UMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa ugunyaze ukuthunyelwa kwamalungu e-South African National Defence Force (SANDF) angu-2,200 kusukela mhla lu-1 kuNdasa 2026 kuya kumhla zingama-31 kuNdasa 2027, ngezindleko zamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-823, ukusiza i-South African Police Service (SAPS) ekulweni nodlame lwamaqembu ezigelekeqe kanye nokumba izimayini okungekho emthethweni ezifundazweni ezinhlanu, kodwa ukubulawa kwamaqembu ezigelekeqe eNtshonalanga Kapa kukhuphuke ngo-9.1% ngo-2026, kanti cishe ukubulawa kwamaqembu ezigelekeqe kuzwelonke okungu-90% kwenzeka esifundazweni, ngokusho kwezibalo ezisemthethweni.

Ukubulawa Kwamaqembu Ezigelekeqe Kuyaqhubeka Naphezu Kokuba Khona Kwezempi

Idatha evela emasontweni amathathu okuqala kaJanuwari 2026 ikhombisa ukubulawa kwabantu okungu-195 eNtshonalanga Kapa, kanti okungu-78 kwenzeka phakathi kukaJanuwari 11 no-17. Imibiko evela kubantu abahlala eCape Flats eKapa ichaza ukubulawa kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-50 ngesonto elilodwa nje, okuhlanganisa nezingane phakathi kwezisulu, igcizelela ukuqhubeka kobudlova naphezu kokuthunyelwa kwe-SANDF.

Ukuba khona kwe-SANDF kwakuhloswe ukuba kube 'ngumphindiseli wamandla' kanye namaphoyisa ukuze kuxazululwe imisebenzi yamaqembu ezigelekeqe eWestern Cape, e-Eastern Cape, naseGauteng, kanye nokumbiwa kwemigodi okungekho emthethweni eGauteng naseNyakatho Ntshonalanga. Kodwa-ke, izakhamuzi nabaholi bendawo baye bakungabaza ukusebenza kahle kokungenelela, bephawula ukuthi amaqembu ezigelekeqe abonakala engaphazanyiswa yizigebengu zokuqapha zamasosha.

Ukusabela Kwendawo Nezimemo Zokusebenza Kwamaphoyisa Okuphumelelayo

Amalungu omphakathi aseRiverlea, enye yezindawo ezithintekile, azwakalise imizwa yokungazethembi. Ekhuluma ngokudubulana kwansuku zonke, uRabia Williams uthe, “Laba bantu (amasosha) bangasiqapha amahora angama-24 lapha eRiverlea ngoba ukudubula kubi kakhulu, nsuku zonke kuyenzeka futhi abantu besaba izimpilo zabo, bayabaleka bangene.”

Esinye isakhamuzi, uYasin Botha, uthe, “Ngizizwa ngingaphephile ngoba asazi ukuthi ukudubula okulandelayo kuzokwenzeka nini futhi asazi ukuthi obani abaqondiswe kubo. Ngakho-ke, ngokubonakala kwamasosha nokubonakala kwamaphoyisa, ngingakuqinisekisa ukuthi ngingazizwa ngiphephile nge-100% ngoba ngingazi ukuthi uma kwenzeka ukudubula, kungaphansi kwemizuzu emibili noma umzuzu owodwa, kuzoba nokubonakala kwamaphoyisa.”

Umzabalazo wokunqanda ubugebengu obunobudlova eNtshonalanga Kapa ugcizelela izinselele zokuthembela esixazululweni sezempi sezinkinga zomphakathi nezobugebengu eziyinkimbinkimbi nezigxilile. Amaqembu ezepolitiki kanye nomphakathi acele ukuba amaphoyisa abe nesibopho esikhulu kanye nokungenelela kwesikhathi eside okuhloswe ngakho izimbangela zobudlova bamaqembu ezigelekeqe.

Iziphathimandla kulindeleke ukuthi zibuyekeze ukusebenza kahle kokuthunyelwa kwe-SANDF, kanti kulindeleke ukuthi umphakathi kanye nephalamende bahlole kabanzi ezinyangeni ezizayo.