INkantolo eNkulu yaseNingizimu Afrika: Uphiko lwaseWestern Cape oluhlezi eKnysna lugwebe uMboneleli Msila, uMbulelo Jack, uMonde Tshemese noLungisile Lucas isikhathi eside ejele ngemuva kokuba inkantolo ibagwebe ngecala lokubulala ngesihluku owesifazane osemusha owayekhubazeke kakhulu ngokomqondo, uNosipho. UMafana (osesithombeni), ngemali yomngcwabo – udutshulwe wabulawa amahlandla angu-15.
UMsila, owayengungqondongqondo ekubulaweni kwabantu kanye noTshemese, ugwetshwe udilikajele ngecala lokwakha itulo lokubulala nokudilikelwa yijele ngecala lokubulala ngenhloso. UTshemese uphinde wagwetshwa iminyaka emihlanu ebhadla ejele ngokutholakala nesibhamu esingekho emthethweni kanye nokutholakala nezinhlamvu ezingekho emthethweni.
UJack noLucas bagwetshwe iminyaka engu-17 bebhadla ejele ngetulo lokubulala kanye neminyaka engu-17 bebhadla ejele ngecala lokubulala behlosile. Inkantolo iyalele ukuthi izigwebo zabo ziqhubeke kanye kanye. Bazodonsa iminyaka engu-17’ ejele eliqondile.
UMsila nomkakhe bathatha uMfana eneminyaka engu-11. Uhlelo olwaluhlelwe kahle lwaqala ngo-Ephreli 2021, lapho uMfana, ngaphansi komyalelo kaMsila, ekhipha umgomo womngcwabo ka-R100,000 kwaStandard Bank. Lo mgomo uzokhokha u-R200 000 uma kwenzeka kushona abantu okungezona ezemvelo. UMsila nguyena ohlomule kulo mgomo womngcwabo
NgoFebhuwari 2022, enye isembozo senqubomgomo yomngcwabo ka-R1000000 yathathwa ne-FNB, eyayizokhokha u-R200000 uma kwenzeka kushona umnikazi wepholisi ngendlela engeyona eyemvelo. Udadewabo kaMsila’, uNosiphiwo Koti Thomas, nguyena ohlomule kulo mgomo womngcwabo. Mhla ziyisi-8 kuNdasa wezi-2022, uMsila wahamba noMfana baya eCapitec Bank, lapho acela khona ukuthi umgomo wakhe womngcwabo uchitshiyelwe futhi unyuswe usuka ku-R50 000 uye ku-R100 000. Uma kwenzeka kushona ngengozi, bekungeke kube khona isikhathi esijwayelekile sokulinda esiyizinyanga eziyisithupha, futhi imali ezokhokhwa izophindwa kabili. Unkosikazi wakhe nguyena owahlomula kulo mgomo.
Eqhuba lolu hlelo uMsila waya kumshana wakhe wamcela ukuthi akhiphe isibhamu kubangani bakhe, enze sengathi ufuna ukusebenzisa isibhamu ukuvikela imfuyo yakhe e-Eastern Cape. Wabe eseya kumakhelwane wakhe wamcela ukuthi abulale uMfana wamnika u-R40 000 ukuze enze lo msebenzi. Uthembise ukuthi uzosinikeza isibhamu ukuze abulale futhi uzoqinisekisa ukuthi amalungu omndeni wakhe abengekho ekhaya ngesikhathi kudutshulwa. Umakhelwane akazange awuthathe umsebenzi futhi akazange abikele amaphoyisa lolu hlelo.
Ngobusuku bangomhla zingama-30 kuMbasa wezi-2022, uJack, uTshemese noLucas bangena egcekeni lika-15 Cuba Street, KwaNokuthula, Plettenberg Bay, kwathi uJack noTshemese bangena emzini kaMsila lapho umufi wayelele khona kumatilasi endlini yokuphumula nezinye izintombi ezimbili. Umsebenzi kaJack kwakuwukuhlonza nokukhomba uMfana, kanti indima kaTshemese kwakuwukumbulala. Udubule owesifazane oneminyaka engu-23 ubudala amahlandla angu-15 ngesikhathi uLucas eqaphe ngaphandle. Laba balisa abathathu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi baphuma egcekeni bagxumela emotweni yokubaleka. Ezinye izintombi ezimbili ebezilele eduze kukamufi azilimalanga, uMsila obelele kwelinye igumbi naye akalimalanga. Akukho okwathathwa endlini.
Icebo labhidlika ngesikhathi umqoqi kathayela ebuka la madoda amathathu ngesikhathi engena egcekeni. Wabona uLucas eqaphile egcekeni, kwangena amanye amadoda amabili endlini. Wayewazi la madoda amathathu njengoba ehlala endaweni. Wabona ukukhanya okukhanyayo njengeziqhumane endlini. Uphinde wabona amadoda ephuma endlini ngemuva kokudutshulwa kaningi. Ubikele umphenyi ngesigameko sokudubula, amaziyo. Uhlonze uJack noLucas ngomsebenzi wokuhlonza izithombe. Uphinde wathatha umphenyi wamyisa lapho kuhlala khona uTshemese wamkhomba.
UMsila ufake isicelo kwaStandard Bank ukuze kuhlomule u-R200 000, kodwa isicelo sachithwa. I-FNB yakhokha umhlomulo kadadewabo kadadewabo ka-R200,000, kwathi iCapitec Bank yakhokhela umkakhe u-R200,000.