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Ngaphambilini okwabikwa njengezinkinga ze-COVID-19, ukufa kukaMfazi kuyahlolwa kabusha ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe obucayi wokuphenya ngokusetshenziswa kabi kwesikhwama se-SAPS Crime Intelligence esihlobene nokugqekezwa kwePhala Phala.<\/p>\n<h4>Ukuhlaselwa kanye nabantu abanentshisekelo bakhonjwe<\/h4>\n<p>Amaphoyisa ahlasela izindawo ezine, okubalwa kuzo izindawo zokuhlala ezimbili kanye nezindawo ezimbili zamahhovisi eCenturion nasePitoli, ekuqaleni kukaJulayi 2026 njengengxenye yophenyo oluvulwe kabusha. Ngokusho kukaMathe, amaphoyisa okwamanje aphenya &quot;inani labantu abanentshisekelo&quot; mayelana naleli cala, yize ubunikazi babo bungakadalulwa.<\/p>\n<p>Indlela esebenzayo ye-SAPS Cold Case Unit ilandela izinsolo eziqhubekayo ezivela emndenini kaMfazi zokuthi wadliswa ushevu ngamabomu ngesikhathi esebenza njengephini likakhomishana kazwelonke. \u201cSihlasele izindawo ezine, amahhovisi amabili kanye nezindawo zokuhlala ezimbili, futhi uphenyo luyaqhubeka,\u201d kusho uMathe. Owayeyinhloko ye-Crime Intelligence uMulangi Mphego, oqanjwe ezinsolweni ezithile, uziphikile izinsolo zokuthi wahlasela ikhaya likaMfazi noma wasusa amafayela kaPhala Phala.<\/p>\n<h4>Imiphumela Yomndeni, Yezepolitiki, Neyamaphoyisa<\/h4>\n<p>Amalungu omndeni, eholwa ngumfelokazi kaMfazi uLindelwa, agcizelele isikhathi eside ukuthi ukuxilongwa kokuqala kwe-COVID-19 kwafihla imbangela yangempela yokufa futhi kwagxeka obala i-SAPS ngokuthuthuka kancane. &quot;Ukuthula ngendlela ashona ngayo kwakusiphatha kabi kakhulu futhi kusibulala ngaphakathi,&quot; kusho uLindelwa Mfazi esithangamini samuva nje.<\/p>\n<p>Ngesikhathi eshona, uMfazi wayephenya ngezindleko ze-SAPS Crime Intelligence ezingajwayelekile, okubikwa ukuthi zihlobene nophenyo lokugqekeza oludumile lwePhala Phala. Imibiko engaqinisekiswanga isabalale ithi amafayela anyamalale ekhaya lakhe, kodwa lezi zimangalo azikaqinisekiswa ngokuzimela. Icala livuselele ukubhekisiswa komphakathi mayelana nokuzibophezela kwamaphoyisa kanye nokuvikelwa kwababiki bamacala ngaphakathi kwezikhundla zomthetho.<\/p>\n<p>Iziphathimandla zihlela ukunikeza ulwazi olusha njengoba uphenyo lokubulala luqhubeka, kulindeleke ukuthi kube nentuthuko eyengeziwe njengoba kuvela ubufakazi obusha futhi kuxoxwa nabanye abantu.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I-SAPS manje ibheka ukufa kukaLt-Gen Sindile Mfazi ngo-2021 njengokubulala, ukuphenya ngokuxhumana kokudliswa ushevu kanye nokuxhumana okungenzeka nomsebenzi wakhe ecaleni likaPhala Phala.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[549,469,550,211,548],"class_list":["post-921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sa-news","tag-murder-investigation","tag-phala-phala","tag-police-accountability","tag-saps","tag-sindile-mfazi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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