UMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa ugunyaze ukuthunyelwa kwamalungu angu-2,200 e-South African National Defence Force (SANDF) ukusekela amaphoyisa ekubhekaneni nobugebengu kanye nokumbiwa kwezimayini okungekho emthethweni ezifundazweni ezinhlanu kusukela ngoMashi 2026, kodwa izikhulu zithi ukubandakanyeka kwamasosha kuyisinyathelo sesikhashana nje kuyilapho kusetshenziswa amasu okusebenza isikhathi eside.

Isikhundla Sikahulumeni kanye Nezibopho Zokuxhasa Ngezimali

Ekhuluma nabezindaba eReiger Park ngomhlaka-9 Agasti 2026, uNgqongqoshe Wezamaphoyisa Osabambile uFiroz Cachalia uchaze ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kwamasosha akufanele kubhekwe njengento ehlala njalo. Uthe, “Uhulumeni kanye nenkonzo yamaphoyisa bebelokhu bezama ukuphendula. Sibeke imali engaphezu kwezigidigidi zamaRandi ukusekela ukuqapha izindawo ezithintekile udlame lwamaqembu ezigelekeqe. Ngakho-ke ukuphepha nokuvikeleka akuxoxiswana ngakho. Siqoke uJenene Mkhwanazi ukuthi ahole ukulwa nobugebengu obuhleliwe.”

Ngokusho kwe-SAPS, iningi lemali exhasiwe lihloselwe ukwanda kokuba khona kwamaphoyisa, amaphrojekthi ezobunhloli, kanye nokusekelwa kwezobuchwepheshe ezindaweni ezitholakele ezibucayi. Ukuqokwa kukaJenene Mkhwanazi kuhloswe ukuhlinzeka ngobuholi obucacile kanye nokuziphendulela emkhankasweni wokulwa namaqembu ezigebengu.

Ukukhathazeka Ngendima Yezempi Emaphoyiseni Omphakathi

Ochwepheshe bezokuphepha kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi bathi ukuthunyelwa kwamasosha ezindaweni zokugcinwa komthetho zomphakathi kufanele kuhlale kuyindlela yokugcina futhi kuxwayise ngokuthi ukungenelela okunjalo kuye kwanikeza impumuzo yesikhashana kuphela ngokomlando. Ukuthunyelwa kwamasosha muva nje, ngokusho kwezifundo zezemfundo kanye namarekhodi amaphoyisa, kuye kwaphazamisa imisebenzi yamaqembu ezigelekeqe esikhathini esifushane, kodwa akuzange kubhekane nezimbangela eziyisisekelo noma kuholele ekuthuthukisweni okuqhubekayo kokuphepha.

Uhulumeni ugcizelela ukuthi ukuba khona kwe-SANDF kuzoncishiswa isikhathi, kugxile ekuzinzeni nasekudaleni indawo ephephile yokusebenza kwamaphoyisa okwandayo kanye nezinsizakalo zomphakathi. Azikho izinhlaka zamaphoyisa ezihlala njalo ezihleliwe, ngokulindela ukuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali kwamandla amaphoyisa kuzoletha izinzuzo zokuphepha zesikhathi eside.

Ukuthunyelwa kwe-SANDF kuhlelwe ukuthi kubuyekezwe njalo, kanti iPhalamende Likazwelonke lihlelelwe ukuhlola inqubekela phambili kanye nomthelela womphakathi ekupheleni kuka-2026.