By Asipile Kitchen.
INkundla yeNgingqi ehleli eWhittlesea igwebe uZuko Sigenu oneminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesibhozo (38) ubudala ubomi entolongweni ngokubulala ngokungenalusini uyise kunye neminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu (15) eyongezelelweyo ngokubulala isalamane sakhe ngaphambili. Omabini amatyala enziwa kwilali yaseThornhill, kwaye uSigenu wayengaphandle ngebheyile ngethuba esenza isihlandlo sesibini sokubulala.
INkundla ive ukuba ukubulala kokuqala kwenzeka ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesihlanu (25) kweyoMsintsi 2021, ngexesha lomsitho wesintu kwikhaya losapho. USigenu uye wabandakanyeka kwingxabano eyayiphenjelelwa butywala nexhoba, isalamane sakhe.
Nangona kukho iinzame zokuthomalalisa le meko, uSigenu uye waleqa ixhoba emva kokwahlulwa wambulala ngesikhali esibukhali. Urhulumente ukhokele ubungqina obuvela kumangqina amabini waza wamgweba ngokusekelwe kwindibaniselwano yobungqina obuthe ngqo.
Ngelixa ekwibheyile yeli tyala, uSigenu wenza elesibini ulwaphulo-mthetho olothusa nangakumbi, lokubulala uyise, ngomhla weshumi elinesibini (12) kweyeThupha 2023. Ngobusuku besiganeko sesibini, ummelwane wangqina ukuba uSigenu wafika ekhayeni labo enxilile kwaye ebonakala enomsindo.
Ngaphambili ummelwane weva ingxabano eshushu phakathi kukaSigenu noyise, kuquka nezibongozo ezipholileyo zikayise esithi, “Zuko, ungandibulali.” Emizuzwini emva koko, lo bawo wafunyanwa ekwidama legazi enamanxeba angaphezulu kweshumi kumzimba wakhe ongasentla. Wabhengezwa eswelekile kwindawo yexhwayelo.
USigenu wabanjwa kungekudala emva koko, wakhanyela ukuba uyabandakanyeka. Nangona kunjalo, uMbuso, omelwe nguMtshutshisi weNkundla yeNgingqi uSiphelo Kwehla, wema ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba ubungqina bubonakalisa ukuba unetyala uSigenu. INkundla yavuma, yafumanisa ukuba uSigenu akabonakalisi kuzisola.
UMlawuli wezoTshutshiso eMpuma Kapa, uAdvocate Barry Madolo, usamkele isigwebo esithi, “Asinakuze sigxininiswe ngendlela obubaluleke ngayo ubomi bomntu.”
I-NPA izakuqhuba iwalandela ngamandla amatyala anje ukuze ithumele umyalezo ongqingqwa kwaye inqande abantu abangababulali. Ubulungisa kufuneka bufumaneke, ngokukodwa kwiimeko apho ubungcwele bentsapho buye baphulwa ngenkohlakalo.
IGunyabantu leSizwe lezoTshutshiso (NPA) lincoma iinzame zokutshutshisa kunye nokuthotyelwa komthetho ukuze kugwetywe esi sigwebo. Isiphumo sigxininisa ukuzinikela kwe-NPA ekuxhaseni ubulungisa nokuqinisekisa ukuba aboni aba nobundlobongela banoxanduva olupheleleyo ngezenzo zabo.