Indoda Esolwa ngokugwaza uTshepang Nyathi oneminyaka engu-20 waze wafa ngemva kokumthella ngamanzi ngesikhathi semikhosi yeNtwasahlobo. Umsolwa uvele kafushane eNkantolo yeMantshi yaseCullinan ngaphandle kwasePitoli, kulandela ukugwazwa kukaNyathi ngesikhathi semikhosi yaseNtwasahlobo eRefilwe, eCullinan, ngesonto eledlule.

Kuthiwa lesi sigameko senzeke ngesikhathi semikhosi yaseNtwasahlobo lapho iqembu lentsha lifafaza abantu abazihambelayo ngamanzi. Kuthiwa uNyathi wagwazwa waze wafa ngesikhathi salesigameko. Umsolwa, oneminyaka engu-53 ubudala, uvele enkantolo, lapho anqabe khona isicelo sakhe sebheyili.

U-Anna Nyathi, ongubabekazi kaNyathi, uthe umndeni unemizwa exubile mayelana nokuthi umsolwa unqabe isicelo sakhe sebheyili. Uthe bafuna ubulungiswa bukaTshepang nokuthi uyaluthemba uhlelo lobulungiswa, yize ukubona umsolwa enkantolo kusabuhlungu emndenini.