INkantolo yeMantshi yaseTemba inqabele uRomeo Moshe Shibambu (37) ibheyili eSuurman, obhekene namacala amathathu okubulala, amabili okubulala, nelilodwa lokucekela phansi impahla.
Kusolwa ukuthi ngomhlaka-28 Septhemba 2025, udadewabo wommangalelwa wamvakashela lapho ehlala khona. Ngesikhathi eguquka, wabona ifosholo lasengadini eduze. Lapho ebuza ngakho, ummangalelwa wamtshela ukuthi “uzizwa efuna nokulwa” nokuthi uma enza kanjalo, “uzoyinqoba impi.” Kuthiwa wabe esexosha udadewabo wamjaha ngefosholo.
Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, ngomhla zingama-30 kuSepthemba 2025, kusolwa ukuthi lo muntu wayehamba eya esitolo esiseduze ephethe ifosholo efuna u-R350 kumnikazi wesitolo. Endleleni kuthiwa wabona izingane zidlala kwamakhelwane. Uqale ukushaya uKelebogile Neo Gift Baloyi oneminyaka emithathu ubudala ngefosholo kwaze kwaba yilapho ingane iyashona ekulimaleni kwayo.
Ngesikhathi unina wengane, uRose Baloyi (33), ebona okwenzekayo futhi wazama ukufuna usizo komakhelwane, waquleka wawela phansi. Umsolwa kusolakala ukuthi waqhubeka ngokumshaya ngefosholo, nokuholele ekutheni ashone. Ngesikhathi uBlessing noBlessed Baloyi (42), uyise wengane nomyeni kaRose, bezama ukungenelela, ummangalelwa kusolakala ukuthi wabajikela wabajaha ngefosholo wabagenca omunye waze washona.
Umshayeli wetekisi owayedlula ngemoto wazama ukungenelela nokho umsolwa kuthiwa naye wamjaha ngefosholo, wabaleka wangena etekisini, wahamba ngesikhathi ehudula umshayeli wetekisi ngaphandle kwetekisi waze wangakwazi ukushayela. Wathi ephuma etekisini umphakathi wambamba ummangalelwa, amaphoyisa abizelwa endaweni yesigameko. Umshayeli wetekisi olimele uphuthunyiswe esibhedlela ukuze athole ukwelashwa, umsolwa waboshwa.
Enkantolo uShibambu ukhethe ukuzethula wafaka isicelo sebheyili ethi kumele azilungiselele ukuqulwa kwecala. Umshushisi uSharon Nkandimeng usiphikisa isicelo wabe esehola ubufakazi bomphenyi, uConstable Phalane ophikweni lweSerious and Violent Crime Unit. UConstable Phalane uveze ukuthi ummangalelwa usengozini yokundiza futhi uyingozi emphakathini nakuyena, njengoba kuthiwa ucindezele ukuthi ubefunwa ukuzibulala engqungqutheleni kube yimbangela yokuthi enze umsebenzi wakhe.
IMantshi ithole ukuthi akuhambisani nengalo yomthetho ukukhulula ummangalelwa ngebheyili. Udaba luhlehliselwe umhla zingama-27 kuLwezi wezi-2025, ukuze kuqhutshekwe nophenyo.