UBUHOLI bendlu yomdabu KwaZulu-Natal buthi bunethemba lokuthi izolulama maduze inkosi esinde isocongwa, uMnuz Patric Siphamandla Khumalo.
UKhumalo uphuthunyiswe esibhedlela emva kokusinda edutshulwa ngaphandle komuzi wakhe ose-Utrecht.
USihlalo wendlu yomdabu esifundazweni, Inkosi Sifiso Shinga, uthe isimo sikaKhumalo siyathembisa.
“Yize ngingakaze ngikhulume naye ngoba ngike ngathi ngiyayizama inkosi ngangayithola, ngingasho ukuthi akubanga kubi kakhulu ngoba inkosi ikwazile ukwazisa umnyango (wezokuBusa ngokuBambisana kanye neziNdaba zoMdabu KwaZulu-Natal) ngalesi sigameko. Ngicabanga ukuthi ibisezinhlungwini ngesikhathi ngiyizama kodwa inkosi isindile.”
UShinga uthe kubathusile ukuhlaselwa kukaKhumalo, okuza emva kokusocongwa kwamanye amakhosi aKwaZulu-Natal.
“Angazi ngithini, umuntu uphelelwa amagama. Sishaqekile nathi ukuthi sithi sisabheka ukuthi amakhosi angavikeleka ngayiphi indlela bese kuhlaselwa inkosi ngale ndlela. Kuyasikhalisa kakhulu ukuhlaselwa kwamakhosi kulesi sifundazwe.
“Ugcina ungasazi ukuthi ikhona kuphi esikonile ukuze sizokhokha uma kukhona esimkweletayo. Izimpilo zethu zisengcupheni. Sizibona singavikelekile.”
Zenyukile izibalo zokubulawa kwamakhosi KwaZulu-Natal kule minyaka edlule.
Lokhu kuze kwaholela ekusungulweni kwethimba elizophenya izigameko zokusocongwa kwamakhosi.
Obambe njengongqongqoshe wezokuBusa ngokuBambisana kanye neziNdaba zoMdabu KwaZulu-Natal, uMnuz Sipho Hlomuka, usigxekile lesi sigameko.
UHlomuka uthe ukuhlaselwa kukaKhumalo kubathusile.
“Siyazigxeka lezi zenzo zobugebengu ezibukela phansi ubuholi bomdabu. Sinxusa imiphakathi yakithi ukuthi ilwisane nalesi sihlava ngoba ubuholi bomdabu budlala indima ebalulekile ekuthuthukiseni imiphakathi. Ngaphandle kobukhosi bomdabu, kuzophazamiseka ukuhanjiswa kwezidingo.”
UHlomuka unxuse amaphoyisa ukuthi athole abenzi bobubi ngokushesha.
Okhulumela amaphoyisa KwaZulu-Natal, uConstable Thenjiswa Ngcobo, uthe amaphoyisa ase-Utrecth aphenya icala lokuzama ukubulala.
Ubukhosi bakwaKhumalo buke bagubezelwa wumbango wobukhosi owaze waphelela ezinkantolo.
Owayeyibamba bukhosi kulesi sizwe, uMnuz Latu Robson Khumalo, wazama ukuphonsela inselelo enkantolo ukuqokwa kukaKhumalo.
ULatu wabamba ubukhosi besizwe kusukela ngo-1984 kwaze kwaba u-2007.
Ngo-2007 waziswa wuMnyango wezokuBusa ngokuBambisana kanye neziNdaba zoMdabu KwaZulu-Natal ukuthi uKhumalo sekunguye oyinkosi yesizwe.
Ngaphambi kwakhe kwakukade kunamanye amabamba bukhosi ashona ingakaqokwa inkosi yesizwe kulandela ukukhothama kwenkosi, uWilliam Khumalo, owakhothama ngo-1963.