Umholi weWest Gang owaziwa ngelikaMnqobi (22) wabulala abantu abangaphezu kweshumi eThekwini

UMnqobi, 22, ongumholi weqembu lezigelekeqe iWest Gang, usephenduke undaba mlonyeni emiphakathini esenyakatho yeTheku. Njengoba enedumela eligcwele ubudlova, uhlobene noxhaxha lwezenzo zobugebengu, ezihlanganisa amacala angaphezu kuka-20 okubulala, awokuzama ukubulala, awokugebenga, awokusabisa nawokushisa. Ukubusa kwakhe okunonya kokwesaba sekuholele ekufeni kwabantu abangaphezu kweshumi, okwadala umoya wokwesaba nokungazinzi ezindaweni ezithintekile ekusebenzeni kweqembu lakhe. Ubukhulu kanye nesihluku salobu bugebengu kumenze waba umuntu oqavile ezikhungweni zomthetho ezilwela ukubuyisela ukuphepha nokuhleleka.

Ngempumelelo enkulu amalungu ethimba laseNanda kanye nophiko lweNational Intervention Unit (NIU) baqale umkhankaso wobunhloli okuhloswe ngawo ukubamba uMnqobi kanye nozakwabo.

Phambilini ngelanga lomkhankaso uMnqobi nabehamba nabo kuthiwa bebehamba bethenga izidakamizwa nezinhlamvu eMhlanga, nokuyinto eqhakambisa imizamo yabo yobugebengu. Njengoba bebuyela emuva, umzamo wabo wokubalekela ukuboshwa kwamaphoyisa wabaholela ekubeni bashintshe izimoto, iqhinga elivame ukusetshenziswa izigebengu ukuze bayeke ukulandela umthetho. Nokho, leli qhinga labonakala liyize, njengoba iziphathimandla zazilungiselelwe kahle futhi ziqaphe ukunyakaza kwazo ngokucophelela. Lokhu kungenelela kubonise ukusebenza kahle komsebenzi oholwa yizobunhloli futhi kwagqamisa ukuphishekela ngokuqhubekayo ubulungisa kwamaphoyisa.

Ukubanjwa kukaMnqobi nomunye asebenzisana naye, oneminyaka engu-27, kumele igxathu elibalulekile ekulweni nobugebengu obudlangile kulesi sifunda. Nokho, ukweqa komsolwa wesithathu kusaqhubeka nokubeka izinselelo kwabomthetho. Iyaqhubeka imizamo yokuthola nokumbamba lo muntu, njengoba abaphenyi befuna ukuphazamisa ukusebenza kwaleli qembu lezigelekeqe nokuvala imiphakathi ekhahlanyezwe wudlame. Ukuthungatha okuqhubekayo kukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwamaphoyisa ukubuyisela ukuthula endaweni, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi labo abahlukumeza izakhamuzi babhekana nengalo yomthetho.

Imigwaqo yaseVerulam ibone ukuphela okumangalisayo kombuso wamaphekula ngoLwesine ntambama lapho umholi weqembu lezigelekeqe odume kabi, necala lokubulala abantu abangaphezu kuka-10, edutshulwa wabulawa ngesikhathi bebhekene ngeziqu zamehlo namaphoyisa. Inhloko yeqembu lezigelekeqe elidume kabi eNanda West, 22, kanye noneminyaka engu-27 ubudala, bahlangabezane nembibizane emgwaqeni uVincent Dickinson eCottonlands ngemuva kokujaha nokudubulana.