Anqatshelwe ibheyili amaphoyisa amahlanu aseCradock ecaleni lokubulala elishaqisayo

Esigamekweni sakamuva, wonke amaphoyisa amahlanu esiteshini samaphoyisa eCradock asolwa ngokubulala anqatshelwe ibheyili. La maphoyisa aboshwe uphiko oluphenya amacala athinta amaphoyisa i-Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) ngesonto eledlule, ebhekene namacala okubulala, ukuthumba, nelokushaya ngenhloso yokulimaza.

Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka icala enkantolo, kuvele ingwijikhwebu entsha neshaqisayo njengoba kwengezwe elinye icala lokubulala emacaleni abo. Kuvele imininingwane emisha, eveza ukuthi kunesinye isisulu esikhonjwe indlela kulesi sihluku okuthiwa senziwe yila maphoyisa. Icala lihlehliselwe uFebhuwari 23, 2024, ukuze kuqhutshekwe nophenyo.

Ukuboshwa kwamaphoyisa amathathu, uSergeant Melikhaya Madubedube, Constable Ibanathu Jack, noConstable Ndumiso Mpondo, kwenzeke ngasekuqaleni kukaJanuwari, ngokusho kokhulumela i-Ipid uPhaladi Shuping. Ngemuva kwalokho uphenyo luholele ekutheni kuboshwe amanye amaphoyisa amabili uSergeant Vuyane Mahlasela noSergeant Khulile Damane.

Lesi sigameko esibuhlungu kuthiwa siqale ngesikhathi elinye lamaphoyisa kuthiwa ligetshengwe yiqulu lamadoda lingekho emsebenzini. Lifuna ukuziphindiselela, iphoyisa, ngosizo lozakwabo, lithole futhi lashaya abasolwa abathathu. Izisulu zibe seziyiswa endaweni eseceleni kwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi zayiswa ebhilidini lePublic Order Police, zaphinde zashaywa.

Ngokudabukisayo, isisulu esisodwa, uThabang Mbovane, 29, udindilize ebhilidini watholwa ngozakwabo ngesikhathi beyosebenza. Isisulu sesibili, uSindile Makoa, 34, naye udlule emhlabeni ngoMsombuluko, okuholele ekutheni kwengezwe icala lesibili lokubulala elibhekene namaphoyisa asolwa.

Ngokusho kukaLuxolo Tyali, okhulumela iNational Prosecuting Authority (NPA), imbangela yokushona kwesisulu sesibili ichazwe njengokuhlukumezeka ekhanda. UTyali uqhube wathi, “Kwengezwe icala lesibili lokubulala kubo bonke abasolwa abahlanu. Lelo cala lithatha indawo yecala elilodwa lokuzama ukubulala.”