UMphathiswa uJohn Steenhuisen umemelela uMongameli uCyril Ramaphosa ukuba athathe amanyathelo ngakuMchunu njengoko wenzayo kuAndrew Whitfield weDA.
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Inkokeli yeDA uJohn Steenhuisen uthe uMongameli Cyril Ramaphosa makathathe amanyathelo ngezityholo ezenziwe nguMkomishinala wamaPolisa eKZN uLieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi njengoko wenzayo kwilungu leDA uSekela Mphathiswa wezoRhwebo uAndrew Whitfield.
URamaphosa ugxothe uWhitfield emva kohambo olungagunyaziswanga.
USteenhuisen uthethe namajelo eendaba ecaleni emva kwendibano noonondaba malunga nevoti yohlahlo lwabiwo mali ngoLwesibini.
Nangona kunjalo, uSteenhuisen uthe uRamaphosa wamisela umgangatho ophezulu kakhulu wokuziphatha kwikhabhinethi yakhe xa wayegxotha uAndrew Whitfield ngenxa yokuya phesheya ngaphandle kwemvume.
“Ndicinga ukuba oku kufuna uphando olupheleleyo lwePalamente kusetyenziswa ikomiti. Ndicinga ukuba uMkhwanazi makanikwe kwaye avunyelwe ukuba eze ePalamente azokubeka ezi zityholo.
“Kodwa ke ndicinga ukuba kufuneka kwenziwe uphando olupheleleyo nolucokisekileyo,” utshilo.
USteenhuisen uthe uMkhwanazi akangomntu wokwenza izityholo ezingenasihlahla.
“Bendothukile kwaphela zezi zityholo, ndineminyaka ndimazi uLieutenant General Mkhwanazi, ndingumhlali waseKZN kwaye ndimazi ngomsebenzi wakhe phaya.
“Andiqondi ukuba ngumntu owenza izityholo ezinkulu nezingenasihlahla, ngoko ke izityholo azenzileyo ndizithatha zinobuzaza ngendlela emangalisayo,” utshilo.
USteenhuisen uthe “kubi kakhulu” ukuba abezopolitiko abaphezulu kunye namagosa aphezulu amapolisa atyholwa ngokusebenzisana noonqevu.
“Esi sisityholo esinobuzaza, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo sifuna, ndiyacinga, inyathelo elithe kratya kunale sikubonileyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku,” utshilo.
UMphathiswa wongeze wathi: “Ayinakuba thina eMzantsi Afrika sithwaxwa yingxaki enkulu yolwaphulomthetho siphinde sibenezityholo zokuba oonqevu bakhuselwa kwangabona bantu bafanele ukuba baphambili ekubavaleleni.”
Intetho kaSteenhuisen iza emva kokuba uMkomishinala wamaPolisa eKZN etyhole ukuba amagosa aphezulu ogcino mthetho, kuquka uMphathiswa wamaPolisa uSenzo Mchunu kunye noSekela Mkomishinala kaZwelonke uShadrack Sibiya, bayanyaniswa nabashishina ngeziyobisi kunye noosomashishini abanamandla.
Akukho lizwe kwihlabathi elinokukunyamezela oku, kwaye akufuneki kubekho urhulumente oyinyamezelayo le nto, utshilo uSteenhuisen.
“Ndicinga ukuba le meko iyasonjululwa kwakamsinyane, kuya kuba ngcono, kodwa ukuyiphepha nje akuzukusebenza,” utshilo.
Kusenjalo, uRamaphosa uthe uza kuwuqwalasela lo mba xa ebuyile kweli loMzantsi Afrika.