UJoseph 'Big Joe' Nyalungu, owayeyiphoyisa futhi owayengumholi weqembu lokuzingela obhejane, wadutshulwa wabulawa ngomhlaka-16 Meyi 2026 endaweni yakhe yebhizinisi elokishini laseMkhuhlu, eMpumalanga, ngokusho kokhulumela amaphoyisa aseMpumalanga uColonel Mavela Masondo. Amaphoyisa athi amadoda amabili aphume evenini elimhlophe adubula uNyalungu kaningi, owayengaphandle ngebheyili ngamacala amaningi okuzingela obhejane kanye nokuhlanzwa kwemali, ngaphambi kokubaleka endaweni yesigameko ngesivinini esikhulu.

Impendulo Yamaphoyisa Nophenyo Oluqhubekayo

UColonel Masondo uthe, “Yebo, ngingaqinisekisa ukuthi induna edumile yokuzingela obhejane idutshuliwe namuhla. Ngiya endaweni yesehlakalo, futhi ngizokhipha isitatimende ngemizuzu engama-30.” Ngokusho kwamaphoyisa, isisulu sazama ukubaleka, kodwa saxoshwa ngabahlaseli okuthiwa badubula izikhathi eziningana ngaphambi kokubaleka.

Ukubulawa kukaNyalungu kwenzeke ngesonto elilodwa ngemuva kokusinda ekudutshulweni endaweni efanayo ngomhlaka-8 Meyi 2026. Amaphoyisa awakaze amemezele ukuthi kukhona ababoshiwe kodwa aqinisekisile ukuthi uphenyo lokubulala luyaqhubeka. Ngesikhathi sokufa kwakhe, uNyalungu ubhekene namacala aqhubekayo ahlobene nemisebenzi eminingi yokuzingela obhejane esifundazweni.

Isizinda NgeNyalungu Nokubaluleka Kwalesi Sehlakalo

UNyalungu wayengumuntu owaziwayo ekuhwebeni ngezilwane zasendle okungekho emthethweni eMpumalanga, enezinsolo ezihlanganisa iminyaka eminingi yokuphatha umsebenzi omkhulu wokuzingela obhejane kanye nokuhlanzwa kwemali. Isimo sakhe njengephoyisa langaphambili sisolwa ngokusiza imisebenzi engekho emthethweni sadonsela ukunaka komphakathi kanye nokukhathazeka phakathi kwemikhakha yezokulondolozwa kwemvelo kanye neyokugcinwa komthetho.

Ukubulawa kwakhe kugcizelela amazinga obudlova ahlobene nokuhweba ngezilwane zasendle ngokungemthetho eNingizimu Afrika, ikakhulukazi ezifundazweni ezithinteke kakhulu yizigebengu ezizingelwa ngokungekho emthethweni. Ukufa komholi omkhulu weqembu elisolwayo kungase kuphazamise amanethiwekhi obugebengu aqhubekayo kodwa futhi kuphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nokuphepha, inkohlakalo, kanye nobulungiswa ophenyweni lobugebengu bezilwane zasendle.

Amaphoyisa aseMpumalanga kulindeleke ukuthi anikeze ulwazi olwengeziwe njengoba uphenyo luqhubeka.