Naphezu kokugunyazwa kukaMongameli uCyril Ramaphosa kokuthunyelwa kwamalungu e-South African National Defence Force (SANDF) angu-2,200 unyaka wonke ukusekela i-South African Police Service (SAPS) ekulweni nobugebengu, ubudlova bamaqembu ezigelekeqe, kanye nokumbiwa kwezimayini okungekho emthethweni ezifundazweni ezinhlanu, ukubulawa kwamaqembu ezigelekeqe eWestern Cape kukhuphuke ngo-58% engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2025 uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2024, ngokusho kwezibalo ezisemthethweni zesifundazwe.

Ukuthunyelwa kwe-SANDF kanye nokwanda kobugebengu okuqhubekayo

Ukuthunyelwa kwe-SANDF, okwaziwa ngokuthi i-Operation Prosper, kwaqala mhla lu-1 kuNdasa 2026 futhi kulindeleke ukuthi kuqhubeke kuze kube ngumhla zingama-31 kuNdasa 2027 ngezindleko ezibikezelwe ezingama-R823,153,960, ngokusho kweHhovisi likaMongameli. Lo msebenzi wamenyezelwa ngemuva kokubizwa okuphindaphindiwe kwesenzo phakathi nodlame oluqhubekayo, lapho iPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela uBantu Holomisa limemezela ukulungela kwe-SANDF ngoFebhuwari 2026.

Kodwa-ke, izibalo ezivela eWestern Cape zibonisa ukuthi phakathi kuka-11 no-17 Januwari 2026, kwaqoshwa ukubulawa okungu-78 kwabangu-195 emasontweni amathathu okuqala onyaka. Le datha ayikhombisi ukwehla okucacile kobudlova selokhu kwaqala ukungenelela kwamasosha, okuphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nokusebenza kwawo. Ngomhlaka-7 Agasti 2026, amalungu amabili e-SAPS Anti-Gang Unit kanye nabantu ababili abavamile babulawa ekuhlaselweni eReiger Park, eGoli, okugqamisa izingozi eziqhubekayo zokugcinwa komthetho ngisho noma kuhileleke amasosha.

Izimpendulo Zikahulumeni Nomphakathi

Ekhuluma ngokusatshalaliswa kwamaphoyisa, uMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa uthe, “Ukusatshalaliswa kwe-SANDF kuyadingeka ukuze kuhambisane nemizamo ye-SAPS ekubhekaneni nalezi zigebengu nokuletha uzinzo emiphakathini.” UNgqongqoshe Wamaphoyisa Ophethe uFiroz Cachalia uvumile ngesikhathi ekhuluma nabezindaba muva nje, “Asiyinqobi impi yokulwa nodlame lwamaqembu ezigelekeqe.”

UNobhala-Jikelele we-GOOD Party uBrett Herron uphinde waveza ukukhungatheka komphakathi, ethi, “Esikhundleni sedolobha eliphephile, ubugebengu obunobudlova buyaqhubeka nokwanda, ikakhulukazi emiphakathini empofu lapho izigebengu zisebenza khona ngaphandle kokujeziswa.” Izicelo zomphakathi kanye namaqembu aphikisayo zokuba nesibopho esikhulu ziye zanda, ziphawula ukuntuleka kwentuthuko ebonakalayo naphezu kokuba khona kokuphepha okwandisiwe.

I-Operation Prosper ihlelelwe ukuqhubeka kuze kube uMashi 2027, kodwa izikhulu azikakamemezeli amasu amasha okuguqula ukuthambekela okukhulayo kobugebengu obuhlobene namaqembu ezigelekeqe.