IPhini likaMeya waseNelson Mandela Bay uGary van Niekerk uzovela enkantolo ngoMeyi 2026 ngamacala okukhwabanisa nge-inthanethi kanye nokwephula uMthetho Wokuphathwa Kwezimali Zikamasipala (i-MFMA), ngemuva kokuba iNational Prosecuting Authority (i-NPA) yenqabe isivumelwano sokuvuma icala, ngokusho kwezitatimende ezivela kwi-NPA kanye nemibiko ye-IOL kanye ne-The Herald. La macala ahlobene nezinsolo zokuthi, ngo-2022, uVan Niekerk wagunyaza izinkokhelo ezingaphezu kuka-R570,000 ezinkampanini zomthetho ngaphandle kokulandela izinqubo zokuthenga zikamasipala.

Imininingwane Yezinkokhelo Nokutholakele Kwangaphakathi

I-NPA iqinisekisile ukuthi uVan Niekerk usolwa ngokukhwabanisa nge-inthanethi kanye nokwephulwa kwe-MFMA ngemuva kokuthi uphenyo lwangaphakathi luthole ukuthi wephule umthetho wokuziphatha wamakhansela kanye nezinhlinzeko ezithile ze-MFMA. Uphenyo lukamasipala luthole ukuthi imithetho yokuthengwa kwempahla ayilandelwanga ekugunyazeni izinkokhelo, ezazihloselwe izinsizakalo zomthetho.

UVan Niekerk uphikile noma yikuphi ukwenza okubi. Ekhuluma ne-Herald, uthe: “Angitholakalanga nginecala lokweba, ukukhwabanisa noma isenzo sokungathembeki. Yilokhu okusekelwe kukho lesi sicelo.”

Ukudelela Inkantolo Nezicelo Zokususa Isihlalo

Ngo-Okthoba 2025, uVan Niekerk watholakala enecala lokudelela inkantolo ngokungaveli emhlanganweni womkhandlu ohleliwe ngesikhathi engaphandle kwezwe eJalimane. Wahlawuliswa u-R2,000 ngaleli cala, ngokusho kwemibhalo yenkantolo kanye nemibiko ye-ENCA.

Ngemva kokulahlwa yicala lokudelela, kwafakwa isicelo emkhandlwini ukuze kuphenywe ukuthi uVan Niekerk wayekulungele yini ukuqhubeka nokuba yisekela lemeya. I-Herald ibike ukuthi lesi sicelo sicaphune ngqo ukwehluleka kwakhe ukuya emhlanganweni wekhansela njengesisekelo sophenyo mayelana nokufaneleka kwakhe esikhundleni.

Isimo Sezepolitiki Nezinyathelo Ezilandelayo

Ubuholi obuphezulu beNelson Mandela Bay bugxekwe ngezinkinga eziqhubekayo zokubusa kanye nokulethwa kwezinsizakalo. Usopolitiki wendawo uBill Harrington uthe ku-Algoa FM: “Ngaphansi kweMeya Ephethe yamanje, iNelson Mandela Bay ibhekane nokwehluleka okukhulu kokubusa kanye nokulethwa kwezinsizakalo.”

Icala likaVan Niekerk lihlelelwe uMeyi 2026. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, isikhundla sakhe njengephini lemeya sisalokhu sihlolisiswa, kanti kungenzeka ukuthi kube nezinyathelo ezengeziwe zomkhandlu ezisalindile inqubo yezomthetho.