Iqela leDemocratic Alliance (DA) linike uMongameli uCyril Ramaphosa iiyure ezingamashumi amane anesibhozo (48) zokuba agxothe abanye oosomlomo kunye noonobhala bakarhulumente be-African National Congress (ANC) abathe babandakanyeka kwiimeko zobuqhophololo.
Le mfuno ilandela ukukhutshwa kukaSekela Mphathiswa weDA uAndrew Whitfield kwisikhundla sakhe kwiSebe lezoRhwebo, uShishino kunye noKhuphiswano, into ebhengezwe yiDA njengesihluku senkqubo yezopolitiko kunye nobungqina nokungabina mqolo kukaRamaphosa.
I-DA, phantsi kobunkokheli bukaJohn Steenhuisen, ifuna ukugxothwa kukaMphathiswa wezoBulungisa uThembi Simelane, uMphathiswa weMfundo ePhakamileyo uNobuhle Nkabane, kunye noSekela Mphathiswa waManzi noNcoceko uDavid Mahlobo.
USimelane utyholwa ngokwamkela imali-mboleko eyi-R575,600 enxulumene notyalo-mali olungekho-mthethweni kwiBhanka iVBS ngexesha wayengusodolophu ePolokwane.
UNkabane kuthiwa wakhohlisa iPalamente ngendlela engalunganga ngokubhekisa kwiphaneli “ezimeleyo” ekwakhiweni kweBhodi yeSETA, ngelixa uMahlobo ejongene nezityholo ezinzima zobuqhophololo eziphuma kwiNgxelo yeKhomishini kaZondo yokuthinjwa kombuso.
Nangona kukho ezi zityholo, bonke aba abathathu basahleli kwiiofisi zabo. Ukugxothwa kukaWhitfield, okubhengezwe ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesithandathu (26) kweyeSilimela 2025, njengokungaphumeleli kwakhe ukufumana imvume esemthethweni kuMongameli ukuze aye eMelika, nangona iDA ithi wayicela loo mvume ngenyanga yoMdumba ngomhla weshumi elinesibini (12) kodwa akaphendulwa.
USteenhuisen uye wagxeka uRamaphosa ngokugxotha uWhitfield ngezizathu ezincinci zokulandela umqathango orange inkqubo ngelixa ekhusele abasebenzi be-ANC abatyholwa ngobuqhophololo, esilumkisa ukuba uRamaphosa akathathi manyathelo phambi komhla wamashumi amabini anesibhozo (28) kweyeSilimela 2025 kunokuphazamisa iGNU eyasekwa emva kokuba i-ANC ilahlekelwe bubukhulu bayo kunyulo luka-2024.
Njengoko ixesha lesilumkiso lisondela esiphelweni, abantu baseMzantsi Afrika balindele impendulo kaRamaphosa, abaninzi bevakalisa ukudana ngenxa yokunyamezelwa kobuqhophololo.