INkantolo Ephakeme yasePitoli yabuyisela esikhundleni uMphathi weDolobha laseTshwane uJohan Mettler ngomhlaka-31 Julayi 2026, yachitha ukumiswa kwakhe yiMkhandlu waseTshwane ekuqaleni kwaleyo nyanga ngemuva kokuthola ukuthi uSomlomo wenze okungaphezu kwamandla akhe ekuphatheni imiphumela yevoti lomkhandlu.

Isinqumo Senkantolo Nokungalungi Kwenqubo

UMettler wamiswa yiKhansela laseTshwane ngomhlaka-9 kuNtulikazi 2026 ngemuva kokuvota okuvaliwe okubangelwe yisikhalazo esivela kwi-Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), lapho amakhansela evotela ukumbeka eholidini eligcwele kuze kube uphenyo oluzimele ngezinsolo zokungaziphathi kahle, ngokusho kweDolobha laseTshwane kanye ne-Eyewitness News. I-Democratic Alliance (DA) kanye nenyunyana yabasebenzi iSolidarity baphikise lesi sinqumo, bethi uSomlomo ushintshe inqubo yokuvota.

Esinqumweni sayo, iNkantolo Ephakeme yasePitoli yanquma ukuthi uSomlomo “wayengenalo igunya lokunquma ukufaneleka kwekhansela ukuvota noma ukususa amavoti afakwe ngempela ekusetshenzisweni kwemiyalelo nemisebenzi yalawo makhansela athintekile,” njengoba kusho uJaji u-AJ Pillay. Inkantolo ithole ukuthi ukususa amavoti ngesikhathi senqubo kwakungemthetho, yamisa isinqumo, futhi yavimbela umkhandlu ekuphoqeleleni ukumiswa. UMeya we-DA uCilliers Brink, ekhuluma ngemuva kwesinqumo, wasola uSomlomo ngokuchitha ngamabomu amavoti asemthethweni ukuqinisekisa ukususwa kukaMettler.

Umongo Wezepolitiki Nezinyathelo Ezilandelayo

Lezi zenzakalo zikhulise ukungezwani kwezepolitiki ngaphakathi koMkhandlu waseTshwane, okubonisa ukuphikisana okuqhubekayo phakathi kwe-EFF, i-DA, kanye namanye amaqembu mayelana nezindinganiso zokubusa e-metro. I-DA yaphikisana ngokuthi ukususwa kukaMettler kwakuhloselwe ukubekela eceleni umphathi omelene nenkohlakalo, kuyilapho isikhalazo sokuqala se-EFF saqala inqubo. Ukungenelela kwenkantolo kuqinisa isibopho samakhansela sokunamathela ezinqubweni ezifanele kanye nokuhlonipha imikhawulo emandleni kaSomlomo ngesikhathi sokuvota.

Ngokubuyiselwa kwakhe esikhundleni, uMettler uzoqhubeka nemisebenzi yakhe ngenkathi uphenyo oluzimele ngezinsolo zokuqala zokungaziphathi kahle luqhubeka. Kulindeleke ukuthi kube nemiphumela eyengeziwe yezomthetho neyezepolitiki ehlobene nokuziphatha kukaSomlomo kanye nevoti eliphikisanayo emasontweni azayo.