Icala labasolwa abangu-62 ababangela udlame lwangoJulayi 2021 lizoqala eNkantolo Ephakeme yaseThekwini ngoMsombuluko, mhla zingama-20 kuJulayi 2026, lapho abasolwa bebhekene namacala ahlanganisa ukugqugquzela udlame lomphakathi, ubuphekula, kanye nokwakha uzungu lokubulala ngokusho kwemibhalo yenkantolo kanye nezitatimende ezisemthethweni ezivela kwiNational Prosecuting Authority (NPA). Phakathi kwalabo abasolwayo kukhona uDuduzile Zuma-Sambudla, indodakazi yowayengumongameli uJacob Zuma, kanti inqubo ihlelelwe ukuqhubeka kuze kube ngumhla ziyi-18 kuMandulo 2026.

Amacala, Ukumangalelwa, kanye Nezinsolo Zombuso

Abasolwa bamangalelwa ngamacala ahlukahlukene okuhlanganisa ukusolakala kokugqugquzela ukwenza ubuphekula, udlame lomphakathi, kanye nokwakha uzungu lokubulala njengoba kuqinisekiswe yi-NPA. Izinsolo ezibekwe uZuma-Sambudla zithi umsebenzi wakhe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukhuthaza izenzo ezaholela ekubhujisweni kwempahla kanye nokuphazamiseka okwandile ngesikhathi sodlame.

UNatasha Ramkisson-Kara, okhulumela i-NPA esifundeni, uthe esitatimendeni esisemthethweni, “Icala liqinisekiswe ukuthi selikulungele ukuqulwa kwecala ngoMsombuluko futhi kulindeleke ukuthi lilalelwe kusukela mhla zingama-20 kuNtulikazi kuya kuMandulo 18, 2026.” Imibiko ikhombisa ukuthi iziphathimandla zikholelwa ukuthi abasolwa ngokuba ngabagqugquzeli bahlela ukuphangwa ngeqembu le-WhatsApp elaziwa ngokuthi 'i-FreeZumaCoordinators'.

Isizinda Somlando kanye Nomthelela Kazwelonke

Udlame lwangoJulayi 2021, olwabangelwa ukuboshwa kukaJacob Zuma, lwaholela ekufeni kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-300 kanye nokulahlekelwa kwezomnotho okulinganiselwa ezigidigidini zamaRandi, okunomthelela omkhulu kakhulu KwaZulu-Natal naseGauteng. Ngokusho kwemithombo esemthethweni, lesi sikhathi sabona ukuphangwa okukhulu, ukucekelwa phansi kwengqalasizinda, kanye nokuphazamiseka kwezinsizakalo ezibalulekile.

Kusukela ngo-2022, umbuso ubulokhu uthatha izinyathelo zomthetho ngokumelene nabasolwa abahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa nokugwetshwa kowayengunogada uMdumiseni Zuma, owagwetshwa iminyaka eyi-12 ejele ngoNovemba 2023 ngamacala ahlobene nawo okugqugquzela udlame. Izinqubo ezibhekene nabasolwa abasele zimelela isikhathi esibalulekile emizamweni yokubhekana nokuziphendulela ngodlame kanye nemiphumela yalo ehlala njalo emiphakathini nasemnothweni wesizwe.

Icala kulindeleke ukuthi lithole isithakazelo esikhulu emphakathini nakwabezindaba njengoba kuvela izimpikiswano zomthetho futhi kuholwa ubufakazi mayelana nokuhlelwa kwezinxushunxushu okusolwayo. Kulindeleke ukuthi kube nokubuyekezwa okwengeziwe njengoba udaba luqhubeka enkantolo.