INkonzo yesiPolisa yoMzantsi Afrika (i-SAPS) iqwalasela kulo nyaka iiNtsuku ezilishumi elinesithandathu (16) zokuLwa ubuNdlobongela ngakubantu baseTyhini naBantwana ngokuthi baqaqambisa umsebenzi wamadoda nabasetyhini akantsasana abahamba ngaphaya kwekhwelo lokukhusela abasetyhini nabantwana eMzantsi Afrika.
Namhlanje, sazisa isizwe ngoWarrant Officer Sonwabile Dlomo, umphandi osebenza kwicandelo loPhando loLwaphulo-mthetho olulandelelanayo nolwe-Elektroniki (SECI) eZwelitsha, eMpuma Kapa.
UDlomo uthi umnqweno wakhe wokuba lipolisa ufezeke ngethuba ebhaliselwa le Nkonzo kwiminyaka elishumi elinethoba (19) eyadlulayo. Ingqondo yakhe enomdla ekugqibeleni yamkhokelela ekubeni abe ngumcuphi kwaye ebengaphakathi koBundlobongela boSapho, uKhuseleko lwaBantwana kunye noLwaphulo-mthetho lwezeSondo (FCS) ukusukela ngo-2010.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uDlomo uncedise ekugwebeni izigwebo zobomi ezingamashumi amabini anesithathu (23 life sentences) kunye neminyaka eyi-594 kubadlwenguli abalishumi elinesithandathu (16) abasele bevalelwe.
NgoJuni 2024, iNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseMakanda yagweba uGlass Lechesa izigwebo ezithandathu zobomi kunye neminyaka eyi-125 eyongezelelweyo ngenxa yamatyala amaninzi okudlwengula, ukuphanga kunye neemeko ezimbi kunye nokuphanga okuqhelekileyo.
U-Lechesa ujolise kumantombazana aselula nakwindawo ezingqongileyo zaseJoubertina naseAddo; elona xhoba lincinane lalineminyaka elishumi elinesine (14) ubudala ngelo xesha. Wawacupha wawahlasela la maxhoba kwiindawo zasezifama, wawaphanga wawadlwengula ephindaphinda phambi kokuba abaleke kwindawo yexhwayelo.
Olu chungechunge lwahlala phezu kwedesika kaDlomo ukuze kuphandwe ngakumbi. Umrhanelwa ebengekaziwa okwangoku, kodwa lo nto ayizange imthene amandla uDlomo ekuliqhekezeni ityala. Uqokelele ngobuchule zonke iindlela ezikhoyo kwaye ngokusebenzisa iindlela ezahlukeneyo zophando wakwazi ukunxulumanisa umrhanelwa kumatyala alishumi (10) odlwengulo.
Eshushu ezithendeni zomrhanelwa, uDlomo uye kwisikhululo samapolisa saseAddo esiya kuqinisekisa ukuba akhona na amanye amaxwebhu odlwengulo afana nala matyala alishumi.
UDlomo uthi ubuthuku bakhe bumkhokelele ekulandeleni imisebenzi yomrhanelwa ngexesha ‘lokuphola’ kwakhe. Emva koko wafumana iimeko ezintathu ezingakumbi ezinendlela enye efanayo. La matyala ekugqibeleni ongezwa kuthotho emva koqinisekiso oluncomekayo oluvela kwiSAPS’ Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL).
Ulawulo lobugrogrisi lukaLechesa lwafikelela esiphelweni ngomhla weshumi elinesithandathu (16) kuTshazimpuzi ka-2023 xa wabanjwa nguDlomo neqela lakhe. Baasebenzisa ulwazi abalufumene kwindawo yomrhanelwa. UDlomo wayichasa ngempumelelo ibheyile kwaye uLechesa wahlala eluvalelweni de wagwetywa.
Njengomphandi we-SECI, imisebenzi kaDlomo iquka ukuphanda amatyala odlwengulo olulandelelanayo kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho lwezesondo olwenziwa kumajelo e-elektroniki, afana nokubamba, ukusasazwa kunye nokwenziwa koburheletya ebantwaneni.
“Kuninzi lwamatyala am abarhanelwa abaziwa, ekuqaleni injongo yam kukuhlala ndigqithela ngaphaya komsebenzi wokulandela umkhondo nokubamba aba barhanelwa ukuqinisekisa ukuba ubulungisa bukho kumaxhoba,” uthethe watsho uDlomo.