Umasipala waseNelson Mandela Bay ufumene isibetho esitsha nguNondyebo weSizwe onokuthi lo masipala ombaxa uphulukane nemali engaphaya kwesiqingatha sebhiliyoni yeerandi ngenxa yokungasetyenziswa kakhulu kwemali.
Esi soyikiso samva nje siza emva kokuba umphathiswa wezemali u-Enoch Godongwana ethe wanqumamisa ukugqithiselwa kwe-R591-million yenkxaso-mali yesiXeko kunye nesabelo-mali esilinganayo kweyeKhala ka-2023.
Inkokeli yeqela le-DA kumasipala ombaxa, uRetief Odendaal, uthe loo ngxwabangxwaba “ibangelwe kukuchongwa ngendlela egwenxa kwengqonyela yequmrhu likamasipala, i-Arhente yoPhuhliso lwaseMandela Bay, kutyholwa ukuba iququzelela ukubanjwa kombuso ngobhonwana”.
Kwileta eyabhalwa ngomhla we-12 kweyoMdumba ka-2023, usekela-mlawuli-jikelele weSebe lezeMali kuzwelonke ojongene nobudlelwane phakathi koorhulumente, uMalijeng Ngqaleni uthe umasipala uneentsuku ezisixhenxe zokusebenza zokuphendula nokukhuthaza ukuba kutheni kufuneka igcinwe le mali, nto leyo iDA ethe izakuqiniseka ngayo.
UNgqaleni uthe ukusilela koku, uNondyebo weSizwe ujonge ukunciphisa phakathi kwezinye izinto, isibonelelo seziseko ezingundoqo zamanzi kunye nenkqubo eyandisiweyo yemisebenzi yoluntu.
“Oku kucuthwa komonakalo kungaphazamisa kakhulu amandla kamasipala okubonelela ngezona nkonzo zisisiseko kwiindawo ezithile ze-Nelson Mandela, kuthintele amandla esixeko okubonelela ngamathuba engqesho yexeshana ngeNkqubo yawo eYandisiweyo yeMisebenzi kaRhulumente, kwaye kuthintele kanobom ukuqaliswa kweeprojekthi zeziseko ezingundoqo ezibalulekileyo, ” watsho uOdendaal.
Uthe iDA izakunxulumana nengqonyela yezimali kulo masipala, uSelwyn Thys, “ukuqinisekisa ukuba umasipala ombaxa ulwela ukugcina le nkxaso-mali.
Umgqatswa we-ActionSA eMpuma Koloni uAthol Trollip uthe lo mbutho wothukile, kodwa akothuki.
“Ukuhluthwa kwezi mali kuya kuba neziphumo ezibi kwisiXeko nakuluntu lwaso olunomonde, ngenxa yendima ebalulekileyo edlalwa zezi nkxaso-mali kuphuhliso lomasipala ombaxa kunye nempilo yabahlali baso,” utshilo uTrollip kwingxelo.
“Kubalulekile ukuba abahlali balo masipala umbaxa baqonde ukuba ezi nkxaso-mali zigxile kwiinkalo ezibalulekileyo, ezinegalelo ekuphuculeni ubomi babo, ekudaleni amathuba emisebenzi, kwanokukhuthaza uqoqosho lwasekhaya.
“Isityhilelo sokuba iingxelo zenkcitho yesixeko, ukusukela ngomhla wama-31 kweyoMnga ka-2023, zingaphantsi komyinge we-40% ikhathaza kakhulu, ibonakalisa ukusilela okucacileyo kulawulo lwemali kunye nokuphunyezwa kweprojekthi embi nguMasipala oMbaxa weNelson Mandela Bay.”