ULieutenant General Sizakhele William Dyantyi uqokwe njengoKhomishana omusha wesifundazwe saseWestern Cape, ethatha lesi sikhundla ngomhlaka-31 Julayi 2026 njengoba lesi sifundazwe sibhekene nenkinga yobudlova obuhlobene namaqembu ezigelekeqe kanye nokuphangwa, ikakhulukazi eCape Flats. Ukuqokwa kwakhe kulandela isikhathi sezinyanga ezintathu lapho iWestern Cape iqophe khona ukubulawa kwabantu abangu-1,157, okulinganiselwa ukubulawa kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-13 ngosuku, ngokusho kwezibalo zamaphoyisa zesifundazwe ezisemthethweni.

Okulindelwe Umphakathi kanye Nezimemo Zesu Elisha

Ukuqokwa kukaDyantyi kubhekwe ngabomvu ngabaholi bendawo kanye nezinhlangano zokuphepha komphakathi. I-Cape Crime Crisis Coalition icele ukuthi kulungiswe ngokuphelele izindlela ezikhona, igcizelela isidingo sokubambisana nemiphakathi ethintekile. UDavid Abrahams, uNobhala we-Coalition, uthe, “Okudingekayo isu elisha ngokuphelele lokuphoyisa kulesi sifundazwe kanye nakuzwelonke. Futhi maqondana namaqembu ezigelekeqe, lelo su kudingeka, ngokuphuthumayo, libone imiphakathi njengabaklami besu.”

Izakhamuzi zendawo kanye nezinkundla zamaphoyisa ziphawule ulwazi lukaDyantyi lwangaphambilini ezindaweni ezinobugebengu obukhulu. UDumisani Qwebe we-Nyanga Community Policing Forum uphawule, “Ngimazi isikhathi eside. Wayengumkhuzi weqembu lapha eNyanga, futhi ubelokhu enza ukuqapha okuningi endaweni yamaphoyisa yaseNyanga, ngisho naseSamora.”

Ukuchuma Komsebenzi Nezinselele Eziqhubekayo

Naphezu kokuthunyelwa kwe-Operation Prosper, isinyathelo esihlanganyelwe phakathi kwe-South African Police Service (SAPS) kanye ne-South African National Defence Force (SANDF) saqala mhla lu-1 kuMbasa 2026, izinselele zokuphepha zesifundazwe zisalokhu zinzima. I-Operation Prosper yaholela ekuboshweni kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-1,200 ngoMeyi, okuhlanganisa nokubanjwa kwezidakamizwa nezibhamu, ngokusho kwamarekhodi e-SAPS. Kodwa-ke, umphenyi ochwepheshe uMike Bolhuis waphawula: “Naphezu kokuthunyelwa kanye nezimangalo zokuboshwa kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-1,200 ngoMeyi 2026 kanye nokuthunjwa okuhlukahlukene kwezidakamizwa nezibhamu, iziphathimandla zivumile obala ukuthi azikho izigebengu eziye zaqedwa selokhu kwaqala umkhankaso.”

Amazinga aphezulu odlame oluqhubekayo eNtshonalanga Kapa, ikakhulukazi oluqhutshwa yizigebengu kanye nokuphanga, abeke ingcindezi enkulu kubomthetho nakuhulumeni. Ukusebenza kahle kokungenelela okuqhubekayo kanye nobuholi bukaDyantyi kubhekwe kakhulu yizinhlangano zomphakathi, izinhlangano zomphakathi kanye nezikhulu zikahulumeni kazwelonke.

ULieutenant General Dyantyi kulindeleke ukuthi achaze indlela yakhe emasontweni azayo, njengoba imiphakathi namaqembu okumela abantu belinde izinkomba zamasu amasha noma abuyekeziwe okubhekana nenkinga yobudlova esifundeni esesihlale isikhathi eside.