Umshayeli wetekisi oneminyaka engu-44 ubudala waseNingizimu Afrika ubanjwe nabantu abangu-23 abasuka e-Ethiopia ngokungemthetho eLimpopo. Emkhankasweni omkhulu owenziwe ithimba leSouth African Police Service (SAPS) Limpopo Provincial Tracking Team, ngokubambisana nezinkampani zonogada ezizimele i-SPS High Risk kanye ne-Tshimollo Security, kuboshwe abantu bangaphandle abangamashumi amabili nanhlanu. Abasolwa, abaneminyaka ephakathi kuka-20 no-44, baboshelwe ukwephula umthetho wabokufika eSolomondale ngasePolokwane.
Lo msebenzi uqalwe kususelwa kulwazi olutholakele mayelana neToyota Quantum emhlophe ebihamba emgwaqeni u-R81 eSolomondale ngaphansi kwendawo yamaphoyisa eSebayeng. Imoto ilandelwe umkhondo isuka eMgceleni waseBeitBridge eMusina, iqhamuka eZimbabwe ilibangise ePolokwane, eLimpopo.
Lapho zibona i-Quantum emhlophe esiteshini esiseduze nomgwaqo u-R81 e-Sebayeng, iziphathimandla zathola abantu besilisa abangama-23 base-Ethiopia, abaneminyaka ephakathi kuka-20 no-38, behanjiswa ngekhumbi elayisha abantu abayishumi nanhlanu. Umshayeli, 44, oyisakhamuzi saseNingizimu Afrika, uboshwe ngokushesha.
Uphenyo lokuqala luveze ukuthi bonke abagibeli bashushumbiswe eNingizimu Afrika ngokungemthetho besuka e-Ethiopia bedlula eZimbabwe. Ngesikhathi kuthungathwa iQuantum nalabo abebephakathi kwayo, iziphathimandla ziphinde zahlangana nemoto emhlophe yohlobo lweToyota Fortuner ebishayelwa ngomunye wesilisa wangaphandle.
Umshayeli weQuantum utholwe nesibhamu esinelayisensi, sashaqwa ukuze kuqhutshekwe nophenyo. Kusenjalo umshayeli weFortuner uzame ukugwazela amaphoyisa u-R5000 ukuze adedele iQuantum nabagibeli bayo. Ngenxa yalokho, wabekwa icala lokufumbathisa. Bobabili abashayeli kumanje basesitokisini futhi babhekene namacala okushushumbiswa kwabantu, ukugwazisa, kanye nokwephula imithetho yokungena kwabokufika.
UKhomishana Osabambile WesiFundazwe Wophiko Lwezemisebenzi Yamaphoyisa aseNingizimu Afrika eLimpopo, uMajor General Jan Scheepers, uncome amathimba abambe iqhaza ngokuzinikela nokuqapha kwawo ekulweni nezenzo zobugebengu esifundazweni. Abasolwa kulindeleke ukuba bavele eNkantolo yeMantshi yaseMankweng ngoMsombuluko, Januwari 29, 2024, lapho kuzobe kuqulwa khona icala labo.
