Indle engakahlanzwa iyaqhubeka nokungena eMfuleni iVaal naphezu kwesinqumo seNkantolo Yesifunda saseStanderton sika-2023 esathola uMasipala Wendawo waseLekwa unecala lokungcola futhi sabeka inhlawulo ka-R70 million, kanti izakhamuzi kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi zifuna ukuthi izikhulu zikamasipala ezinesibopho zibhekane namacala obugebengu.

Isenzo Sezomthetho Esiphindaphindwayo Sihluleka Ukunqanda Ukungcola

Isinqumo seNkantolo Yesifunda saseStanderton sangoJuni 2023 sadinga uMasipala Wendawo waseLekwa ukulungisa ingqalasizinda yawo yendle edilikayo ngaphezu kwenhlawulo, kodwa umasipala wehlulekile ukuvimba ukugeleza kwamanzi angcolile. Ngokusho koMnyango Wezamanzi Nokuhlanzeka, imali engu-R350 million inikezwe ngesibonelelo sengqalasizinda yesifunda, kodwa ukuqedwa kwephrojekthi kuhlehlisiwe kusukela ngoMashi 2026 kuya kuJulayi 2026, okuqhubeka nokubambezela usizo emiphakathini ethintekile.

Ummeleli womphakathi uCornelius Stoltz ufake isikhalazo sobugebengu ngokumelene noMasipala waseLekwa kanye nomphathi wawo kamasipala, ecaphuna ukuxoshwa okuqhubekayo kanye nokungalandeli imiyalelo yenkantolo. UMasipala Wendawo wase-Emfuleni ubhekene nezinsolo zokungcola okufanayo. Iqembu lezinhlangano zomphakathi i-AfriForum lifake amacala obugebengu ngokumelene nomphathi kamasipala wase-Emfuleni, u-April Ntuli, kanye ne-Freedom Front Plus bafaka amacala ngokumelene nomasipala ngo-2020 ngokwephula umthetho wezemvelo. I-National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) iqinisekisile inhloso yayo yokwengeza amanye amacala ngaphansi koMthetho Wenqubo Yobugebengu ngemuva kokuphothula uphenyo.

Izingozi Zezempilo Nokukhathazeka Ngokuzibophezela Kusalokhu Kunjalo

UDavid Mahlobo, iPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezamanzi Nokuhlanzeka, uthe ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwakhe kwakamuva, “Ithimba livakashele iphampu yendle yaseVaal eyathuthukiswa futhi yanikezwa umasipala ngo-2025. Kodwa-ke, ukuntuleka kokulungiswa kuholele ekuchithekeni kokungcola eMfuleni iVaal.” Izakhamuzi zisabhekene nezingozi zempilo yomphakathi, kuyilapho ukusebenza kahle kwemiyalelo yenkantolo kanye nezinhlawulo kubhekisiswa kakhulu.

UMfula iVaal usalokhu ungumthombo wamanzi obalulekile esifundeni, okwandisa ukukhathazeka mayelana nokufinyelela kwamanzi aphephile, ukuwohloka kwemvelo, kanye nokwanela kwezindlela zokuphatha zikamasipala. Ukubambezeleka okude kanye nokwephulwa kwemithetho okuphindaphindiwe kuphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nokuthi ukuphoqelelwa kwamanje kwanele yini ukuvimbela ukwephulwa okuqhubekayo.

Kulindeleke ukuthi kube nezinqubo ezengeziwe zobugebengu njengoba imiphakathi yendawo kanye namaqembu okumela abantu eqhubeka nokufuna izinyathelo eziqinile ngokumelene nabaphathi bomasipala ababhekene nokwephulwa kwemithetho yemvelo okuqhubekayo.