Idabi likaMongameli weeJaji zaseMpuma Koloni ohlazisiweyo uSelby Mbenenge lifuna ukugcina isihloko sakhe kunye nokukhusela izibonelelo zakhe zomhlalaphantsi wobomi bakhe bonke. Oku kusemngciphekweni okwangoku njengoko ejongene nokugxothwa esikhundleni emva kwesiganeko sokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo, esiye sabonakala kuluntu lonke. Ngenyanga yoMqungu ka 2025, iJudicial Conduct Tribunal (JCT) ephanda izityholo ezichasene noMbenenge yahlala kwintlanganiso yayo yokuqala.
IJaji ethathe umhlala-phantsi uBernard Ngoepe wakhokela inkundla exhaswa yiJaji ethathe umhlala-phantsi uCynthia Pretorius kunye neGqwetha uGift Mashaba SC. Oku, emva kokuba isikhalazo sokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo sabekwa kuMongameli weeJaji zaseMpuma Koloni ngunobhala enkundleni, uAndiswa Mengo.
Uthi phakathi kowama-2021 nowama-2022, uMbenenge wamthumelela imiyalezo engafanelekanga kunye nemifanekiso elinganiswe kakhulu athi yayiyeyakhe.
UMengo wangqina ukuba wazama ukubonakalisa ukungakhululeki kwakhe ngemiyalezo evela kuMbenenge kwaye wazama nokufumana iindlela zokumxelela ukuba “hayi,” kodwa waqhubeka.
Uninzi lwengxoxo eyaphakanyiswa ngamagqwetha akhe yayikukuba amandla ayedlala indima kwaye ayinakutyeshelwa xa kujongwa iimpendulo zikaMengo, njengoko uMbenenge engujaji ophezulu kwicandelo.
Oku bekukuphendula imibuzo eyayibuzwa yinkundla yokuba kutheni uMengo wayebonakala ngathi ebemvuyisa uMbenenge ngamaxesha athile kwiincoko zabo.
Ekugqibeleni, inkundla yalikhaba ibango lokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kwaye ayizange imfumane umongameli wejaji enetyala lokuziphatha kakubi, kodwa yafumanisa ukuba waphula iKhowudi yoKuziphatha yoBulungisa, nto leyo ethetha ukuba uMbenenge uyayichasa inkundla ephakamileyo.
Kodwa into ebonakala ngathi yiyo eyabangela ukuba angene kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo yasePitoli sisigqibo seKhomishini yeNkonzo yoBulungisa (JSC), eyaguqula isigqibo senkundla.
Ityala leNkundla ePhakamileyo likaJaji uMbenenge likwiinxalenye ezimbini. Eyokuqala linyathelo lakhe lokuthintela ukugxothwa kwakhe okusalindelekileyo. Ngaphandle kokufumana umyalelo yinkundla, akukho nto ithintela iPalamente ekuqaliseni inkqubo yokugxothwa.
Kodwa uMbenenge ukholelwa ukuba i-JSC kunye ne-JCT baphosisa kwiziphumo zabo ngokuchasene naye, kwaye uqinisekile ukuba iinkundla ziya kufumana okulungileyo kuye.
Inxalenye yesibini zizinto ezibalulekileyo zetyala lakhe. Kwingxelo yakhe efungelweyo enamaphepha angamashumi asibhozo anesithandathu (86), uphikisa isigqibo senkundla sokuba waphula inqaku 5.1 lekhowudi yezobulungisa, kwaye ugxininisa ukuba isigqibo se-JSC sokuziphatha kakubi okukhulu sasixhomekeke kakhulu kuloo nto.
Uthi isigqibo se-JSC besingenangqiqo, asihambelani nenkqubo kwaye asihambelani nomgaqo wobusemthethweni. UMbenege ukwathi akukho nto ingaqhelekanga ukuba i-JSC iguqule isigqibo se-JCT malunga nokuziphatha kakubi.
Umongameli wejaji ukwagxininise isigqibo sokuthembeka esenziwe nxamnye noMengo yinkundla.
Kusenjalo inkundla ifumanise ukuba uMengo wazixokisa ngexesha lobungqina bakhe waza waxoka xa ephendula imibuzo ethile.
UMbenenge uthe i-JSC ayikunaki oku xa isenza isigqibo sayo nxamnye naye, into ayigxininisayo ukuba ibalulekile. Ukwabonisa ukuba uMengo utshintshe iincoko zabo ze-WhatsApp, esusa imiyalezo engahambelani nebali lakhe.
UMbenenge uchaze lo mbandela njengongxamisekileyo, apho inxalenye yokuqala yetyala, isithintelo sokumgxotha, kufuneka siviwe kuqala. Phakathi kwabaphenduli kulo mba kukho i-JSC kunye ne-JCT, iNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yeSizwe, uSomlomo wePalamente, uMongameli uCyril Ramaphosa kunye no-Andiswa Mengo.
Inkundla kuya kufuneka yenze isigqibo ngesithintelo kuqala, kwaye oko kuya kulandelwa tyala eliphambili, apho kuya kufuneka kuhlolwe khona izinto ezifanelekileyo.
Oku kusenokwenzeka ukuba kuthathe iinyanga ukuba kudlaleke kwiinkundla ngaphambi kokuba kwenziwe isigqibo sokugqibela.
