I-Democratic Alliance (DA) isiqinisekisile umgomo wayo wokushintsha isuka eqenjini eliphikisayo iye komasipala ababusayo ezweni lonke, kanti usihlalo wombuso uSolly Msimanga umemezele ushintsho mhla ziyi-8 kuNcwaba 2026. UMsimanga uthe ukuzibophezela kwe-DA ekwandiseni ngale kwesizinda sayo saseNtshonalanga Kapa, egcizelela impumelelo yakamuva yobumbano kanye neziphakamiso zomthetho ezihlose ukuzinzisa ukubusa kwendawo.

I-DA Icaphuna Umlando Wethrekhi Nethonya Elandayo

I-DA ibuse iDolobha laseKapa iminyaka engama-26 ilandelana kanye neWestern Cape iminyaka eyi-12, isungula inkundla yezifiso zayo zesizwe. Ngokusho kwezitatimende zomphakathi, ohulumeni abaholwa yi-DA bebelokhu beqashelwa ngokuletha izinsizakalo ngempumelelo, kanti uMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa waphawula ngoSepthemba 2025 ukuthi omasipala abaphethwe kahle eNingizimu Afrika bangaphansi kokulawulwa yi-DA.

Kusukela okhethweni lohulumeni basekhaya lwango-2021, i-DA ibilokhu ihlanganyela kohulumeni bobumbano komasipala abakhulu, okuhlanganisa iGoli ne-Ekurhuleni. Ukuze kuxazululwe izinselelo ngaphakathi kwezinhlaka zobumbano, iqembu liphakamise 'uMthethosivivinywa Wokubumbana Komasipala' kanye 'noMthethosivivinywa Wobumbano', befuna ukulawula ukwakheka kobumbano kanye nokuthuthukisa ukuzinza kokubusa. 'Uhlelo Lokusindisa iNingizimu Afrika' lwe-DA, olwanyatheliswa ngoFebhuwari 2024, luchaza imigomo yokuqeda ukuthunyelwa kwamaqembu kanye nokususa izikhulu ezikhohlakele, luthembisa izinsizakalo zomasipala ezithuthukisiwe ezweni lonke.

Ubuholi be-Party Buchaza Umbono Wokubusa Okubanzi

Ekhuluma ngesikhathi ememezela umphakathi, uSolly Msimanga ugcizelele ukuguquka kusuka ekuphikisaneni kuya kuhulumeni, ethi: “Asiseyona iqembu eliphikisayo. Siyiqembu elikuhulumeni.” Uphinde wagcizelela isidingo sokwenza i-DA “iqembu elikhulu kunawo wonke futhi isindise iNingizimu Afrika esigatshaneni senkohlakalo, kulabo abangakwazi ukufeza izidingo zawo wonke umuntu.”

UMsimanga uxhumanise ukulethwa kwezinsizakalo okuphumelelayo namathuba ezomnotho, ethi: “Uma izinsizakalo ziya kubantu, kudalwa imisebenzi eminingi. Uma kudalwa imisebenzi, abantu bayakwazi ukuphila impilo ekhululekile abayifisayo.” La mazwi ayingxenye yomkhankaso we-DA wokuheha ukwesekwa komasipala ngaphandle kwesisekelo sayo sendabuko, esebenzisa izinhlelo zomthetho kanye nomlando womphakathi wokuphathwa komasipala.

I-DA kulindeleke ukuthi iqhubeke nokulandela ukubambisana kwamadlelandawonye kanye nokucindezela izinguquko zomthetho ePhalamende. Intuthuko ezungeze ukwamukelwa kanye nomthelela wemithethosivivinywa yomthetho wobumbano kulindeleke ukuthi ibumbe isimo sokuphathwa kwezindawo eNingizimu Afrika ngonyaka ozayo.