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Ngo-Ephreli 2025, ukungakwazi kwedolobha ukukhokha idiphozithi engu-R177 million yokuthuthukisa iziteshi ezincane ezine eChloorkop kwaveza izithiyo ezinkulu zezimali, ngokusho kwesitatimende sikamasipala.<\/p>\n<p>Inkinga yezezimali yedolobha ilimaza ikhono layo lokuletha izinsizakalo eziyinhloko nokutshala imali engqalasizinda. UKhathutshelo Rasilingwane, oqokelwe ukuba yimeya ye-DA, uxwayise ngesikhathi senkomfa yabezindaba ukuthi, \u201cSikholelwa kakhulu ukuthi izakhamuzi zaseDolobheni lase-Ekurhuleni kufanele zikhathazeke ngempela ngalokhu okwembulwa ngoba lokhu akuseyona inkinga yokubalwa kwezimali kuphela.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Imizamo Yokubuyisa Impilo Nokusabela Kwezepolitiki<\/h4>\n<p>Izikhulu zase-Ekurhuleni zithi imizamo yokuthola imali engenayo elahlekile iyaqhubeka. NgoSepthemba 2025, uMeya uNkosindiphile Xhakaza wabika ukuthi idolobha lithole imali engaphezu kuka-R365 million\u201418% ku-R2 billion elahlekile ngenxa yephutha lokukhokha langaphambilini. \u201cKuze kube manje, sesiqoqe imali engaphezu kuka-R365 million kulezi zindaba zomlando,\u201d kusho uXhakaza ngesikhathi senkomfa nabezindaba.<\/p>\n<p>I-MMC yezezimali uJongizizwe Dlabathi uthe ngesikhathi sesethulo sesabelomali sika-2026\/27 ukuthi imikhankaso yokuqoqa imali eqondiswe kubahlali namabhizinisi angakhokhi isaqhubeka. Umasipala wethule isabelomali sika-R71 billion ngoMeyi 2026, ebeka phambili ingqalasizinda kanye nokulethwa kwezinsizakalo. Naphezu kwalezi zinyathelo, amaqembu aphikisayo acele ukungenelela okuphuthumayo, kanti i-DA icele izingxoxo ezisheshayo nomeya ngemuva kokudalulwa kwezibalo zakamuva zezikweletu ngomhlaka-20 Julayi 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Indlela idolobha elisebenza ngayo izovivinywa njengoba ababolekisi, ikakhulukazi i-Eskom ne-Rand Water, becindezela inkokhelo ukuze kuqhutshekwe nezinsizakalo ezibalulekile. Kulindeleke izibuyekezo ezengeziwe ngemuva kwemihlangano yomkhandlu ehleliwe kanye nokuxhumana phakathi kobuholi bedolobha kanye namaqembu aphikisayo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I-Ekurhuleni ikweleta ababolekisi imali engu-R7.3 billion, ikakhulukazi i-Eskom ne-Rand Water, yize inemali engu-R2 billion kuphela egciniwe, okuphakamisa ukukhathazeka ngokulethwa kwezinsizakalo.<\/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":[382,165,370,349,624,234],"class_list":["post-946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news24","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-eskom","tag-gauteng","tag-municipal-finance","tag-rand-water","tag-service-delivery"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ekurhuleni Owes R7.3 Billion While Holding Just R2 Billion in Cash Reserves - 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