UMnyango Wezempilo waseGauteng ubeke isabelomali esingu-R612,719,892 sokunxeshezelwa kochwepheshe bezokwelapha bakwamanye amazwe abangu-551, okuhlanganisa odokotela, ochwepheshe, abahlengikazi, kanye nochwepheshe, ngonyaka wezimali ka-2026-27, kanti odokotela baseCuba abangu-11 bodwa bathola u-R14 million ngonyaka, kusho izibalo zomnyango kanye nezikhulu.

Imininingwane Ngesinxephezelo Nokuqashwa Kwabasebenzi

UFaith Mazibuko, uNgqongqoshe Wezempilo Nenhlalakahle, uthe umnyango uqashe ochwepheshe bezokwelapha bakwamanye amazwe abangu-551 nokuthi “ngonyaka wezimali ka-2026-27, umnyango ubeke isabelomali esikhulu esingu-R612,719,892 sokunxeshezelwa kwabokufika.” Ngokusho kweDemocratic Alliance Gauteng Shadow MEC wezeMpilo, uJack Bloom, isifundazwe sikhokha odokotela baseCuba abangu-11 phakathi kuka-R1.2 million no-R1.64 million ngonyaka, okuyisamba esingu-R14 million ngonyaka. Ngo-2022, uNgqongqoshe Wezempilo waseGauteng uNomathemba Mokgethi uthe odokotela baseCuba abangu-14 bathola phakathi kuka-R78,000 no-R90,000 ngenyanga, kanti izikhulu ziqinisekisa amaphakheji amakhulu enkokhelo yalezi zikhundla.

Uma kuqhathaniswa, umholo ojwayelekile wenyanga kadokotela eGauteng u-R56,589, ngokusho kwedatha yomholo etholakala emphakathini, cishe u-31% ngaphezu kwesilinganiso sikazwelonke kodwa usangaphansi kwamaphakheji abikiwe kwabanye abasebenzi bezokwelapha baseCuba. Ukusetshenziswa kweGauteng kochwepheshe baseCuba nabanye abangaphandle akuyona into engakaze ibonwe, kodwa kudonsele ukuhlolisiswa kabusha njengoba izibalo zokusetshenziswa kwemali sezifinyelele amazinga aqopha umlando.

Impikiswano Eqhubekayo Ngomsebenzi Wendawo Nokwabiwa Kwezinsiza

Ukuqhubeka kokuqashwa komnyango kochwepheshe bezokwelapha bakwamanye amazwe kuye kwagxekwa, ikakhulukazi phakathi kodokotela baseNingizimu Afrika abangasebenzi. UJack Bloom, ekhuluma ngo-Ephreli 2024, uthe “uMnyango Wezempilo waseGauteng usebenzisa u-R14 million ngonyaka kodokotela baseCuba abangu-11 naphezu kwenani elikhulu lodokotela baseNingizimu Afrika abangasebenzi.” Kodwa-ke, umnyango uvikele ukuqashwa kwabasebenzi bezokwelapha bakwamanye amazwe njengoba kudingeka ukubhekana nokuntuleka kwamakhono ezindaweni zokunakekelwa okubucayi nasezindaweni zasemakhaya.

Abasebenzi bezempilo kanye namaqembu okumela bacele ukuthi kubuyekezwe imikhuba yokuqasha kanye neyokunxeshezelwa, benxusa umnyango ukuthi ubeke phambili odokotela bendawo ezikhundleni ezisanda kudalwa kanye nokuqinisekisa amathuba emisebenzi kulabo abaphothule eNingizimu Afrika. Izitatimende zenqubomgomo zangaphambilini ezivela emnyangweni zigcizelele isidingo esiqhubekayo samakhono akhethekile ezokwelapha, kodwa imali eningi eyabelwe isinxephezelo sakwamanye amazwe isalokhu ihlolwa ngaphambi kwemijikelezo yesabelomali esizayo.

Kulindeleke izimpendulo ezengeziwe ezivela kuMnyango Wezempilo waseGauteng kanye nohulumeni wesifundazwe njengoba ukuhlela isabelomali sonyaka wezimali ka-2026-27 kuqhubeka futhi amaqembu ezepolitiki aqhubeka nokuxoxa ngamasu okuqashwa kwabantu bendawo emkhakheni wezempilo yomphakathi.