INkantolo eNkulu yasePitoli igwebe ababulali ababili ngokubulala usonkontileka waKwa Mhlanga, uWalter Makhulu Malela Mosotlha (39) ugwetshwe odilikajele ababili ngamacala amabili okubulala, iminyaka engu-8 lilinye ngamacala amabili okuzama ukubulala kanye neminyaka emihlanu lilinye ngokutholakala nesibhamu kanye nezinhlamvu.
UKlaas Oscar Masilela (41), ugwetshwe odilikajele abane ngamacala amane okubulala, iminyaka engu-8 lilinye ngamacala amabili okuzama ukubulala kanye neminyaka emihlanu lilinye ngokutholakala nesibhamu nokutholakala nezinhlamvu.
IJaji liyalele ukuthi izigwebo ziqhubeke kanye kanye futhi bobabili bathathwe njengabangakufanelekeli ukuba nesibhamu.
Ijaji liphinde layalela ukuthi kuseshwe futhi kuthathwe izibhamu ezindaweni abahlala kuzo.
Phakathi kukaJanuwari no-Ephreli 2021, la madoda amabili aqashwe yindoda eyaziwa enkantolo ngelikaJack okumanje ibalekela ukubulala amadoda amane, uJabulani Kekana, uTshepho James Mahlangu, uMotheo Makau noVincent Zondi Mamba.
La madoda amane kwakungosomabhizinisi baseNkangala nasezindaweni ezizungezile ababesanda kuthola ithenda kuMasipala wakwa-Eskom noma waseTshwane.
UKekana noMahlangu baqashwe ngu-Eskom Kusile Lulamisa lapho benenkontileka yokwenza umsebenzi othile.
Ngomhla zingama-27 kuMasingana 2021, ngesikhathi ekhuluma nonogada esangweni laseKhusile, la madoda amabili afika adubula ababili abashonile ekhanda, bashonela bobabili endaweni yesigameko.
Laba balisa ababili babe sebedubula babulala uMakau noZondi izikhathi ezahlukene ngezinsuku ezahlukene ngesikhathi beshayela izimoto zabo bezama ukubulala abamangali ababenabo ngesikhathi sezigameko.
Ngemva kophenyo lwamaPhoyisa, uMasela waboshwa ithimba lamaphoyisa endaweni ahlala kuyo Kwa Mhlanga mhla zingama-26 kuNtulikazi wezi-2021; wabe esekhomba uMosotlha, owaboshwa ngemuva kosuku zingama-27 kuJulayi 2021.
Laba bobabili basesitokisini selokhu baboshwa.
Enkantolo bobabili bawaphikile amacala. Kodwa-ke, u-Advocate Lawrance More wombuso uhole ubufakazi obuholele ekugwetshweni kwababulali benkontileka ababili.
Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka isigwebo, u-Adv More wacela inkantolo ukuthi ikhiphe isigwebo sokudilikelwa yijele ngamacala okubulala.
Uphinde watshela inkantolo ukuthi laba bobabili abakhombisanga ukuzisola, basaqhubeka nokuphika ukuthi babulala osomabhizinisi abane ngisho sebegwetshiwe.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Adv More waphikisa ngokuthi la madoda amabili aqashwa ukuthi abulale osomabhizinisi abasebasha abangu-4 ababedla ukudla ngenxa yomona nokuhaha.
Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka isigwebo, iJaji uMudzhelele livumelene nombuso ukuthi ababulali benkontileka ababili abakhombisanga ukuzisola; badubule umufi emini kabha phambi kwabantu abebebukele.
Ubugebengu obuhleliwe bube nemiphumela elimazayo kumalungu omndeni asaphila.
Laba bobabili baqashwe ukuthi babulale abantu ngenxa yobugovu.
Ngakho-ke, akazange athole noma yisiphi isimo esibalulekile nesiphoqayo sokuchezuka ekukhipheni isigwebo esincane samacala okubulala.