Indodakazi kaJacob Zuma izokhokhelwa ilobolo yinkosi uMswati III

UNomcebo Zuma, 21, indodakazi yowayenguMengameli waseNingizimu Afrika uJacob Zuma, yethulwe njengentombi entsha esemthethweni yeNkosi uMswati III. Ubonakale okokuqala emphakathini eSwatini ehamba noSiphelele Mashwama, ongomunye wamakhosikazi angu-15 enkosi.

Imithombo emithathu ezimele ikuqinisekisile kuSunday World ukuthi iNkosi uMswati kulindeleke ukuthi ikhokhe u-R2 million nezinkomo ezingu-100 njengelobolo likaNomcebo. Leli lobolo elibalulekile ngelikaNomcebo, indodakazi kaZuma kanye noNonkululeko Hloniphile Mhlongo, odume ngelikaMaMhlongo.

Ilungu lomndeni wakwaZuma, elicele ukungadalulwa, lithe, “Amehlo kaMaMhlongo aphezu kwenani lamalobolo, okubikwa ukuthi libiza amanani ayisithupha kanye nezinkomo ezibalelwa ku-100.” Yize uJacob Zuma ephume ngendlela emangalisayo ezingxoxweni zamalobolo emasontweni amabili edlule, umama kaNomcebo, uMaMhlongo, umile kwelokuthi izingxoxo zizoqhubeka. Uthe, “Izingxoxo zizoqhubeka naye noma ngaphandle kwakhe.” Imizamo yokuthola uZuma noMaMhlongo ukuze baphawule ayiphumelelanga.

Egqoke imvunulo yomdabu yaseSwati ebomvu, uNomcebo ubonakale okokuqala emphakathini ngesikhathi evula uhlelo lwenkukhu luka-R50 million eMalkerns, eSwatini. Ubephelezelwa nguSiphelele Mashwama, inkosikazi yenkosi yeshumi nanhlanu, owashada neNgonyama ngoSepthemba 2017 futhi osehlale ebonakala emicimbini ebalulekile ehlanganisa nokugcotshwa kweNkosi yamaZulu uMisuZulu kaZwelithini ngo-Okthoba 2022.

Kubikwa ukuthi uZuma uziyekile izingxoxo zamalobolo ngesikhathi ezwa ukuthi iNkosi uMswati, eyake yaveza ukuthi indodana yayo izoshada noNomcebo, yayihlose ukuthatha uNomcebo njengentombi yayo. Lokhu kuphumela obala kuholele ekutheni uZuma ashiye isigubhukane ezingxoxweni, ezizwa edakelwe yinkosi.

Omunye wangaphakathi ulandise lesi sigameko: “Angikaze ngimbone uNxamalala (Zuma) ehlulwa ngaleya ndlela. Wavele wasukuma wathi seniyosala niqhubeka bafana bakithi . Wabe esehamba.”

Ukwanda komndeni wasebukhosini beNkosi uMswati kudale iziyaluyalu kumakhosikazi akhe amanje, abekholelwa ukuthi inkosi, manje eneminyaka engu-56, ngeke ithathe amakhosikazi amasha noma izintombi. Induna uMgwagwa Gamedze, uMntwana Hlangabeza Dlamini, noQethuka Sigombeni Dlamini bahole ithimba leSilo ngesikhathi sezingxoxo, noMntwana uSimphiwe Zulu, okhulumela iNkosi uMisuZulu kanye nomkhuzi wamabutho.

UPercy Simelane, okhulumela iSilo, wenqabile ukuphawula ngalolu daba, wathi, “Kuwumgomo wethu ukungaphawuli ngempilo yangasese yenkosi kwabezindaba.”