Owesilisa ubhekene necala lokuthungela umlilo obulale abantu abangu-76

Owesilisa, 30, uLawrence Sithembiso Mdlalose, uvele okokuqala eNkantolo eNkulu yaseSouth Gauteng eGoli ngoLwesihlanu. Ubhekene namacala angu-76 okubulala ahlobene nomlilo owacekela phansi iSakhiwo Usindiso owaqubuka ngo-Agasti 2023.

Ngokusho kokhulumela iNational Prosecuting Authority (NPA), uPhindi Mjonondwane, isigameko saqala ngo-Agasti 31, lapho uMdlalose exabene nomuntu amaziyo, ogama lakhe linguKB. Ukungaboni ngaso linye kubikwa ukuthi kwaqala ngemali uKB ayikweleta uMdlalose ngokudayisa izidakamizwa. Isimo sishube kakhulu njengoba kuthiwa uMdlalose ushaye uKB waze waquleka.

Ngokukholwa ukuthi ubulele uKB, uMdlalose kuthiwa wathenga uphethiloli wawuthela phezu kwesidumbu sikaKB ngaphambi kokushisa. Nokho-ke umlilo wabhebhetheka ngokushesha kuso sonke iSakhiwo Sosindiso. Ngesikhathi ilangabi livutha bhe, uMdlalose kuthiwa umile ngaphandle wenza sengathi akahlangene nalesi siphithiphithi.

Izakhamuzi eziningi kuleli bhilidi bezivaleleke ngaphakathi, kanti ezinye zizame ukubaleka ngokugxuma emafasiteleni. Lo mlilo udale umonakalo omkhulu, kwashona abantu abangu-76 kwathi abanye abaningi balimala kanzima. Isigameko ngemuva komlilo sichazwe njengesibi, izidumbu zishe ngendlela engaqondakali kanti abasindile bedonsa kanzima ukuze balulame ekulimaleni kwabo.

Emuva kwalesi sibhicongo, kusungulwe ikhomishana ezophenya ngembangela nezimo eziholele ekutheni umlilo uqubuke. Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka uphenyo kuthiwa uMdlalose uvumile ukuthi nguyena oqale umlilo. Kamuva waboshwa ngoJanuwari 23, 2024.

UMdlalose usebhekene namacala amaningi abucayi okubalwa kuwo angu-76 okubulala, angu-12 okuzama ukubulala nelilodwa lokushisa. Icala lakhe lihlehliselwe umhla zingu-21 kuNhlolanja-2025, ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukumelwa kwakhe ngokomthetho kanye nokuqulwa kwecala.

Leli cala selidonse ukunaka kwabantu abaningi ngenxa yobucayi bamacala kanye nezinga lokucekelwa phansi. Iziphathimandla kulindeleke ukuthi ziqhube ukuqulwa kwecala okuphelele ukuze kuqinisekiswe ubulungiswa kwabahlukunyezwa kanye nemindeni yabo.