Njengoko kuqala iveki entsha, kulindeleke ukuba amanye amangqina anike ubungqina kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo yeNtshona Koloni malunga nokulahleka kukaJoshlin Smith.
Inkundla, ngoku ehleli kwi-White City Multipurpose Centre e-Diazville, e-Saldanha Bay, ingenele ukuthethwa kwetyala. Oku kulandela amabango amabini kwabatyholwa, uJacquen “Boeta” Appollis noSteveno van Rhyn, okuba babethwa bangcungcuthekiswa ngamapolisa baze banyanzelwa ukuba bavume izono zabo.
Umtyholwa wesithathu, umama kaJoshlin, uRacquel “Kelly” Smith, akazange enze izityholo ezifanayo kwaye ngoko akabandakanyekanga kwesi sigaba senkqubo.
Aba bathathu babanjwa kwiiveki emva kokuba uJoshlin elahlekile kwikhaya lakhe eMiddelpos nge-19 kaFebruwari 2024.
UCaptain Philip Seekoei, igosa elabhala izityholo zokuvuma kukaVan Rhyn nge-5 kaMatshi ka-2024, wangqina ukuba akazange abone kwenzakala kuVan Rhyn ngexesha lodliwanondlebe. USeekoei, igqala elingaphezu kweminyaka engama-33 kwiNkonzo yesiPolisa yoMzantsi Afrika, uvumile ukuba iinkcukacha ezithile azifakwanga kwingxelo ebhaliweyo, njengoko ekubona ngokwaneleyo ukurekhodwa kwevidiyo.
Waqinisekisa ukuba nguye kuphela, uVan Rhyn, kunye nomzobi wevidiyo ababekho ngexesha lokurekhoda.
UJaji uNathan Erasmus uwuphonononge lo mfanekiso ngokufutshane wabuza uSeekoei ngemeko yomzimba kaVan Rhyn, kuquka nokuba ubonakala eqhwalela okanye unemikrwelo ebonakalayo. USekoei uphendule ngelithi akaboni zimpawu zokwenzakala.
Xa ebuzwa ngamanqaku anokubakho ezihlahleni zikaVan Rhyn, uthe ezi zinokubakho ngenxa yokubotshelelwa ngokuqinileyo okanye ukusetyenziswa ixesha elide kweehandcuffs.
Ukubuzwa imibuzo kuye kwamiswa ukuze kunikwe ummeli kaVan Rhyn kwezomthetho, uNobahle Mkabayi, ixesha lokuthethathethana nomxhasi wakhe.
UJaji Erasmus uye waququzelela uthethwano olukhethekileyo kwiZiko loLuleko eMalmesbury waza wayalela uVan Rhyn ukuba asebenzisane ngokupheleleyo.
Kulindeleke ukuba uKapteni Seekoei abuyele kwibhokisi yamangqina ukuze aphendule imibuzo. Okwacwangciselwe ukunika ubungqina nguLieutenant-Colonel Adrian Pretorius, owabhala isityholo sokuvuma kuka-Appollis kwangolo suku lunye, umhla wesi-5 kuMatshi ka-2024.