Ubuyela enkantolo umphathi wo-Muvhango ngelokukhwabanisa

Inkakha yomkhiqizi wemdlalo kamabonakude, onolwazi olunzulu futhi owasungula uhlelo i-Muvhango, uDuma ka Ndlovu, kulindeleke ukuthi abuyele eNkantolo eKhethekile yamaCala eZezohwebo yase-Palm Ridge (Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crime Court) ngomhla ka-11 Novemba. Lokhu kwenzeka njengoba kuqhubeka icala lakhe lokukhwabanisa intela elibiza izigidi ezingama-R26, eminyakeni emibili ngemuva kokuboshwa kwakhe kanye nabantu ababili abasebenza ngezindaba zentela.

UNdlovu, kanye noRodney Mutsharini (onguchwepheshe wentela obhalisiwe) noMaxwell Mloyi (onguchwepheshe wentela ongabhalisiwe), babhekene namacala ayi-18 okukhwabanisa intela, ahlobene nentela yakhe yomuntu siqu kanye nentela yenkampani yakhe. Laba abathathu baboshwa ngomhla ka-30 Septhemba 2024, kulandela uphenyo oluhlanganyelwe olwenziwa yi-Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) kanye neSouth African Revenue Service (SARS).

Ngokusho koMbuso, amacala asolwa ngawo ahlobene nokwethulwa kwemininingwane engeyona iqiniso emibhalweni yentela yenkampani eyayaziwa ngokuthi i-Ambrobite (Pty) Ltd, manje esibizwa ngokuthi i-Kanoboya Consulting (Pty) Ltd, eyayiphethwe nguNdlovu. Abaphenyi bathi le nkampani yathola inkontileka engaphansi kwenkontileka enkulu (subcontract) enkampanini yamazwe ngamazwe e-Bain & Company, ukuze ihlinzeke ngezinsizakalo zamasu kanye nokuphathwa kwamaphrojekthi phakathi kukaNovemba 2013 noSepthemba 2016.

Nakuba bathola izinkokhelo zalo msebenzi, uNdlovu noMloyi kuthiwa bathi inkampani ayisebenzi (dormant) futhi abazange benze ibhizinisi phakathi kuka-2013 no-2017, ngesikhathi bethumela imibhalo yentela yenkampani. UMbuso uphinde uthi uMutsharini wasiza uNdlovu ekuthumeleni imibhalo yentela yomuntu siqu equkethe imininingwane engeyona iqiniso, ehlanganisa iminyaka yentela kusukela ngo-2016 kuya ku-2019. Abaphenyi baphinde bathola ukungahambisani nemithetho emibhalweni yentela yakhe yomuntu siqu yonyaka ka-2020 no-2022, kanti umbhalo wentela wonyaka ka-2021 kuthiwa awuzange uthunyelwe nhlobo.

I-SARS kanye ne-IDAC balinganisele ukuthi ukulahlekelwa kwezimali okubangelwe yilezi zenzo ezisolwayo kufinyelela cishe ezigidini ezingama-R26. Esitatimendeni esihlanganyelwe esakhishwa ngesikhathi abasolwa beqala ukuvela enkantolo ngo-Okthoba 2024, okhulumela i-IDAC, uHenry Mamothame, wachaza ngophenyo olwaholela kulawa macala.

“Uphenyo oluhlangene phakathi kwalezi zinhlangano ezimbili luthole ukuthi inkampani eyakha ingxenye yophenyo, iBain and Company, yaqashwa yi-SARS ukuze inikeze izinsizakalo.” Uphenyo lulandele izincomo zeKhomishini Yophenyo Ngezokuphathwa Kwentela Nokuphathwa kwe-SARS iNugent, eholwa yiJaji uRobert Nugent osethathe umhlalaphansi, eyacela ukuthi kube nophenyo mayelana nokukhwabanisa okusolwayo, inkohlakalo kanye nokungahambi kahle kokuthengwa kwempahla ngaphakathi kwensizakalo yemali engenayo.

UNdlovu unikezwe ibheyili ka-R100 000, kanti uMutsharini noMloyi ngamunye wathola ibheyili ka-R50 000. Imibandela yabo yebheyili yayihlanganisa ukunikezela ngezincwadi zabo zokuhamba kanye nokubika eziteshini zamaphoyisa. UNdlovu uphinde wayalelwa ukuthi abike esiteshini samaphoyisa saseSandton ngezinsuku ezibekiwe. Icala lihlehliswe kaningana.

Ngo-Ephreli 2025, ithimba labameli bakaNdlovu lenze izethulo kwi-National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), lifuna ukuthi amacala ahoxiswe. Abameli bakhe baphikisana ngokuthi i-NPA kanye ne-SARS baqale ukumphenya ngemuva kokuboshwa kwakhe. UNdlovu ugcizelele ubumsulwa bakhe. Esitatimendeni sangaphambilini, uchaze leli cala “njengokuzingela abathakathi okungenasisekelo” futhi wathi izinsolo zibangele “umonakalo ongenakulungiseka” edumeleni lakhe lobuchwepheshe nelebhizinisi.

Imisebenzi yakhe yebhizinisi nayo yahlolwa ngaphambilini ngesikhathi seKhomishini kaZondo Yophenyo Ngokubanjwa Kombuso. Owayengumlingani weBain South Africa u-Athol Williams ufakaze ngezinkokhelo ezenziwe ku-Ambrobite, okubikwa ukuthi zifinyelela ku-R3.6 million ngonyaka, ngokubandakanyeka kwayo emsebenzini wokweluleka ngamasu kanye nokwenza kube lula ukwethulwa phakathi kukaBain nabantu abanamandla kuhulumeni.

Kodwa-ke, izinqubo zobugebengu zamanje zihlobene ngqo nokuvezwa kabi kwezindaba zenkampani nezomuntu siqu. Ukuvela kwakamuva enkantolo kuza ngemuva kokuba esinye isahluko esikhulu emsebenzini kaNdlovu kuthelevishini sivaliwe ngokuphela kweMuvhango, ngemva kweminyaka engama-28 ku-SABC2.

Lomsakazo wamemezela ngoMeyi 2025 ukuthi lo mkhiqizo uzophela. Uhlelo lwaqala ukusakazwa ngo-Ephreli 7, 1997, futhi lwaba ngomunye wemidlalo kamabonakude edlala isikhathi eside eNingizimu Afrika, ebeka ulimi lwesiTshivenda, amasiko namasiko enkabeni kamabonakude ojwayelekile. Isiqephu sokugcina sasakazwa ngo-Agasti 12, 2025, kanti lomdlalo ubusuqede iminyaka ecishe ibe ngamashumi amathathu kumabonakude.

Ukunqanyulwa kwalandela isikhathi esinzima kuMuvhango, eyayibe nokuphazamiseka kokukhiqiza, okuhlanganisa nezingxabano zokukhokha ezibikiwe ezihilela abadlali nabasebenzi. Ukuvela kukaNdlovu kwakamuva enkantolo kuhlelelwe uNovemba 11, lapho kulindeleke ukuthi kuxazululwe khona umphumela wokubuyekezwa kanye nokunqunywa kwezinsuku zecala.