THANDEKA NGOBESE
ZISAGCWELE amathafa izigebengu ezigasele esitolo esikhulukazi sakwa-Shoprite esisesiteshini saKwaMashu, ophikweni oludayisa utshwala zashaqa amabhodlela abizayo kagologo.
Ngokuthola kweLANGA, lezi zigebengu ezine kuthiwa zingene kulesi sitolo ngoLwesithathu ngo-2 ekuseni, zakhomba unogada ngezibhamu, zamphoqa ukuvula ibhodlela sitolo, zazitapela utshwala.
Lezi zigebengu kuthiwa zithathe utshwala obubizayo benani elingadalulwanga, zashaya zachitha nabo.
Okhulumela amaphoyisa KwaZulu-Natal, uCapt Nqobile Gwala, uthi amaphoyisa athungatha lezi zigebengu ngecala lokugqekeza.
Kwesinye isigameko esenzeke ngoMsombuluko eBonnievale naseWorcester, eWestern Cape, kuboshwe amaphoyisa awu-11 abanjwe edayisa utshwala ngalesi sikhathi kugonqiwe.
Ngokusho kokhulumela amaphoyisa kuzwelonke, uBrigadier Vish Naidoo, la maphoyisa kuthiwa aphume esiteshini ethi kukhona isigameko abizwe kusona emuva kokuba kukhale i-alamu esitolo esidayisa utshwala, kanti ahubhuza amanga, ayodayisa utshwala.
“Kuphinde kwaboshwa amanye amaphoyisa amabili, elineminyaka ewu-45 nelino-50 ubudala emuva kokubanjwa oqotsheni ethenga utshwala eStrand Liquor njengoba kuvaliwe ukuthengiswa kotshwala nogwayi.
“La maphoyisa aboshiwe, azovela maduzane enkantolo ngamacala okwephula umthetho obizwa ngeDisaster Management Act,” kusho uBrigadier Naidoo.
