IDolobha lase-Ekurhuleni likweleta ababolekisi balo u-R7.3 billion kusukela ngomhlaka-31 Meyi 2026, okuhlanganisa u-R5.758 billion ku-Eskom kanye no-R555 million ku-Rand Water, kanti imali egciniwe etholakalayo ingama-R2 billion kuphela, ngokusho kwemibiko yezezimali kamasipala kanye nezitatimende ezisemthethweni.

Izingozi Ezinkulu Zokubolekwa Kwemali Nezokulethwa Kwezinsizakalo

Imibhalo yezezimali yedolobha ikhombisa ukuthi ingxenye enkulu yesikweletu ikwa-Eskom, inkampani kagesi yaseNingizimu Afrika, kanye neRand Water, umhlinzeki wamanzi wesifunda. Ngo-Ephreli 2025, ukungakwazi kwedolobha ukukhokha idiphozithi engu-R177 million yokuthuthukisa iziteshi ezincane ezine eChloorkop kwaveza izithiyo ezinkulu zezimali, ngokusho kwesitatimende sikamasipala.

Inkinga yezezimali yedolobha ilimaza ikhono layo lokuletha izinsizakalo eziyinhloko nokutshala imali engqalasizinda. UKhathutshelo Rasilingwane, oqokelwe ukuba yimeya ye-DA, uxwayise ngesikhathi senkomfa yabezindaba ukuthi, “Sikholelwa kakhulu ukuthi izakhamuzi zaseDolobheni lase-Ekurhuleni kufanele zikhathazeke ngempela ngalokhu okwembulwa ngoba lokhu akuseyona inkinga yokubalwa kwezimali kuphela.”

Imizamo Yokubuyisa Impilo Nokusabela Kwezepolitiki

Izikhulu zase-Ekurhuleni zithi imizamo yokuthola imali engenayo elahlekile iyaqhubeka. NgoSepthemba 2025, uMeya uNkosindiphile Xhakaza wabika ukuthi idolobha lithole imali engaphezu kuka-R365 million—18% ku-R2 billion elahlekile ngenxa yephutha lokukhokha langaphambilini. “Kuze kube manje, sesiqoqe imali engaphezu kuka-R365 million kulezi zindaba zomlando,” kusho uXhakaza ngesikhathi senkomfa nabezindaba.

I-MMC yezezimali uJongizizwe Dlabathi uthe ngesikhathi sesethulo sesabelomali sika-2026/27 ukuthi imikhankaso yokuqoqa imali eqondiswe kubahlali namabhizinisi angakhokhi isaqhubeka. Umasipala wethule isabelomali sika-R71 billion ngoMeyi 2026, ebeka phambili ingqalasizinda kanye nokulethwa kwezinsizakalo. Naphezu kwalezi zinyathelo, amaqembu aphikisayo acele ukungenelela okuphuthumayo, kanti i-DA icele izingxoxo ezisheshayo nomeya ngemuva kokudalulwa kwezibalo zakamuva zezikweletu ngomhlaka-20 Julayi 2026.

Indlela idolobha elisebenza ngayo izovivinywa njengoba ababolekisi, ikakhulukazi i-Eskom ne-Rand Water, becindezela inkokhelo ukuze kuqhutshekwe nezinsizakalo ezibalulekile. Kulindeleke izibuyekezo ezengeziwe ngemuva kwemihlangano yomkhandlu ehleliwe kanye nokuxhumana phakathi kobuholi bedolobha kanye namaqembu aphikisayo.