UJongene nezityholo ezinobuzaza uMphathiswa wezeMpilo KwaZulu-Natal, uNomagugu Simelane, zokusebenzisa ifuthe lakhe kwezopolitiko ukucinezela iVuma FM ukuba igxothe umsasazi nolitshantliziyo likanomathotholo uJacinta Ngobese-Zuma. Le ngxwabangxwaba ilandela indima kaNgobese-Zuma ekuthetheni phandle kwintshukumo iMarch to March, ekhankasela ngokuchasene nokungena kwabantu abasuka kwamanye amazwe ngokungekho mthethweni kunye nefuthe loko kwiinkonzo zoluntu.
Ngokwengxelo yeSunday World, imithombo emininzi ithi uSimelane wagrogrisa ngokurhoxisa iintengiso zikarhulumente kwisikhululo sikanomathotholo ngaphandle kokuba bayasiphelisa isivumelwano sikaNgobese-Zuma. Umsasazi, obekwiVuma FM ukusukela ngo-2019, uye wagxothwa ngoLwesibini, umhla weshumi elinesihlanu (15) kweyeKhala 2025, oku kuxelwe ukuba kwenziwe ngaphandle kwamanyathelo oluleko okanye nasiphi na isizathu esisemthethweni esinikiweyo.
Kwisiteyitimenti samajelo eendaba esichukumisayo ebesibhalwe kwileta yakhe esemthethweni, uNgobese-Zuma uvakalise umbulelo ongazenzisiyo ngohambo lwakhe lweminyaka emihlanu kwiVuma FM, echaza esi sikhululo “njengekhaya lakhe lesibini.” Ubalise umsebenzi wakhe ngokuzingca, eqaqambisa amabhaso, inkqubo enefuthe, kwaye ingakumbi usasazo lomtshato olukhumbulekayo lwephondo olubonisa umanyano loluntu.
“Kufikile kum ukuba isikhalazo siziswe liqumrhu okanye ngumntu wangaphandle, andizukujongana neenkcukacha zeso sikhalazo okwangoku,” ubhale watsho, evuma ukuphela kwengqesho yakhe ngokungalindelekanga.
Ukugxothwa kulandela inkokeli yakutshanje kaNgobese-Zuma kuqhankqalazo kwiSibhedlele saseThekwini iAddington, apho umbutho wezoKwindla kweyoKwindla wawucel’ umngeni ukusetyenziswa kweenkonzo zempilo yoluntu ngabemi bamazwe angaphandle abangenazimpepha. UMphathiswa uSimelane usikhalimele esidlangalaleni esi senzo, esithi makungenelele amapolisa. Impendulo yakhe yavusa ingxoxo eshushu kwiIntanethi, abagxeki bamtyhola ngokukhusela abaphambukeli abangekhomthethweni.
Ngaphandle kwezi zityholo, isithethi sikaSimelane, uNtokozo Maphisa, ukukhabile oku wathi: “Siyakukhanyela ukuba sinefuthe kwizigqibo zabasebenzi beVuma FM.
IVuma FM ayikakhuphi mpendulo ngokusesikweni, nangona isithethi siqinisekisile ukuba ingxelo izakukhutshwa ekuhambeni kwexesha.
Usuku lokugqibela lukaNgobese-Zuma esemoyeni luzakuba ngomhla wamashumi amathathu ananye (31) kweyeKhala 2025. Uqukumbele intetho yakhe ngokubulela abaphulaphuli bakhe, abalandeli bakhe kumakhasi onxibelelwano, nosapho ngenkxaso engagungqiyo, watsho ebongoza amalungu ombutho e-“March to March” ukuba ahlale eqinile: “Nabuphi na ubundlavini esiyenziwa ngabo, inyaniso iya kusikhulula.”