UVusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala ngeke afakaze mathupha phambi kweKhomishini kaMadlanga njengoba kuhleliwe ngoLwesibili, mhla ziyi-7 kuNtulikazi 2026, ngemuva kokuba abaholi bobufakazi beqinisekisile ukuthi bazocela ukuthi icala lihlehliswe kanti ummeli wakhe uzovela egameni lakhe. Ikhomishini ihlola ukubandakanyeka kukaMatlala esigamekweni sokukhishwa kwethenda yamaphoyisa sika-R228 million, okwaholela ekuvumeni kwakhe icala lokukhwabanisa, inkohlakalo, kanye nokuhlanzwa kwemali ngoJuni 2026, kanye nendima elandelayo njengofakazi wombuso.

Ukuhlehliswa Nokumelwa Kwezomthetho Kuqinisekisiwe

UJeremy Michaels, okhulumela iKhomishini kaMadlanga, uthe, “Ngakho-ke uMatlala ngeke avele mathupha phambi kwekhomishini ngoLwesibili kodwa ummeli wakhe uzobe ekhona ngokoqobo.” Abaholi bobufakazi kulindeleke ukuthi bacele ngokusemthethweni ukuthi kuhlehliswe icala futhi abakanikezi usuku olusha lobufakazi bukaMatlala. Lesi sinyathelo silandela isivumelwano sikaMatlala sakamuva sokuvuma icala kanye nesimo sakhe esisemthethweni njengofakazi wombuso weSigaba 204.

Ithimba labameli bakaMatlala lizoya kule nqubo, kanti ikhomishini izonquma ishejuli ebuyekeziwe ngemuva kokucubungula izethulo ezivela kuzo zonke izinhlangothi. Ngokusho kweTimesLive, amaphoyisa aphezulu asolwa ekukhishweni kwesinqumo sethenda ye-SAPS Medicare24 asabhekene namacala obugebengu ahlobene nezinqubo zokukhwabanisa eziholele enkontilekeni ka-R228 million.

Ingemuva: Ihlazo Lamathenda Amaphoyisa kanye Nentuthuko Yezomthetho

Impikiswano igxile enkontilekeni yamaphoyisa eyanikezwa inkampani kaMatlala ngoJuni 2024, yaphela ngemuva kokuvela kwezinsolo zenkohlakalo. UMatlala wavuma amacala mhla zingama-25 kuJuni 2026, enikela ngokusiza umbuso ngobufakazi ukuze athole isigwebo esincishisiwe seminyaka eyisishiyagalombili. Izinqubo zenkantolo zibonisa ukuthi umantshi esikhundleni salokho uphakamise isigwebo sokuboshwa esiqondile seminyaka eyi-12, esingakaphothulwa kuze kuqinisekiswe isivumelwano sikaMatlala sokuvuma icala.

IKhomishini kaMadlanga inikwe igunya lokuphenya inkohlakalo kanye nokuphazamiseka kwezepolitiki ohlelweni lobulungiswa bobugebengu lwaseNingizimu Afrika. Ubufakazi bukaMatlala obulindelwe bubhekwa njengobubalulekile ecaleni likahulumeni ngokumelene nezikhulu ze-SAPS ezithintekayo kanye nemizamo ebanzi yokuqinisekisa ukuthi uMatlala uzobizwa nini ukuze avele mathupha. Ikhomishini ayikakamemezeli ukuthi uMatlala uzobizwa nini ukuze avele mathupha.

Ukubuyekezwa okulandelayo okulindelekile okuvela kwiKhomishini kaMadlanga kuzoba ukuqinisekiswa kosuku olusha lobufakazi bukaMatlala.