Naphezu kokuthunyelwa kwamalungu e-South African National Defence Force (SANDF) angu-2,200 ukusiza amaphoyisa ezifundazweni ezinhlanu kusukela ngoMashi 2026, udlame lwamaqembu ezigelekeqe luyanda, njengoba kubhalwe ukubulawa kwabantu abangu-70 eWestern Cape phakathi kuka-2 no-9 Agasti 2026 kanye nokuhlaseli okubulalayo eGauteng okubulala abantu abane, ngokusho kwemibiko ye-South African Police Service (SAPS) kanye ne-Daily Maverick. I-Operation Prosper, egunyazwe nguMongameli uCyril Ramaphosa ngezindleko ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-R823, ishukumise izikhulu zendawo ukuthi ziphikisane ngokuthi ukungenelela kwezempi kuyisinyathelo sesikhashana nje futhi kugqamisa isidingo esiphuthumayo sokuguqulwa okukhulu kwe-SAPS.

Ubudlova Obuqhubekayo Naphezu Kokungenelela Kwezempi

I-Operation Prosper, eyaqalwa mhla lu-1 kuNdasa 2026, yalandela isimemezelo sikaRamaphosa sikaFebhuwari sokuthi i-SANDF izosiza ekulweni nodlame lwamaqembu ezigelekeqe, ubugebengu, kanye nokumbiwa kwezimayini okungekho emthethweni. Kodwa-ke, maphakathi no-Agasti, amaphoyisa ayesebhale phansi ukubulawa kwabantu abangu-70 eNtshonalanga Kapa ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa nje kuphela, kwathi mhla lu-7 ku-Agasti, izikhulu ezimbili ze-SAPS Anti-Gang Unit kanye nabantu ababili abavamile babulawa ekuhlaselweni eReiger Park, eGauteng, okugqamisa izingozi eziqhubekayo ezibhekene nezikhulu kanye nemiphakathi.

Isabelo se-R823 million se-Operation Prosper sidonsele ukubhekwa njengoba izibalo zisikisela ukuthi ubudlova obusemhlabathini abukalawulwa. Amalungu omphakathi ezindaweni ezinomthelela omkhulu njengeRiverlea aveze ukwesaba okuqhubekayo naphezu kokubonakala okuphezulu kwamaphoyisa namasosha. “Laba bantu (amasosha) bangasiqapha amahora angama-24 lapha eRiverlea ngoba ukudubula kubi kakhulu,” kusho isakhamuzi uRabia Williams. UYasin Botha wengeze wathi, “Ngizizwa ngingaphephile ngoba asazi ukuthi ukudubula okulandelayo kuzokwenzeka nini… ngokubonakala kwamasosha nokubonakala kwamaphoyisa, ngingakuqinisekisa ukuthi ngingazizwa ngiphephile nge-100%.”

Izicelo Zokuguqulwa Nomongo Wezinselele Ezijulile

UNdunankulu waseWestern Cape u-Alan Winde wamukele ukuthunyelwa kwe-SANDF kodwa wagcizelela ukuthi kuyisikhala sokuma. Ekhuluma ngomhlaka-14 Agasti, uWinde wathi, “Ngiyakwamukela ukugxila kwesikhathi eside ebugebengwini kanye nokuzibophezela ekuhlolweni kwendlela yokuphila kwamalungu aphezulu e-SAPS. Ukuthunyelwa kwe-SANDF kuyisisombululo sesikhashana futhi akukwazi ukuthatha indawo yokuguqula i-SAPS.”

Udlame oluqhubekayo lubhebhethekise impikiswano mayelana nokulinganiselwa kokubandakanyeka kwezempi ezinkingeni zomphakathi eziyinkimbinkimbi. Abahlaziyi kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi bathi ukuthuthukiswa okusimeme kudinga ubuholi be-SAPS obusebenzayo, amasu okulwa namaqembu ezigelekeqe aqondiwe, kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali emphakathini. Izicelo zokuguqulwa kwe-SAPS zifaka phakathi izinsiza ezithuthukisiwe, izinguquko zobuholi, kanye nezinyathelo zokulwa nenkohlakalo ukuze kuxazululwe izimpande zobugebengu obuhleliwe. Iziphathimandla zasekhaya nezesifundazwe zingaphansi kwengcindezi yokucacisa uhlelo lokuphuma lwe-SANDF kanye nokuchaza izinguquko eziqondile zenkonzo yamaphoyisa eqhubekayo.

Ukuthunyelwa kwe-SANDF ngaphansi kwe-Operation Prosper okwamanje kuhlelwe kuze kube uMashi 2027. Uhulumeni kazwelonke ubhekene nengcindezi enkulu yokubonisa izixazululo ezihlala njalo phakathi kobudlova obuqhubekayo nokukhathazeka komphakathi.