I-African National Congress (ANC) igcizelele ukuthi ukufinyelela izinsizakalo ezibalulekile okuhlanganisa amanzi ahlanzekile, ukuhlanzeka, ugesi, kanye nezindlu ezisemthethweni kuthuthuke ezweni lonke kusukela okhethweni lohulumeni basekhaya lwango-2021, icaphuna izibalo ezisemthethweni kanye nemibiko kahulumeni eyanyatheliswa phakathi kuka-2024 no-2026. Kodwa-ke, izinkinga eziqhubekayo ezifana nokuphazamiseka kokunikezwa kwamanzi njalo kanye nokubambezeleka kokulethwa kweposi kusasakazeke kabanzi, ngokusho kwedatha ekhishwe yiStatistics South Africa kanye nezinhlangano ezihlobene.

Idatha Esemthethweni Ibonisa Inzuzo Exubile Ezinsizeni Eziyisisekelo

Ngokusho kwe-General Household Survey ka-2025, imindeni engu-88.5% yayinamanzi ahlanzekile ngo-2022 uma kuqhathaniswa ne-85.1% ngo-2011, kuyilapho ukuhlanzeka okuthuthukisiwe kwanda kusuka ku-68.9% kuya ku-80.7% ngesikhathi esifanayo. Ingxenye yezindlu ezisemthethweni yanda kusuka ku-73.5% ngo-2002 yaya ku-84.2%, futhi ukufinyelela kukagesi kwafinyelela ku-90.6% ngo-2025—kusuka ku-76.7% ngo-2002, okubonisa intuthuko eqhubekayo ekulethweni kwengqalasizinda eyisisekelo.

Naphezu kwalezi ntuthuko, ukuthembeka kwensizakalo kusalokhu kuyinselele. Ucwaningo lwango-2025 lubike ukuthi imizi engu-56.8% ibhekane nokuphazamiseka kokunikezwa kwamanzi, okuhlanganisa nemindeni engu-37.6% ebhekane nokuphazamiseka isikhathi eside okungaphezu kwezinsuku ezimbili noma okuthathe izinsuku ezingaphezu kwe-15 zizonke. I-South African Post Office ithuthukise izinga layo lokulethwa kweposi lisuka ku-45.15% laya ku-62.13% phakathi kweminyaka yayo yezimali ka-2024 no-2025, kodwa ukusebenza okuphelele kuhlale kungaphansi komgomo, njengoba kuchazwe yimibiko yonyaka yenhlangano.

Impendulo Kahulumeni Nezinselele Eziqhubekayo

Ekhuluma ngalezi zibalo, uDkt. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa uthe, “Esikhathini esibukezwayo, ukucinywa komthwalo sekuqediwe,” esithangamini sabezindaba sakamuva. Uphinde waqinisekisa ukuthi ukudluliswa kukagesi kuzohlala kungaphansi kokulawulwa kombuso, echaza “njengokuwukuphela kwemvelo okwenzekayo.”

UNgqongqoshe Wezokuhlaliswa Kwabantu uThembi Simelane uthe, “Ubukhulu bezinhlelo zokuhlaliswa kwabantu zamanje bubonisa ubukhulu bokutshalwa kwezimali okwenziwa ezweni lonke.” Iphini likaNgqongqoshe uDavid Mahlobo wengeze wathi, “Esinye sezinqumo ukusho ukuthi omasipala bahluleka kuphi; ngaphakathi kwezinsizakusebenza zomthetho ezitholakalayo, sizongenelela.”

I-ANC ivumile ngokuphindaphindiwe ukushiyeka okuqhubekayo, igcizelela izinhlelo zokungenelela okuqhubekayo komasipala lapho ukulethwa kwezinsizakalo kungahlangabezani nezindinganiso ezimisiwe. Lezi zithembiso ziza njengoba izakhamuzi ezindaweni eziningana ziqhubeka nokubhekana nokufinyelela okungathembekile kwezinsizakalo eziyisisekelo, ikakhulukazi amanzi kanye nokulethwa kweposi, naphezu kokuthuthuka ezingeni likazwelonke.

Ukuhlolwa okulandelayo okukhulu kokulethwa kwezinsizakalo zikamasipala kulindeleke emibikweni ezayo yemindeni kanye nengqalasizinda evela kwiStatistics South Africa, kanti iminyango kahulumeni kulindeleke ukuthi imemezele izinyathelo ezintsha zezindawo ezingasebenzi kahle.