Bathobeke amanxeba kubotshwa isoka ‘elibulele’ umfundi

UFUNA angayitholi ibheyili umsolwa, umdeni womfundi waKwaDumisa eMzinto okuthiwa umbulele ekupheleni kwenyanga edluleyo.

Isidumbu sikaZinhle Khathi (18) obefunda u-matric eSiphapheme High satholwa egumbini ayelala kulo ngo-Mabasa 25 ugogo (78) wakhe.

Kusolwa ukuthi umsolwa, onguyise wengane kamufi elomnyaka lezinyanga eziyisithupha, wamtshaya ngesikhali esithile maqede wadla phansi.

Umamncane kamufi, uNkszn Thando Khathi, uthe kubathobe amanxeba ukubotshwa komsolwa.

“Sijabule ngokuthi ubotshiwe. Yize kungeke kusambuyisa uZinhle kodwa kuhle avalelwe ejele ngakwenzile (umsolwa),” kutsho uNkszn Khathi.

Uqhube wathi balindele ukuthi umthetho uqhubeke usebenze, angayitholi ibheyili bese egwetshwa kanzima.

Umufi ubengcwatshwa ngoLwesibili.

UMphathiswa wezokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi KwaZulu-Natal, uNkkz Nonhlanhla Khoza, ukutshayele ihlombe ukusebenza ngokuzikhandla kwamapholisa ebopha umsolwa ngokushesha.

Uthe ukubulawa kukaZinhle kutshiye abanengi lezinhliziyo ezibuhlungu.

“Umdeni wakhe ubusalindele lukhulu kuye kodwa impilo yakhe yanqanyulwa umuntu olenhliziyo embi. Sizwa kuthiwa ngayizolo, ngaphambi kokuba ambulale, wayekade emshaye ngendlela yokuthi akakwazanga lokuya esikolo,” kutsho uNkkz Khoza.

Uthe kuyawathoba amanxeba ukubotshwa komsolwa

“Yize noma singeke sisawubuyisa umphefumulo kaZinhle kodwa kuyasijabulisa ukuthi umuntu osolwa ngokwenza isigameko esinesihluku ubotshiwe. Njengoba bonke ubufakazi bukhomba yena, siyethemba ukuthi umthetho uzosebenza, athole isijeziso esimfanele,” kutsho uNkkz Khoza.

Uphinde wanxusa umphakathi ukuthi wehlise amaphaphu, ungazijeziseli umsolwa kodwa uyeke umthetho usebenze njengoba usuqalile ngokubopha umsolwa.

“Kufanele siyeke amapholisa aqhubeke lomsebenzi wawo ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa. Ukubotshwa komsolwa ngokushesha kutsho ukuthi asebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ubulungiswa buyenzeka,” utsho kanje.

Uthe osonhlalakahle basazoqhubeka lokunikezela usizo lokwelulekwa ngokomqondo emdenini kamufi kanjalo lakubafundi besikolo abefunda kuso.

Okhulumela amapholisa KwaZulu-Natal uColonel Robert Netshiunda, uthe amapholisa aseSawoti abophe owesilisa oleminyaka engu-24 ngoLwesithathu.

“Umsolwa onguyise wengane kamufi uyamaniswa lecala lokubulala umfundi oleminyaka engu-18 owatholwa efile ngaphakathi endlini yakubo KwaDumisa ngo-Mabasa 25,” kutsho uNetshiunda.

Uqhube wathi kuthe sekubuya imiphumela yokuhlolwa kwesidumbu, yaveza ukuthi ufe ngenxa yokushawa kanzima, kwase kuvulwa idokodo lecala lokufa komuntu.

Uthe umsolwa ubanjwe eReservoir Hills, wavela enkantolo ngoLwesihlanu. —Ubulembu