UMgcinimafa Kazwelonke umemezele ukumiswa okwesikhashana kokudluliselwa kwesabelo esilinganayo ngoJulayi 2026 komasipala abangu-69 kuzo zonke izifundazwe eziyisishiyagalolunye, okuhlanganisa iGoli, iMangaung, kanye neNelson Mandela Bay, ngemuva kokuba omasipala bebonke babike ngokusetshenziswa kwemali okungajwayelekile okungu-R145.21 billion kusukela ngo-2021/22. UMgcinimafa ucaphune ukuphathwa kabi kwezezimali okuqhubekayo, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwemali okungagunyaziwe, okungajwayelekile, okungenazithelo, nokuchitha imali komasipala okufinyelele cishe ku-R270 billion.

Omasipala Ababalulekile kanye Nedatha Yezezimali

Uhlu oluthintekile luhlanganisa izikhungo zamadolobha amakhulu njengeGoli, iMangaung, neNelson Mandela Bay, kanye nomasipala abancane njengeBuffalo City, iBeaufort West, nePort St Johns, ngokusho kwesitatimende seNational Treasury sangomhlaka-7 kuJulayi 2026. Kusukela ngo-2021/22, izinhlaka zomasipala zibike ukuthi kunezindleko ezingenzuzo nezichitha imali engu-R24.12 billion kanye nezindleko ezingagunyaziwe ezingu-R118.13 billion. Ngonyaka ka-2024/25 kuphela, izindleko ezingajwayelekile zifinyelele ku-R40.14 billion. Omasipala nabo bakweleta i-Eskom inzalo engu-R3.40 billion kanye nenye i-R1.21 billion emabhodini amanzi ekupheleni konyaka.

Izimpendulo Zikahulumeni Nomcwaningi-Jikelele

UMgcinimafa Kazwelonke uthe, “UMgcinimafa Kazwelonke usenqubweni yokugodla okwesikhashana ukudluliselwa kwesabelo esilinganayo ngoJulayi 2026 komasipala abakhethiwe ukuze kufakwe isiyalo sezimali nokuqinisekisa ukuthi imali yomphakathi iphathwa kahle; ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwemali okungagunyaziwe, okungajwayelekile, okungenazithelo nokuchitha imali (i-UIFWE) kuyaxazululwa; nokuthi izikhulu zikamasipala kanye nabaphathi behhovisi babhekene nesibopho lapho kudingeka khona ngokomthetho.” UMgcinimafa uphinde wacela ukuthuthukiswa kwamakhono kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwamandla phakathi kwezikhulu zikamasipala ukuze kulungiswe ukwehluleka okuqhubekayo ekuphathweni kwezezimali.

Umcwaningi-Jikelele uTsakani Maluleke, ekhuluma ngomhlaka-16 Mashi 2026, waphawula, “Sithole ukuthi bavame ukusula ngaphandle kophenyo,” ebhekisela ku-R62 billion ekusetshenzisweni kwemali kamasipala okungajwayelekile okucutshungulwe eminyakeni emihlanu, iningi layo lisula noma livunyelwe ngaphandle kokuhlolwa okwanele. Ukungenelela koMgcinimafa Kazwelonke kuhlose ukuphoqelela ukunamathela okuqinile emithethweni yezimali kamasipala kanye nokuziphendulela okukhulu, kulandela izimo eziphindaphindayo zokungaziphathi kahle okungaxazululwanga.

UMgcinimafa Kazwelonke akakaqinisekisi ukuthi imali ingabuyiselwa nini, okubonisa ukuthi izinyathelo zokulungisa kanye nokuphathwa okuthuthukisiwe kuyizinto ezidingekayo ukuze kutholakale imali esikhathini esizayo.