TV MAN CAUGHT UP IN BITTER LOVE TRIANGLE

MBABANE – Drama unfolded when a female police officer reportedly paid a surprise visit to a High Court official, Nelisiwe Mkhonta in her house in search of Eswatini Television Authority (ETVA) employee whom they are allegedly both dating.  

So serious was the dispute over the TV man, Lington (though spelt Linton in the police statement) Gule that Mkhonta, who is an Assistant Registrar of the High Court has reported the matter to the police and further approached the Mbabane Magistrates Court for a peace binding order between her and the police officer, Hloniphile Tsabedze and her friend, one Zinhle.
The court has since issued an interim order, wherein the police officer has been restrained from harassing, threatening and further going to Mkhonta’s house pending deliberation on March 10, 2022.

According to the statement recorded by Mkhonta at the Mbabane Police Station, the police officer arrived in her house situated at Thembelihle at around 7:45pm towards the end of January 2022. She alleged that she opened the door only to discover that it was her love rival accompanied her friend, Zinhle. The statement pointed out that Mkhonta accommodated the duo in her house.

Boyfriend

“Zinhle told me that she had accompanied Hloniphile who missed her boyfriend Lington Gule. At the time, it was 7:45pm and Gule was at the Galp Filling Station. Linton Gule arrived shortly,” reads the statement. Mkhonta stated that Tsabedze greeted Gule and further told him that she had come to him because he (Gule) neither answered nor returned her calls. Mkhonta mentioned in her statement that Hloniphile made it clear to Gule that she wanted to speak to him him so that they could sort out their love related issues. She mentioned that Gule refused to give Hloniphile privacy. Hloniphile then stood up and shouted at Gule saying; “ungangenti njena, bengingekho mine nawusoma. Cela ungangidvwaleli ngoba utohlupheka uze uyofa,” reads the statement loosely translating to: “do not make me a fool; I was not present when you proposed love. Please do not ignore me, otherwise you will suffer until you die.”
Mkhonta stated that looking at the situation; she contacted Mbabane Magistrate Sifiso Vilakati, who is her neighbour.

Rescue

She stated that Vilakati promised to come to her rescue. She mentioned that when Vilakati arrived, she then went outside to attend to him, to which he allegedly advised her to chase Hloniphile and her friend away as they were making noise at the compound. Mkhonta stated that upon returning to her house, the duo left, leaving her and Gule in the house. She mentioned that she had been in a steady relationship with Gule since 2015. She alleged that in the first week of February 2022, she received a call from Gule’s sister, Goodness, whom she referred to as sister- in-law. She claimed that Goodness informed her that she received threats from the police officer that she would come and collect Lington’s clothes. She alleged that the police officer told Goodness that if she refused with the clothes, she would come with a gun and shoot her.

She stated that she then pleaded with the Mbabane Magistrates Court to protect her in anyway and further restrain Hloniphile from going to her residence because she felt unsafe. However, the veracity of the allegations contained in the statement is yet to be tested in court. Gule declined to comment, stating that he acts as opposed to talking. He warned this reporter to handle the story with care before he (reporter) finds himself in trouble. He stated that he would get time to state what he meant by acting as opposed to talking when asked about the context of his words. Gule was called as his cellphone number is contained in the statement.

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