UNdunankulu waseMpumalanga Kapa u-Oscar Mabuyane uthembise ukusekela kukahulumeni ukuthuthukiswa kokulethwa kwezinsizakalo eBizana futhi wasekela ibhizinisi lendawo lokucubungula ezolimo, wathi ngomhlaka-14 Juni 2026 ukuthi izinhlelo zesifundazwe zizothuthukisa kokubili ingqalasizinda kanye nokuvikeleka kokudla esifundeni. Ukuzibophezela kwakhe kulandela ukwabiwa kuka-R9 billion wengqalasizinda kwisabelomali sesifundazwe sika-R105 billion sika-2026/27, njengoba kwamenyezelwa uNgqongqoshe Wezezimali uMlungisi Mvoko ngoMashi, ehlose ukuthuthukiswa okubalulekile ukuze kuqiniswe ukulethwa kwezinsizakalo komasipala okuhlanganisa neBizana.

Ukusekelwa Kwesifundazwe Kwamabhizinisi Asendaweni

Ukugxila kukaMabuyane kuhlanganisa ukusekela ibhizinisi likaNandipha Sodwele lokucubungula ezolimo eBizana, elikhiqiza umbila kanye nemikhiqizo ehlobene nalo, okuhloswe ngayo ukukhulisa ukuphepha kokudla kwendawo kanye nokukhuthaza ukukhula komnotho wasemakhaya. Ngokusho kwesitatimende sangomhlaka-14 kuJuni esivela ehhovisi lakhe, uMabuyane ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokunika amandla osomabhizinisi abasebasha njengendlela yokulwa nokuntuleka kwemisebenzi kanye nokuphakamisa imiphakathi yasemakhaya e-Eastern Cape.

Ekhuluma ngezinselele ezibanzi zesistimu ngesikhathi senkulumo esanda kwenziwa kuthelevishini, uMabuyane uthe, “Sihlela izinhlelo kanye kanye nomnyango wezemfundo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi bonke labo abanezinkontileka bayakwazi ukuthola imali yabo ngesikhathi.” UNdunankulu ubeke phambili ukungenelela okusebenzayo, kulandela umyalelo wakhe ka-Ephreli 2024 kuBuffalo City Metro wokubhekana nokuphazamiseka kwayo kokukhokha kanye nokulethwa kwezinsizakalo ngemuva kwemibhikisho yomphakathi e-East London.

Izabelomali kanye Nezibophezelo Zengqalasizinda

UNgqongqoshe Wezezimali uMlungisi Mvoko uqinisekise isabelomali saseMpumalanga Kapa esingu-R105 billion sika-2026/27, lapho u-R9 billion uvinjelwe ukutshalwa kwezimali kwengqalasizinda kuzo zonke izinhlaka okuhlanganisa imigwaqo, amanzi, izikole kanye nemitholampilo. “Besilokhu sicindezelekile eminyakeni edlule uma kukhulunywa ngesimo sethu sezimali. Ngaphezu kwalokho kucindezelekile, kunezinkinga ngaphakathi kweminyango esifundazweni sethu ezibonakala zingasuki. Lokhu kufaka phakathi izikweletu eziqongelelekile njengokusetshenziswa kwemali okungajwayelekile,” kusho uMvoko ngoMashi ngesikhathi senkulumo yesabelomali.

Eminyakeni yamuva nje, ukukhungatheka komphakathi ngenxa yokuthuthukiswa komasipala okuhamba kancane kanye nokungasebenzi kahle kokuphatha kuye kwabangela izicelo eziphindaphindwayo zokuguqulwa kokulethwa kwezinsizakalo zesifundazwe, kanti izindawo zaseBizana naseBuffalo City Metro zibhekwa njengezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu. Ababambiqhaza bomphakathi bayakwamukela ukugxila ezinhlelweni zokukhiqiza ukudla futhi banethemba lokuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali okuqhubekayo kuzoholela ekuthuthukisweni okubonakalayo endaweni.

Ihhovisi likaNdunankulu liqinisekisile ukuqapha okuqhubekayo komasipala ukuze kuxazululwe izinkinga zokulethwa kwezinsizakalo ezindala, kanye nokuvakasha okwengeziwe kwendawo kanye nezinhlelo zokusekela amabhizinisi ezihleliwe eBizana ngonyaka wezimali ozayo.