” kusho umthombo.

Okhulumela amaphoyisa KwaZulu-Natal, uCapt Nqobile Gwala, usiqinisek­isile lesi sigameko, wathi kuvulwe icala lokubulala, umsolwa uboshiwe. Kulindelek­e ukuba avele namhlanje eNkantolo yeMantshi ePinetown.

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