‘Sizonithola’: UKekana Uxwayisa Abasolwa Ngemuva Kokudubulana Okubulalayo eCarletonville

IPhini likaKhomishana wamaPhoyisa eGauteng, uFred Kekana, likhiphe isixwayiso esiqinile kwabangabangela ukudubulana okukhulu eDora’s Tavern e-Extension 3, lapho kubulawe khona abantu abangu-17 kwathi abanye abangu-15 balimala eWedela eduze neCarletonville, eWest Rand.

UKekana utshele umphakathi ukuthi ukuhlasela okwenzeke eDora’s Tavern e-Extension 3 kubukeka njengokuziphindiselela kweqembu lezigebengu eliyizimbangi. Uthe omunye wabantu abadutshulwe bafa wayefunwa ngamaphoyisa mayelana nesigameko esenzeka ngaphambilini. Lokhu kuwumbono wamaphoyisa okwamanje, hhayi umphumela wokugcina wophenyo.

Lokhu futhi kuyinkomba yokuqala esemthethweni mayelana nesizathu sesigameko ngemuva kobusuku obuqale ngokuzijabulisa nokuphuza ngoMgqibelo kodwa baphela ngokuthi amadoda angu-13 nabesifazane abane batholakale befile nangaphandle egcekeni.
Akukho muntu oboshiwe kwaze kwafika iSonto, kodwa kufunwa abasolwa abangu-8 abahlomile.

Amakhasimende ayephuza ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwendawo yokucima ukoma cishe ngo-21:30 ngoMgqibelo, mhla zingama-26 kuMandulo 2026, ngenkathi kufika amadoda acishe abe ngu-8. Amaphoyisa athi abasolwa baebephethe izibhamu ezinkulu i-AK-47 nezibhamu ezincane (izibhamu zesandla). Baqale ngokudubula abantu ababengaphandle, base bengena ngaphakathi baqhubeka nokudubula.

Ahlola ezinye izivakashi, athatha omakhalekhukhwini abese ebaleka ngezimoto ezimbili ezingaziwa. Ezinye izimoto ezimbili zashiswa. Abezimo eziphuthumayo (Emergency Medical Services) baqinisekise ukuthi bonke abantu abangu-17 bashonele endaweni yesigameko. Abantu abangu-15 abalimele bayiswe ezibhedlela zaseCarletonville naseLeratong. Amaphoyisa avule amacala angu-17 okubulala, amacala angu-15 okuzama ukubulala kanye namacala amabili okonakaliswa kwempahla ngamabomu.

Osindile uthe usinde ngokulambisa ngemuva kokuthi ezenze ofileyo kwaze kwahamba amadoda abehlasela.
Umyalezo kaKekana oya kula madoda angu-8 uyafana nalowo awusebenzisa ngemuva kokubulawa kwabantu abaningi ezindaweni zokuphuza eWest Rand: bazotholakala. Ngemuva kokudubulana eBekkersdal ngoZibandlela odlule, wachaza ukuhlasela njengento “engeyona eyobuntu” wathi amaphoyisa ngeke aphumule kuze kube kutholakala wonke umuntu owayephethe isibhamu.