Kulelisonto kuhlangana iminyaka emine kusukela kwabulawa abantu endaweni yase Phoenix, enyakatho yeTheku ngesikhathi kunezibhelu ezaziphikisa ukuboshwa kukaloyo owayengumengameli u Jacob Zuma. Lemigubho ezoba ngoMgqibelo ihlelwe ngokuhlanganyela ikhomishane ebhekelele ukuqhakanjiswa kwamalungelo amasiko, ezenkolo kanye nezilimi, i CRL Commission kanye nekhomishane yamalungelo esintu, i Human Rights Commission. 

Sixoxisane nomunye wabagqugquzeli balomcimbi wokukhumbula labo ababulawa e Phoenix, uMxolisi Myeni, mayelana nalokhu.