{"id":910,"date":"2026-07-16T07:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/cable-theft-and-delays-leave-mpumalanga-parliamentary-village-project-unoccupied-after-r600-million-spent\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:37:18","slug":"cable-theft-and-delays-leave-mpumalanga-parliamentary-village-project-unoccupied-after-r600-million-spent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/ukwebiwa-kwezintambo-kanye-nokubambezeleka-kushiya-iphrojekthi-yedolobha-lasephalamende-lasempumalanga-ingenamuntu-ngemuva-kokusetshenziswa-kwemali-engu-r600-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukwebiwa Kwezintambo Nokulibaziseka Kushiya Iphrojekthi Yesigodi SasePhalamende SaseMpumalanga Ingasebenzi Ngemva Kokusetshenziswa Kwezigidi Ezingu-R600"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iphrojekthi yedolobhana lasephalamende laseMpumalanga ayikasebenzi eminyakeni eyi-12 ngemuva kokuqala kokwakhiwa, naphezu kwezindleko ezifinyelela cishe ku-R600 million, kanti ukubambezeleka okuqhubekayo kanye nokwebiwa kwezintambo kubalwe njengezinto ezibalulekile, ngokusho kwemibiko yakamuva eyanyatheliswa ngomhlaka-20 Meyi 2026 yi-News24.<\/p>\n

Ukulahlekelwa Kwezezimali Nokulibaziseka Okuhlobene Nokwebiwa Kwezintambo<\/h4>\n

Ngokusho kwe-News24, lo msebenzi manje usubizwa ngokuthi \u201cidolobha eliyisipoki\u201d ngenxa yokuntuleka kwabantu abahlala kuwo, kuyilapho imibhalo esemthethweni iveza ukubambezeleka okuqhubekayo ngokwengxenye ngenxa yezehlakalo eziphindaphindayo zokwebiwa kwezintambo kanye nokucekelwa phansi kwengqalasizinda. Nakuba imithombo eminingi ibhekisele ekwebiweni kwezintambo okulinganiselwa ku-R2.6 million endaweni, lesi sibalo esithile asikwazanga ukuqinisekiswa ngokuzimela njengoba kwashicilelwa.<\/p>\n

Kubikwa ukuthi ukwebiwa kwezintambo kubangele umonakalo omkhulu engqalasizinda yomphakathi kulo lonke elaseMpumalanga. NgoDisemba 2023, iTransnet yadalula ukuthi isebenzise imali engaphezu kuka-R290 million zingakapheli izinyanga ezingu-18 ishintsha futhi ilungisa izintambo ezibiwe nezicekelwe phansi kunethiwekhi yayo. Ngokusho koMphathi wezokuPhepha, ezeMpilo, ezemvelo, uBungozi kanye neNqanaba le-Eskom eGauteng, uKith Maitisa, \u201cUkwebiwa kwezintambo, izintambo eziphezulu, ama-transformer kanye nama-conductor kubiza i-Eskom cishe u-R2 billion ngonyaka.\u201d<\/p>\n

Izinkinga Zokuphepha Eziqhubekayo Nezingcingo Zokuphendula Okukhethekile<\/h4>\n

Izigameko zokwebiwa kwezintambo ziyaqhubeka nokuphonsela inselelo iziphathimandla eMpumalanga. NgoJanuwari 2026, amaphoyisa abopha isakhamuzi saseLesotho ngokusolakala ngokweba izintambo zethusi ezibiza u-R150,000 emzileni wesitimela esifundazweni, njengoba kubikwe yi-IOL. Lezi zenzo zobugebengu azinawo umphumela kumaphrojekthi amakhulu kuphela kodwa futhi nasekuhlinzekweni kwezinsizakalo zomphakathi nsuku zonke kanye nengqalasizinda.<\/p>\n

Ekhuluma neCity Press, uchwepheshe wezokuthutha uSolwazi uJan Havenga uthe, \u201cSidinga amabutho akhethekile ukuze asebenzisane nalokhu, futhi asinakho lokho eNingizimu Afrika,\u201d egcizelela ukukhathazeka ngokuntuleka kwamandla okubhekana nokwebiwa kwengqalasizinda okuhleliwe. Ukwehluleka ukuthola ukutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu, njengedolobhana lephalamende, kuphakamise imibuzo ebanzi mayelana nokuzibophezela emkhakheni womphakathi kanye nokuvikelwa kwempahla kahulumeni.<\/p>\n

Izikhulu zephrojekthi azikaqinisekisi usuku lokuhlala kwedolobhana lephalamende, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi kube nokubuyekezwa okwengeziwe njengoba umsebenzi wokuphepha nokulungisa uqhubeka.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iphrojekthi yedolobhana laseMpumalanga eliyiphalamende elibiza u-R600 million ayikasebenzi ngemva kweminyaka eyi-12, njengoba ukwebiwa kwezintambo kanye nokubambezeleka kuphazamisa ukuqedwa kanye nokuhlala kwayo.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[508,384,450,507,509],"class_list":["post-910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news24","tag-cable-theft","tag-infrastructure","tag-mpumalanga","tag-parliamentary-village","tag-public-funds"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCable Theft And Delays Leave Mpumalanga Parliamentary Village Project Unoccupied After R600 Million Spent - MK Party<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/ukwebiwa-kwezintambo-kanye-nokubambezeleka-kushiya-iphrojekthi-yedolobha-lasephalamende-lasempumalanga-ingenamuntu-ngemuva-kokusetshenziswa-kwemali-engu-r600-million\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cable Theft And Delays Leave Mpumalanga Parliamentary Village Project Unoccupied After R600 Million Spent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The R600 million Mpumalanga parliamentary village project remains unoccupied after 12 years, with cable theft and delays hindering its completion and occupation.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/ukwebiwa-kwezintambo-kanye-nokubambezeleka-kushiya-iphrojekthi-yedolobha-lasephalamende-lasempumalanga-ingenamuntu-ngemuva-kokusetshenziswa-kwemali-engu-r600-million\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MK Party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-16T05:37:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/uMkhonto-Wesizwe.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Siphiwe Khaya\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Siphiwe Khaya\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/cable-theft-and-delays-leave-mpumalanga-parliamentary-village-project-unoccupied-after-r600-million-spent\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/cable-theft-and-delays-leave-mpumalanga-parliamentary-village-project-unoccupied-after-r600-million-spent\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Siphiwe Khaya\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/#\/schema\/person\/9f56905371434eb29146240baa3cb283\"},\"headline\":\"Cable Theft And Delays Leave Mpumalanga Parliamentary Village Project Unoccupied After R600 Million Spent\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-16T05:37:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-16T05:37:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/cable-theft-and-delays-leave-mpumalanga-parliamentary-village-project-unoccupied-after-r600-million-spent\/\"},\"wordCount\":335,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Cable Theft\",\"infrastructure\",\"Mpumalanga\",\"Parliamentary Village\",\"Public Funds\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News24\"],\"inLanguage\":\"zu\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/cable-theft-and-delays-leave-mpumalanga-parliamentary-village-project-unoccupied-after-r600-million-spent\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/cable-theft-and-delays-leave-mpumalanga-parliamentary-village-project-unoccupied-after-r600-million-spent\/\",\"name\":\"Cable Theft And Delays Leave Mpumalanga Parliamentary Village Project Unoccupied After R600 Million Spent - 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