Amabhizinisi amathathu aseRenki yamatekisi aseNewcastle abanjwe nogwayi ongekho emthethweni obizwa u-R40 000

Ethuthukisa inhloso yawo yokukhuculula iNewcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, i-SAPS yendawo ibhekene nobugebengu. Lokhu kuza ngemuva kokuthi kuthathwe ugwayi ongekho emthethweni wenani lika-R40 000 emabhizinisini amathathu erenki yamatekisi eNewcastle.

Lesi sigameko senzeke mhla zingama-29 kuNhlangulana wezi-2022, ngesikhathi kunomkhankaso obandakanya ithimba lesifunda saseMajuba iCrime Stop Team, amaphoyisa kaMasipala waseNewcastle, iProvincial Crime Stop Unit kanye nongoti beProvincial Brands.

NgokoPhiko lwezokuXhumana kwaSAPS eNewcastle, abomthetho benze ukuhlola enkabeni yedolobha laseNewcastle bathola izitolo ezahlukene zikagwayi ongekho emthethweni.

Ngenxa yalokhu, kuboshwe abantu abathathu, kanti uphenyo luyaqhubeka.

Uma kubhekwa ugwayi ongekho emthethweni ozungeza eNewcastle naseNingizimu Afrika, iSouth African Tobacco Transformation Alliance yaveza ukuthi cishe izigidi ezingu-15 zikagwayi ongekho emthethweni ziyabhenywa eNingizimu Afrika nsuku zonke.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Alliance iveze ukuthi ingxenye enkulu yohwebo olungekho emthethweni igxile eNyakatho Ntshonalanga, KwaZulu-Natal naseLimpopo.

Yize ugwayi ongekho emthethweni ungenza ababhemayo bonge imali, iSouth African Tobacco Transformation Alliance ithe uMbuso ulahlekelwa imali engaphezu kuka-R8 billion ngonyaka.