Owayeyiphoyisa uSotheni uvela enkantolo ngecala lokubulala isikhulu se-EMPD
Owesilisa osolwa ngokubulala u Marius van der Merwe, obaziwa kakhulu ngelika-Witness D kwiKhomishini kaMadlanga, ulindeleke ukuba avele phambi kweNkantolo kaMantshi yase-Brakpan kulo Msombuluko.
Lolu lunciphiso lwenkantolo kulindeleke ukuba lubhekane nezindaba zenqubo, okubalwa kuzo nokuqhubeka kwesicelo sebheyili somsolwa. Ekumeni kwakhe kokugcina enkantolo,
u Matipandile Sotheni waveza ukuthi akamaziyo ummeli owayelapho ukuzomumela, waphinde wathi akamnikezanga igunya lokuba ammelele.
USotheni usolwa ngokubulala uVan der Merwe, owayeyisikhulu sePhoyisa likaMasipala wase-Ekurhuleni (EMPD). UVan der Merwe wadutshulwa wabulawa ngaphandle kwemuzi wakhe ngoZibandlela (December) wonyaka odlule.
Ngaphambi kokushona kwakhe, uVan der Merwe wayefakaze kwiKhomishini kaMadlanga (Madlanga Commission of Inquiry), lapho aveza khona izinsolo zenkohlakalo nokumbozwa kwamacala okubulala okwakuthinta izikhulu eziphezulu zamaphoyisa kamasipala.
Amaphoyisa abopha uSotheni ngenyanga kaNdasa (March) kulandela uphenyo olunzulu olwenziwa ithimba elikhethekile elihlola amacala obugebengu ahambisana nobufakazi obethulwa kule khomishini. Njengamanje uSotheni ubhekene namacala okubulala kanye nokuvumbulula itulo lokubulala, kanti iziphathimandla ziveze ukuthi lusekhona amathuba okuba kuboshwe abanye abantu mayelana nalesi sigameko.
