UMgcinimafa Kazwelonke umise ukudluliselwa kwesabelo esilinganayo ngoJulayi 2026 komasipala abangu-69 kuzo zonke izifundazwe eziyisishiyagalolunye, okuhlanganisa iGoli, iMangaung, iNelson Mandela Bay, iBuffalo City, iBeaufort West, kanye nePort St Johns, kulandela ukuphathwa kabi kwezezimali okuphindaphindiwe. Isinqumo sikaMgcinimafa, esamenyezelwa mhla ziyi-7 kuJulayi 2026, siza ngemuva kokutholakele kwezindleko ezingajwayelekile ezingama-R145.21 billion kanye nezindleko ezingenamsebenzi ezingama-R24.12 billion kusukela ngonyaka wezimali ka-2021/22, ngokusho kwesitatimende esisemthethweni.

Izizathu Ezisemthethweni Nempendulo Evela KuMgcinimafa

Ngokusho koMnyango Wezezimali Kazwelonke, ukubamba izimali kuhlose ukuphoqelela ukuba nesibopho ngemuva kokuba omasipala kanye namaKomidi abo Ezezimali Zomphakathi behlulekile kaningi ukubhekana nokusetshenziswa kwemali okungagunyaziwe, okungajwayelekile, nokuchitha imali. Umnyango uchaze ukungalandeli imithetho okuqhubekayo “njengokungalandeli izibopho zokwethembeka kanye [no]songo ekuzinzeni kwezezimali.”

Esitatimendeni, uMgcinimafa uthe, “Izigidigidi ezilahlekile ngenxa yokumosha kanye nokusetshenziswa kwemali okungajwayelekile ngeke zisabekezelelwa. Omasipala kumele bafakazele ukuthi bangakwazi ukuphatha imali yomphakathi ngendlela efanele ngaphambi kokuthola okunye ukudluliselwa kwemali.” UMgcinimafa wanezela ukuthi lesi sinyathelo akulindelekile ukuthi sithinte izinsizakalo ezibalulekile esikhathini esifushane, yize lesi siqinisekiso sike saphikiswa abanye abathintekayo.

Ukukhathazeka Ngokuhlinzekwa Kwezinsizakalo Nemiphumela Ebanzi

I-South African Local Government Association (SALGA), iphawula ngalesi sinyathelo, ixwayise ngokuthi uMgcinimafa Kazwelonke “ubeka engcupheni ikhono [lomasipala] lokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo.” I-SALGA ithi ukunciphisa izimali kubeka imiphakathi engozini ngokuphazamisa ukulethwa kwezinsizakalo eziyisisekelo ezifana namanzi, ugesi, kanye nokuhlanzeka, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezisengozini kakade.

Sekukonke, omasipala bakweleta i-Eskom inzalo engu-R3.40 billion kanye no-R1.21 billion kumabhodi amanzi, okwandisa ingcindezi kohulumeni bendawo ukuthi bazinzise ezezimali ngenkathi begcina izinsizakalo. UMgcinimafa uphinde waphawula izinhlelo zokukhipha izikweletu zomasipala ezingakakhokhwa ngqo kwizabelomali zomnyango kazwelonke kanye nowesifundazwe ukusiza ukukhokha lezi zibopho. Ukusebenza kahle kwalezi zinyathelo kuncike ekuphathweni okuthuthukisiwe kwamaKomidi Ezimali Zomphakathi Kamasipala, uMnyango Wezezimali ogxeke ngawo ukwehluleka ukuphenya ukuphathwa kabi kwezezimali. Impikiswano iqokomisa izinselelo eziqhubekayo emkhakheni kamasipala, iqinisa izicelo zokuguqulwa kanye nezinhlelo eziqinile zokuziphendulela. Intuthuko elandelayo kulindeleke njengoba uMgcinimafa ehlola ukuthobela imithetho ngaphambi kwefasitela elilandelayo lokuxhasa ngezimali.