SELIKULUNGELE UKUQULWA ICALA LEGCOKAMA
LIYAQALA ukuqulwa maduze icala eli-bhekene nesilomo somculi kamasikandi, uMthandeni” Igcokama Elisha” Manqele. Lokhu kuhlaluke izolo ngoLwesithathu, enkantolo yemantshi eNew Hanover, lapho lo mculi ebevele khona ngecala lokushaya (assault) intatheli yelinye lamaphephandaba ngonyaka ophelile.
Bese kungokwesibili lihlehla leli cala enkantolo efanayo. Kulokhu imantshi uMnu Roderick Alexandra Stewart, itshele uMnu Manqele ukuthi icala lakhe lihlehlela umhla ka-18 no-19 kuNhlaba (May).
Imantshi ithe leli cala ilihlehlisa ngenxa yokuthi kunobuhixihixi emishinini yasenkantolo esetshenizwa uma kuqoshwa amacala.
Akukho okuningi okukhulunywe enkantolo, Igcokama ligibele ebhokisini, imantshi yadlulisa lowo mbiko maqede lehla.
Kulokhu belimelwe uMnu Manaileng Maphike. Ukuqinisekisile ukuthi icala lihlehlile ngenxa yokungasebenzi komshini oqophayo, wathi ngoNhlaba, bayabuyela enkantolo.
Kulokhu abalandeli beGcokama bebengabonwa nangalukhalo, njengoba bekuzishayela umoya enkantolo.
Ngokudlule yayikhona ingcosana eyayiswenkile.
Umangali kuleli cala uMnu Charles Khuzwayo, obekulindeleke ukuthi afike, ubengekho.
ILANGA lizwe ngomunye umthombo olitshele ukuthi incwadi embizela enkantolo wayithola, kodwa wafaka isixoliso, wathi akaphilile.
UMnu Simphiwe Masondo ongumphathi weGcokama, uthe ukuhlehla kwecala izikhawu eziningi kuyabapha-zamisa emsebenzini wabo.
"Uyazi uMthandeni ngumculi omatasa, onemisebenzi eminingi, manje uma kulokhu kuthiwa asibuyele enkantolo icala lihlehle, lokho kuyasiphazamisa, kodwa kayikho into esingayenza ngoba kufanele sihloniphe inkantolo,” kusho uMnu Masondo.