INkundla ePhakamileyo ePietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, isikhabe isicelo sowayengumongameli uJacob Zuma kunye nenkampani yezikhali yaseFransi, iThales, sokufumana imvume yokubhena kwisigqibo esavula indlela yokuba ityala labo lorhwaphilizo lwesivumelwano sezikhali liqhubele phambili.
UMgwebi uNkosinathi Chili uwise esi sigqibo kusasa ngoLwesithathu.
Kwisisombululo sakhe, uMgwebi uChili uthe uZuma noThales abakwazanga ukuqinisekisa inkundla ukuba enye inkundla ingafikelela kwisigqibo esahlukileyo kwisicelo sabo sokumisa ukutshutshiswa kwabo.
Esi sicelo semvume yokubhena silandela isigqibo sikaMgwebi uChili sangonyaka ophelileyo ngoJuni, apho wakhaba khona umzamo wabo wokufumana ukumiswa ngokusisigxina kwetyala.
IThales ibiphikisa isithi ayizukufumana ityala elinobulungisa kuba amangqina amabini aphambili okhuselo, awayengabalawuli bangaphambili benkampani eMzantsi Afrika, sele aswelekile.
Nangona kunjalo, uMgwebi uChili ufumanise ukuba inkundla yovavanyo lwetyala (trial court) yeyona iza kuba kwindawo engcono yokuvavanya naziphi na izityholo zokungabi nabulungisa kwaba batyholwa, emva kokuba bonke ubungqina buviwe ngexesha letyala lolwaphulo-mthetho.
Esi sigqibo sithetha ukuba ityala lezivumelwano zezikhali elineminyaka emininzi, elibandakanya uZuma noThales, ngoku lisondela ngakumbi ekuqaleni kwetyala.
UZuma noThales bajongene namatyala abandakanya ubuqhetseba obucwangcisiweyo (racketeering), urhwaphilizo, ubuqhetseba (fraud) kunye nokuxhaphaza imali (money laundering), anxulumene nesivumelwano sezikhali esiphikisanayo seebhiliyoni zeerandi sango-1990.