Inani lamatyala okuxhwilwa liyaqhubeka ukunyuka ngonyaka, kwaye ngunobangela omkhulu wokuxhalabisa kubemi abaqhelekileyo baseMzantsi Afrika. Oku kwanda kunxulunyaniswa nokunyuka kwamazinga olwaphulo-mthetho olunobundlobongela elizweni, olufana nokuqweqwedisa nokurhweba ngabantu.
Unxunguphalo ngolwaphulo-mthetho olulolu hlobo lwenze emva kokuba amapolisa efumene abantu abangamashumi asithoba (90) abangabemi base-Ethiopia abangenazimpepha bethengiswa eMzantsi Afrika. Bafunyenwe bevalelwe kwaye bexinene kumagumbi akwipropathi yaseSunnydale Ridge, eRhawutini.
Kwincwadana yakhe yeveki, uCyril Ramaphosa ubalule ukuba ukulwa nolwaphulo-mthetho eMzantsi Afrika kuye kwafuneka kuguqukele kuhlobo olutsha lolwaphulo-mthetho oluquka umgodi ongekho mthethweni, ubuqhetseba bendawo yokwakha kunye nokuxhwilwa. Uthi impumelelo ye-Operation Shanela ibonise inzuzo yentsebenziswano yamacandelo amaninzi kunye nexabiso lamaqela akhethekileyo.