U-Bester uthi uphathiswa okomgulukudu omkhulu

Umbulali owalahlwa yicala kanye noweqa ejele, uThabo Bester, uvele waqhuma emoyeni eNkantolo eNkulu yaseBloemfontein lapho evele khona ukuze kuzoqulwa icala lakhe. UBester, isithandwa sakhe nobehambisana naye, uNandipha Magudumana, nabanye abayisikhombisa, okuhlanganisa noyise, babuyele esikhumulweni sezindiza ngoLwesithathu.

Kodwa ukulalelwa kwecala akukwazanga ukuqhubeka njengoba abameli besithathu bakaBester behoxile kuleli cala. Umsolwa oneminyaka engu-37 ubudala waboshwa ngesikhathi ebalekela eTanzania ngonyaka odlule, kanye noMagudumana, ngemuva kokuba ebaleke ejele laseMangaung lapho edonsa khona udilikajele.

Selokhu aphinde wabanjwa eTanzania ngo-Ephreli nyakenye, uBester usedlule kubameli abathathu kanti manje, owesithathu naye usehoxile ecaleni lakhe, esho ukushoda kwemiyalelo yezimali nokungakwazi ukubonisana naye ngesikhathi egcinwe kwa-C-max. ejele iKgosi Mampuru Prison.

Lokhu kususe umsindo kuBester, owathi akakwazanga ukubonisana nabameli ngasese futhi akaphathwanga ngendlela. “Angiboni ukuthi ngiphathwa njengabo bonke abasolwa kuleli. Nina ninemithombo yezindaba engingcolisile yangicekela phansi, sekuqinisekisiwe ukuthi ngeqa kodwa awekho amaqiniso.”

Udaba lwangoLwesithathu beluphethwe nguMengameli wamaJaji, uCagney Musi, otshele uBester ukuthi acele abameli bakhe abasha ukuthi balethe isicelo enkantolo uma behluleka ukubonisana naye. Yize uBester etshele inkantolo ukuthi uzokwazi ukuthola abameli abasha esikhathini esingangesonto, icala lihlehliselwe umhla zinga-24 kuJulayi.