Icala lokubulala elidumile lalowo owayeyilungu le-Special Task Force yamaphoyisa uMatipandile Sotheni lithathe inguquko ebalulekile ngemuva kokuvela enkantolo ukuthi abaphenyi bezobunhloli baqeda ukulanda i-datha kusuka kumakhalekhukhwini ongekho emthethweni ohlobene nomsolwa.

USotheni, oneminyaka engu-42, uvele phambi kweNkantolo yeMantshi yaseBrakpan ngoLwesithathu. Ubhekene namacala obugebengu angu-16, okuhlanganisa ukubulala okuhleliwe, uzungu lokubulala, kanye namacala amathathu okuzama ukubulala.

Amacala asukela ekubulaweni okunesihluku kukaMarius van der Merwe ngoDisemba 2025, owaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi “Witness D” kwiKhomishini Yophenyo YaseMadlanga. Ngesikhathi senqubo yakamuva yasenkantolo, umbuso unikeze isibuyekezo esibalulekile mayelana nophenyo lwawo lwezobunhloli lwezobunhloli.

Iziphathimandla zembule ukuthi ukuhlaziywa kwe-tracker kanye nokukhishwa kwedatha yangaphakathi yeselula kuqediwe ngempumelelo. Icala lokushushisa manje seliqedela ukudwetshwa kwemephu kanye nokuhlelwa kwedatha, okulindeleke ukuthi kutholakale abantu abathile umsolwa okusolwa ukuthi wayexhumana nabo ejele.

UVan der Merwe wadutshulwa wabulawa ngaphandle komuzi wakhe eBrakpan phambi komkakhe nezingane zakhe ngemuva nje kokucasha ngenkohlakalo ephezulu ngaphakathi kwamayunithi omthetho endawo. Lokhu kushayiswa kwethuse iNingizimu Afrika yonke, kwathola ukugxekwa okukhulu yiHhovisi likaMongameli.

Umbuso uhlela ukusebenzisa idatha yeselula ekhishwe kanye nokumapha kwe-cell tower njengobufakazi obuyinhloko bobuchwepheshe. Uma isigaba sokuhlela sesiqediwe ngokugcwele, abashushisi bahlose ukudlulisela ngokusemthethweni leli cala eNkantolo Ephakeme ukuze liqulwe.

USotheni, oke waphika lezi zinsolo ngaphambilini, usagcinwe esitokisini ngemuva kokwenqatshelwa ibheyili ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka. Umsolwa waboshwa ngoMashi 14, 2026, kulandela uphenyo ngezindaba ezivela kwiKhomishini Yophenyo yaseMadlanga.