I-South African Police Service (SAPS) iqalise ukuzingela futhi yaqoka ithimba labaphenyi elihlanganisa imikhakha eminingi ngemuva kokuba u-Andile Mvuyiselwa Somgaxa, umholi we-March and March Movement eGauteng, eshone ngenxa yamanxeba okudutshulwa atholakala ngaphandle kwekhaya lakhe eGreenfield, eGoli ngomhlaka-3 Julayi 2026. I-SAPS iqinisekisile ukuthi uSomgaxa ushone ngenxa yokulimala kwakhe esibhedlela ngomhlaka-13 Julayi, ezinsukwini eziyishumi ngemuva kokuhlaselwa.

Impendulo Yamaphoyisa Nophenyo

I-SAPS yamemezela ngomhlaka-14 kuJulayi ukuthi ithimba labaphenyi abanolwazi kanye nezikhulu zobuhlakani bobugebengu lizohola uphenyo ngokubulawa kukaSomgaxa. Ibamba likaKhomishana wamaPhoyisa kaZwelonke uPuleng Dimpane likugxekile ukubulawa kwale ndoda futhi lathi uMnyango uzimisele ukubamba labo abanecala. Ekhuluma esitatimendeni esisemthethweni, uLieutenant General Dimpane uthe, “Ukuqokwa kwethimba elihlanganisa imikhakha eminingi kugcizelela ubucayi be-SAPS ephatha lolu daba. Sizibophezele ekwenzeni uphenyo olunzulu ukuze kutholakale izimo ezizungeze lokhu kubulala kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi kuphethwa ngecala.” UBrigadier Athlenda Mathe, naye omele i-SAPS, wanezela ngokuthi amaphoyisa “azoshiya itshe lingashintshi ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi labo abanecala bayatholakala, balandelelwe, futhi bayiswe enkantolo.”

Ukungezwani Kwezepolitiki Okuzungeze Ukubulawa

Lokhu kubulawa kwenzeke ngemuva nje kweNhlangano kaMashi noMashi, lapho uSomgaxa ayengumholi ovelele wesifundazwe, wahlela imibhikisho eminingi yokulwa nokufuduka okungekho emthethweni ngomhlaka-30 Juni 2026. Imibhikisho ehilelekile icela izakhamuzi zakwamanye amazwe ezingenazo izincwadi zokungena ukuba zishiye iNingizimu Afrika, okuyinkinga ebhebhethekise impikiswano kazwelonke futhi yandisa ukungezwani ezinyangeni zamuva nje. Ukushona kukaSomgaxa kuza ngesikhathi lapho imizwa yokulwa nokufuduka ibilokhu iyindaba ebucayi kwezepolitiki zaseNingizimu Afrika, lapho bobabili abathintekayo bomphakathi kanye nezepolitiki bezwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngobudlova obuhlobene nalezi zingxabano. Uphenyo lulandelwa eduze yizinhlangano eziqapha ubudlova bezepolitiki kanye nempikiswano eqhubekayo yokufuduka.

Ithimba le-SAPS kulindeleke ukuthi linikeze izibuyekezo ezengeziwe njengoba kuqoqwa ubufakazi obusha kuleli cala.