Ukuvela kwakamuva mayelana noJabulani Khumalo, oyilungu elingumsunguli kanye nephini likamengameli woMkhonto weSizwe Party, namacala okudlwengula avulelwe yena, kuqubule inkulumo-mpikiswano eshubile ezinhlakeni zeqembu. Le ngxoxo ayigxili nje kuphela ebucayini bezinsolo kodwa iphinde iphakamise imibuzo mayelana nokufaneleka kwakhe ukuba angenele ukhetho ephalamende esikhathini esizayo.

UMnuz Jabulani Khumalo, ongene ngokushesha ngemuva kukaMnuz Jacob Zuma ohlwini lwabazokhethwa kuqala, uzithole esengundabuzekwayo ngesikhathi kuvela izinsolo zokudlwengula nokuholele ekutheni aboshwe. Lesi sigameko esibikwe ngowesifazane waKwaZulu-Natal asizange siqhubeke nokuqulwa icala ngenxa yokuthi uphiko lwezokushushisa iNational Prosecuting Authority (NPA) luhlole ubufakazi obanele bokuthi umuntu agwetshwe.

Icala lisuka esikhalweni esifakwe esiteshini samaphoyisa eGreenwood Park, eThekwini ngoJanuwari 17, 2019. Ngokombiko wamaphoyisa, okwafinyelelwa kuwo ingxenye yephephandaba iSunday World, ummangaleli, owayeneminyaka engu-20 ubudala ngaleso sikhathi, kusolakala ukuthi. ukuthi uKhumalo wamshaya ngo-January 14, 2019. Imininingwane eholele kulowo mhlangano ayicaci; Nokho, kuyaqondakala ukuthi uKhumalo wamthinta ngoWhatsApp, wamgibela waphindela ekhaya, okwaholela esigamekweni sokushaya emzini wakhe e-Avoca Hills.

“Waqala wangithinta nesitho sami sangasese. Ngamtshela ukuthi angiyithandi lento ayenzayo,”

isisulu salandisa, sichaza isenzakalo esibuhlungu esafinyelela ubulili obuphoqelelwe ngaphandle kwemvume yaso. Naphezu kokumelana kwakhe nokucindezeleka, okuhlanganisa nokuphalaza ngemva kokuhlaselwa, waphoqwa ukuba aphekele uKhumalo ngaphambi kokuba avunyelwe ukuhamba. Umufi uthulule isifuba kumngani wakhe ngemuva kwesigameko wabe eseqhubeka nokubika icala emaphoyiseni ngemuva kwezinsuku ezintathu.

“Angithandani noJabulani futhi angikaze ngivume ngale nto angenze yona. Ngicela amaphoyisa enze uphenyo ngaye.”

Embikweni wakhe uKhumalo uboshiwe, uColonel Robert Netshiunda, okhulumela amaphoyisa KwaZulu-Natal, eqinisekisa ukubhaliswa kwecala lokudlwengula. I-NPA, nokho, yagcina inqume ukungaqhubeki naleli cala, icaphuna ukushoda kobufakazi obubambekayo ukuze bathole ukugwetshwa. Lesi sinqumo asizange siyiqede imibango yangaphakathi eqenjini njengoba amanye amalungu eqhubeka nokubheka lezi zinsolo njengesithiyo esikhulu esifise uKhumalo kwezepolitiki.

Abagxeki abangaphakathi eqenjini bazwakalisa ukukhathazeka hhayi kuphela ngobuqotho obuphikiswa uKhumalo kodwa nangomthelela obanzi esimeni seqembu, ikakhulukazi kubalandeli besifazane. Ukufakwa kukaMbhishobhi Bafana Zondo, naye obhekene namacala amaningi okudlwengula, ohlwini lweqembu kwenza lokhu kukhathazeke.

“Owesilisa usenefu elimnyama ekhanda lakhe ngoba akakavunyelwa yinkantolo yomthetho,”

kuphawule ilungu le-MK elingadalulwanga igama, ligqamisa ukungakhululeki okuqhubekayo eqenjini mayelana nokungaxazululeki kwesimo somthetho sikaKhumalo.

Ephendula lezi zinsolo, MK Party isikhulumi uNhlamulo Ndhlela uveze ukuthi ubuholi bebungawazi ngaphambilini ngecala lokudlwengulwa kukaKhumalo kodwa wagcizelela ukuthi iqembu lizimisele ukuxazulula lezi zinsolo ezibucayi ngokushesha.

Njengoba le ngxoxo yangaphakathi iqhubeka, umbuzo obalulekile usasele: Lezi zenzakalo zizobathinta kanjani amathemba okhetho eqembu kanye nokuzibophezela kwalo ekuhlonipheni izindinganiso zokuziphatha?

Ukucabanga Ngemiphumela Ebanzi

Icala elibhekene noJabulani Khumalo livula uchungechunge lwemibuzo enzima: Lesi simo sivezani mayelana nezinhlelo zangaphakathi zamaqembu ezepolitiki ekubhekaneni nezinsolo zokungaziphathi kahle ngokocansi? Kukuthinta kanjani ukwethenjwa nokusekelwa kwabavoti, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwabesifazane? Ingabe leli yisu lokuhudula amacala amadala ukungcolisa i-MK Party?

Le mibuzo igcizelela ukulingana okubalulekile phakathi kwenqubo efanele yezomthetho kanye nokuziphendulela kokuziphatha okulindeleke kubantu abavamile.