By Asipile Kitchen.
Odla umhlala phantsi oneminyaka engamashumi asithandathu anesixhenxe (67) waseMpuma Kapa ugwetywe iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu eluvalelweni.
UMthozami Thukwayo ugwetywe eNkundleni yamatyala eMolteno, ngoLwesithathu. Ugwetywe phantsi kwamatyala okumosha iziseko zophuhliso ezibalulekiyo nokuba intambo zobhedu (copper) .
UThukwayo ubanjwe ngabezolawulo olubalulekileyo lolwaphulo-mthetho (eyaziwa njenge Hawks), iNkonzo yamaPolisa aseMzantsi Africa (SAPS) nabakwaTransnet ngonyaka ka-2022.
Obethetha ngesisiganeko, isithethi se-Hawks uWarrant Officer Ndiphiwe Mahlakuvana uthe KweyoMdumba 21, 2022, iqela lezoqeqesho laphendula ngolwazi lwesithuthi esiyi-Single Cab yakwaToyota ekwakukrokreleka ukuba ithutha intambo zobhedu kwindawo zaseMolteno.
“Ulwazi olufumanekileyo lulo olwenze amapolisa akhawuleze aphume iphulo lokumisa nokugqogqa izithuthi endleleni ukuzama ukunqanda esi sithuthi.
“Kuthe xa kanye esi sithuthi bekuthethwa ngaso sisondela, samiswa sagqogqwa. EKugqogqweni eli qela lidibeneyo liye lafumana intambo zobhedu ngasemva kwesi sithuthi eziqikelelwa kwixabiso elikhulu elinamashumi aliwaka erandi (R110 000).”
Esi sithuthi besinomkhweli omnye ongumqhubi oye wazazisa njengoThukwayo.
“Ubanjwe kwangoko, wagwetywa ngokufanelekileyo ngokumosha iziseko zophuhliso nokuba nentambo zobhedu. ”
UThukwayo uye wayovela eNkundleni yamatyala kwangalemini yokubanjwa kwakhe wabuyiselwa eluvalelweni emva koko.
“Emva kwezicelo eziliqela zokufumana ibheyile, uye wakhululwa ekugqibeleni ngebheyile yamawaka amabini erandi (R2000).”
UThukwayo uvalelwe iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu (15) engaphakathi, ngaphandle kokhetho lokubhatala.