Amaphephandaba amahlanu ase-Eastern Cape, okuhlanganisa ne- Ukuthunyelwa Kwansuku Zonke futhi Iphephandaba i-Herald, yehlulekile ukukhokha amaholo abasebenzi ngoJulayi 2026, okwathinta abasebenzi ababalelwa ku-80 ezinyangeni ezintathu nje ngemuva kokuthengiswa kwabo kwi-Ubuntu Media Holdings, ngokusho kwabasebenzi kanye nemithombo yenkampani. Ibhodi le-Ubuntu Media Holdings, elathola amaphepha ku-Arena Holdings kusukela ngomhlaka-1 Meyi 2026, lahlangana okokuqala ngoLwesibili ngemuva kwemibiko yokungakhokhelwa kahle kwamaholo.

Ukuxhumana Okuncane Kubhebhethekisa Ukungaqiniseki Kwabasebenzi

Abasebenzi babike izibuyekezo ezimbalwa ezivela kubaphathi mayelana nembangela yokwehluleka kwezinkokhelo, kanti abaphathi abaphezulu bazwakalise ukumangala ngokubambezeleka. Ilungu lesikhulu elingaziwa litshele Isakhamuzi, “Kuze kube manje, sithole ama-imeyili ambalwa esitshela ukuthi inkinga ayikaxazululwa. Abaphathi bezinga le-C bamangale lapho imali ingakakhokhwa ngoLwesihlanu.” Abasebenzi bakhulume ngomuzwa okhulayo wokungaqiniseki nokukhungatheka, kanti elinye ilungu labasebenzi lithi, “Okubi kakhulu ukungaqiniseki. Esikufunayo ngaphezu kwanoma yini ukwethembeka.”

Izinkinga Ezibanzi Zezezimali Kwabezindaba ZaseNingizimu Afrika

Lesi sigameko sokungakhokhi siqokomisa ubunzima bezezimali obuqhubekayo emkhakheni wezindaba zokunyathelisa eNingizimu Afrika. Ukuthengiswa kwe-Ubuntu Media Holdings kwakuhloselwe ukuzinzisa amaphephandaba phakathi nokwehla kwemali engenayo yokukhangisa okunyathelisiwe kanye nenani labafundi embonini yonke. Kodwa-ke, intuthuko yakamuva iphakamisa ukungazinzi kwezezimali okuqhubekayo, okubonisa izinselele ezinkulu embonini njengoba izincwadi zokunyathelisa zendabuko zivumelana nenkathi yedijithali. Izizathu zokukhokha okungakhokhelwanga azikadalulwa, futhi isimo sezezimali se-Ubuntu Media Holdings ngaphambi kokuthengwa asikadalulwa emphakathini.

Isimo asikaxazululwa njengoba abasebenzi belinde ukucaciseleka okwengeziwe kanye nempendulo yabaphathi ezinsukwini ezizayo.