Uphiko lwaseMpumalanga eNkantolo eNkulu lugwebe uThulani Foshini Sikhundla (40) odilikajele ababili kanye neminyaka emihlanu ngecala lokubulala ngesihluku intombi yakhe, uDorris Alina Sibiya, nendodakazi yakhe, uNoxolo Simile Khoza. Umsolwa ubethandana nomaSibiya, obehlala nezingane zakhe ezimbili eMatsulu B.
Ukugwetshwa kwakhe kuvela ezenzakalweni ezibuhlungu zangomhla zi-2 kuMbasa wezi-2024, lapho uSikhundla evakashele umaSibiya emzini wakhe. Ingxabano, esukela ezinsolweni zokungathembeki, yakhula yaba ukulwa okunodlame. USikhundla uqale wahlasela uNoxolo ekamelweni lakhe wabe esegwaza umaSibiya amahlandla amaningi. Kungenelele indodana kamaSibiya ngesikhathi izwa ukukhala kodwa yakwazi ukubaleka ingenamyocu yize ihlaselwe abasolwa. USikhundla ubalekile endaweni yesigameko waya ezintabeni, kwathi bobabili abashonile bahlonzwa njengabashonile endaweni yesigameko.
Ngesikhathi kuqulwa icala elide, uSikhundla waliphika icala, ekhombisa ukuntula imizwa noma ukuzisola ngesenzo sakhe esibi. Ummeli omkhulu wombuso u-Ashwin Poodhun wethule ubufakazi obuqand’ ikhanda, okuhlanganisa nama-akhawunti ofakazi bokuzibonela kanye nophenyo olugqamisa isimo esinyantisayo sobugebengu. Phakathi kobufakazi bekukhona izithombe ezicindezelayo kanye nemibiko yokuhlolwa kwesidumbu eqinisekisa ukuthi imbangela yokufa kube amanxeba amaningi okugwazwa.
Enkantolo, u-Advocate Poodhun uphikisene nesigwebo esinzima, wathi izenzo zommangalelwa azihambisani kakhulu nezimiso zomphakathi ezihlonipha futhi zivikele abesifazane. Isitatimende somthelela wezisulu, esilungiswe yiSikhulu Esilungiselela Inkantolo uNomfundo Mokoena, sikhombise ukuhlukumezeka okuhlala njalo kanye nemithelela yezezimali umndeni obhekene nayo ngenxa yalezi zigameko ezimbi.
IJaji uSheila Msibi linqume ukuthi azikho izizathu ezizwakalayo zokuchezuka ezigwebo ezincane ezisemthethweni, ngaleyo ndlela likhiphe odilikajele ababili ngokubulala kabili kanye neminyaka emihlanu eyengeziwe ngokuzama ukubulala