Umshayeli obedakwe wutshwala uboshiwe ngemuva kokushaya intombazane eneminyaka engu-17 ngaphandle kwesigodlo saseMashobeni. Lomshayeli kubikwa ukuthi ushayise intombazane eneminyaka engu-17 yaseRichmond nesilulamela ekhaya ngemuva kokushayiswa ngumshayeli obedakwe wutshwala ngaphandle kwesigodlo saseMashobeni emgwaqweni u-R66, ngesikhathi izinkulungwane zamantombazane ziphuma emcimbini woMhlanga walo nyaka.

Le ntombazane, igama layo kungu-Amahle Kweyama, iphuke umlenze ngemuva kwalengozi, kanti abasebenzi bezempilo bayelaphe ngokushesha yabe isidedelwa ngemuva kokuthi ingene esibhedlela. ILungu loMkhandlu oPhethe (MEC) wezokuThutha neziNdlu KwaZulu-Natal, uSiboniso Duma, uthe kugwenywe inhlekelele enkulu ngenxa yokuthi izikhulu zoMnyango wezokuThutha (RTI), abaholi bomphakathi kanye namaqembu ezokwelapha bangenelele ngokushesha.

Le ngozi yenzeke ngesikhathi amabhasi angaphezu kuka-100 namatekisi angaphezu kuka-700 ethutha amantombazane ewasusa esigodlweni saseMashobeni ePhongolo, enyakatho KwaZulu-Natal, njengoba lesi sigodlo besisungathe ingxenye yesibili yoMkhosi woMhlanga waminyaka yonke (owawungowama-46) kusukela ngomhlaka-11 kuya ku-13 kuMandulo 2026. Amantombazane angaphezu kuka-30 000 ayebuthene lapho ukuze ayokwethula imihlanga eNkosini uMisuzulu kaZwelithini.

UDuma uthe ukuhlolwa kokuphefumula okwenziwe ithimba le-RTI eliqinile kumshayeli, kukhombise izinga lotshwala elingu-0.74 mg egazini lakhe—okuyizinga eliphindwe kathathu kunalokho okuvunyelwe umthetho.
ENingizimu Afrika, umshayeli ojwayelekile akumele adlule ku-0.24 milligrams yotshwala lomoya ophefumulwayo, noma u-0.05 grams wotshwala ku-100 millilitres egazini. Ngakho-ke, izinga elingu-0.74 milligrams ilitha ngalinye liphakeme kakhulu kunomkhawulo ovunyelwe.

Utshwala obungako buphazamisa ukusebenza kwengqondo ekuphenduleni izimo, buphazamisa ukwahlulela kahle futhi benza kube nzima kakhulu ukuma ngesikhathi uma kunabantu abahamba eduze komgwaqo omatasa.

Umshayeli, osebenzela indawo edayisa izimoto e-Ulundi, uboshwe ngokushesha futhi uzovela enkantolo kusasa. Lo mgwaqo usebenziswa izimoto zasendaweni, amabhasi ahamba amabanga amade kanye nezivakashi eziya emicimbini yasebukhosi. Uma umshayeli onotshwala obungako egijima ngemoto bese ehlangana nesixuku samantombazane aphuma esigodlweni, ingozi yokulimala kanzima iba nkulu kakhulu.

UDuma uthe ochwepheshe bezempilo bahlinzeke ngezinsizakalo zokunakekelwa kwempilo ezisezingeni eliphezulu entombazaneni eyayiphuke umlenze ngemuva kokushayiswa yimoto ngaphandle kwesigodlo saseMashobeni Royal Palace emgwaqweni u-R66. U-Amahle Kweyama, oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala futhi odabuka eRichmond, useluleme ngokushesha futhi usebuyele ekhaya.