Murder of Babita Deokaran
Babita Deokaran wabulawa nga-08:00 SAST mhlaka 23 Ingci 2021 ngesikhatsi abuyela ekhaya ngemuva kwekushiya indvodzakati yakhe esikolweni. Imoto yakhe yadvonsa eceleni kwemoto yakhe futsi yadubula kanyenti ngemuva kwekuma kwakhe embikwenkhundla yakhe eJohannesburg South, esiFundzeni saseGauteng, eNingizimu Afrika lokwamenta wafa. Lelicala labangela kuphikisana lokukhulu eNingizimu Afrika ngenca yesikhundla saDeokaran sekulwa nenkhohlakalo kanye nekungabi nesivikelo lesiniketwe nguhulumende.[1]
Umlandvo
[hlela | edit source]Deokaran bekangumphatsi wetetimali we-Gauteng Provincial Government Department of Health. Kwabiketelwa betindzaba kutsi kufa kwakhe bekuhlobene nenkhohlakalo yekutsengwa kwe-COVID-19 PPE ngelizinga letigidzi letingu-R332 (lelingana na-US$20 wetigidzi) kuLitiko Letemphilo eSifundzeni saseGautengeng.[2] Siphatsimandla lesisuka ku-South African Special Investigative Unit sicinisekise kutsi Deokaran bekungufakazi losembili kuloluphenyo lwekwembula luhlelo lwekuhlanganyela kute kuzuze enkhohlakalweni yahulumende. Deokaran bekaseholidini lelikhetsekile sikhatsi lesingetulu kwemnyaka ngaphambi kwekutsi ashone ngesikhatsi luphenyo luchubeka.[3]
Labasolwa labasitfupha babikwa betindzaba kutsi bacashwe njengebantfu lababulala i-Cape Talk babika kutsi bakhokhelwa tigidzi letingu-R2. I-News24 news wire yabika kutsi labasolwa labalandzelako baboshiwe Nhlanganiso Ndlovu, Siphakanyisa Dladla, Zitha Radebe, Simphiwe Mazibuko, Sanele Mbele, Phakamani Radebe; baphindze babike kutsi kuboshwa lokunyenti kungenteka esikhatsini lesitako.Ngenca yetinkinga tekuphakelwa kwemanti letitsintsa iNkantolo yeMantji yaseGoli, kulalelwa kwebhange kwahlehliselwa kumhlaka 30 Lweti 2021.
Kusakatwa kwemaphephandzaba
[hlela | edit source]Kubulawa kwaDeokaran kwatfola kunakekelwa lokukhulu kubetindzaba. I-Daily Maverick yakhipha umbiko lobekabuta kutsi kungani tiphatsimandla tahulumende titfole imininingwane leminingi yekuvikelwa kantsi bofakazi labakhombisa tento letinkhulu tekukhohlakala, njenga-Deokaran, abazange batfole kuvikelwa, lokwaphakamisa imibuto mayelana nekutinikela kwahulumende waseNingizimu Afrika ekulweni nenkhohlakalo eNingizimu Afrika. Ngemuva kwekushona kwakhe, Mengameli wase Ningizimu Afrika Cyril Ramaphosa watsi kuvikelwa lokwengetiwe kwahulumende kumele kuniketwe labo labetfulako ekulweni nenkhohlakalo.