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Abakwa-Uber bathi uSiyanda Mthokozisi Mvelase, umshayeli oneminyaka engu-27 ubudala wayengabhaliswanga njengomshayeli wabo.
Umndeni Uphikisana Nesimangalo sika-Uber Ngemva Kokubulawa Komshayeli We-E-Hailing Eduze Nenxanxathela Yezitolo YaseMaponya
Umndeni kaSiyanda Mthokozisi Mvelase, 27, ongumshayeli we-e-hailing owadutshulwa ngesihluku kwashiswa imoto yakhe ngaphandle kwaseMaponya Mall ngeledlule, uthi ushaqekile ngesenzo sika-Uber sokuthi ubengabhalisiwe nabo.
UMvelase wabulawa ngobusuku bangoLwesithathu, 13 Agasti 2025, ngesikhathi oshayasibhamu abangaziwa bebhekise kubashayeli be-e-hailing ngaphandle kwenxanxathela yezitolo eSoweto. Ngokusho kokhulumela amaphoyisa aseGauteng uColonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, imoto yama esangweni lenxanxathela yezitolo ngaphambi kokuthi kuqhamuke amadoda amane abehlomile avulela ngenhlamvu kuMvelase ngaphambi kokushisa imoto yakhe.
“Nenye imoto eseduze nayo idutshulwe, kodwa umshayeli wakwazi ukubaleka. Naleyo moto yashiswa,” kusho uNevhuhulwi. Obedlula ngendlela nomshayeli wesibili ulimalile base bephuthunyiswa esibhedlela. Amaphoyisa asevule icala lokubulala, amabili okuzama ukubulala nelokushisa.
Esitatimendeni, i-Uber idlulise amazwi enduduzo emindenini yezisulu kodwa yagcizelela ukuthi abathintekayo bebengasebenzi endaweni yabo. “Lesi sigameko sibi kakhulu, futhi imicabango yethu ikubo bonke abathintekile,” kusho inkampani, yengeza ngokuthi ukuphepha kwabashayeli nabagibeli kuseseqhulwini. U-Uber uthe ujube ithimba labo lezokuXhumana nokuPhepha koMphakathi ukuthi lisize uphenyo lwamaphoyisa futhi limise okwesikhashana ukusebenza endaweni ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuphepha.
Nokho, umndeni kaMvelase uphikisana kakhulu nenguqulo ye-Uber. Ekhuluma ne-IOL News, unina uKhonzi Khuzwayo uzwakalise ukungakholwa: “Asazi ukuthi bakhuluma ngani, ngoba uqale ukusebenza njengomshayeli we-Uber ngoMsombuluko.
Izihlobo zichaze uMvelase njengensizwa ezimisele futhi esanda kuqala ukuphishekela iphupho layo lokuzimela ngokwezimali. Ubabekazi wakhe, uZanele Khuzwayo, uthe ubuyele eGoli ekuqaleni konyaka enethemba lokwakha ikusasa elingcono. “Wayejabule kakhulu. Wagcina eyitholile imoto emasontweni amabili edlule futhi waqala ukusebenza ngoMsombuluko odlule. Bese kuthi ngolwesithathu ebusuku – sithole izindaba,” kusho yena.
UMvelase wayewukuphela kwengane kamama wakhe futhi wayenezinhlelo zokumondla njengoba egula. Ukushona kwakhe kushiye umndeni udangele futhi udonsa kanzima ngokwezimali. Bathi abakwazi ukukhokhela izindleko zokungcwaba okubalwa kuzo nokubuyisela amathambo akhe eGauteng ayiswe KwaZulu-Natal.
“Okusiphatha kabi kakhulu ukuthi sitshelwe ukuthi ushiswe ngendlela engaziwa – baphinde bathola ithambo lakhe. Mhlawumbe ngabe sithole ukuthi selivalekile ukube isidumbu sakhe besisinda. Manje asinayo ngisho imali yokungcwaba, asinalutho,” kusho isihlobo sakhe uMlamuli Khuzwayo.
Umndeni usalinde ukuqinisekiswa kolibofuzo ngaphambi kokuthi kuphothulwe amalungiselelo omngcwabo. Khonamanjalo, kulindeleke ukuthi uNgqongqoshe wezokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi KwaZulu-Natal, uMnuz Mbali Shinga, avakashele umndeni oshonelwe eNhlungwane, oLundi, ukuze azoweseka.