UNgqongqoshe Wezemisebenzi Yomphakathi kanye Nengqalasizinda uDean Macpherson uthe kukhona ukuxhumana okuqondile phakathi kwemisebenzi yalabo ababizwa ngokuthi ama-mafia okwakha kanye namanye amaqembu ezepolitiki eNingizimu Afrika, ecaphuna lokho akubonile ngesikhathi secala lasenkantolo lakamuva elihilela ilungu elisolwayo lala maqembu.

UMacpherson Ucaphuna Okuhlangenwe Nakho Kwakhe Enkantolo

Ekhuluma ngomhlaka-8 kuNtulikazi 2026, uNgqongqoshe uMacpherson uchaze ukuthi ngesikhathi evele enkantolo yelungu le-mafia yezokwakha, wabona inani elikhulu labantu begqoke amahembe eqembu elithile lezepolitiki bezama ukuthonya inqubo yebheyili. UMacpherson uthe, “Ngaya ecaleni lenkantolo lapho umuntu osolwa ngokuba yi-mafia yezokwakha owayeboshiwe wayesekelwa amabhasi agcwele – hhayi amabhasi amancane – abantu ababegqoke amahembe eqembu elithile lezepolitiki futhi bezama ukucindezela inkantolo ukuthi inikeze umuntu ngamunye ibheyili.”

Wenze la mazwi njengengxenye yesixwayiso esibanzi mayelana nethonya amaqembu obugebengu obuhleliwe angalisebenzisa kokubili enkambisweni yezomthetho kanye nasemkhakheni wokwakha. UMacpherson ugcizelele ukuthi, “Kukhona ukuxhumana okuqinisekile phakathi kwemisebenzi yama-mafia okwakha kanye namanye amaqembu ezepolitiki.”

Imvelaphi kanye Nemisebenzi Ye-Construction Mafia

Igama elithi 'ama-mafia okwakha' libhekisela emaqenjini aqala ukuphazamisa amaphrojekthi okwakha aseNingizimu Afrika cishe ngo-2015, efuna isabelo noma inkokhelo egameni 'lokuguqulwa okukhulu komnotho.' Ngokusho kwemibiko yezemfundo kanye nabezindaba, la ma-syndicate asebenza ngaphansi kwesicabha sezinkundla zebhizinisi lendawo, esebenzisa ukwesabisa nokuphanga ngenkathi ngezinye izikhathi eziveza njengabameli bokufakwa komnotho.

I-Delangokubona Business Forum, eyaqala eThekwini cishe ngo-2014/2015, iphakathi kwamaqembu okuqala ahlotshaniswa nemisebenzi enjalo. Ababukeli babhale phansi ukuthi la maforamu afuna iphesenti lenani lenkontileka, amisa umsebenzi wokwakha, futhi axhumene kanjani namanethiwekhi obugebengu obuhleliwe. Ukwanda kwawo kuphakamise ukukhathazeka okukhulu mayelana nokubusa komthetho kanye nokuphazamiseka kwezepolitiki emkhakheni wengqalasizinda yaseNingizimu Afrika.

UMacpherson uthe uphenyo ngalezi zixhumanisi luyaqhubeka, manje sekugxilwe ekutheni ukuxhumana kwezepolitiki kungase kunikeze la maqembu isivikelo noma ithonya elingafanele.

Iziphathimandla kulindeleke ukuthi zinikeze ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nezinqubo zenkantolo kanye nophenyo mayelana nobudlelwano bezepolitiki emasontweni azayo.