By Nontando Ntsevu
USekela Sodolophu waseNelson Mandela Bay uGary van Niekerk ujongene nezityholo ezinobuqhophololo kwi-intanethi kunye nokutyeshela uMthetho woLawulo lweMali kaMasipala.
OoKhetshe baye bambiza ukuba avele enkundleni ngomhla weshumi elinesibini (12) kweyoMnga ngo2024, ukuze aphendule kula matyala.
Ezi zityholo zisusela kwixesha likaVan Niekerk esengusomlomo webhunga laseNelson Mandela Bay ngoCanzibe ngo2022. Wayetyholwa ngokusebenzisa ileta yebhunga ukufumana iinkonzo zomthetho kwigqwetha, nangona wayengasenaso isikhundla sokuba sisithethi. Uphando lwangaphakathi lufumanise ukuba uVan Niekerk akazichazanga kakuhle kumagqwetha kwaye wenze neendleko zomthetho ezixabisa iR551,586, nto leyo umasipala ebengayigunyazisa.
UVan Niekerk uvumile ukuba uyibhalile le leta, ebanga ukuba ebesebenza “ekhusela iofisi kasomlomo”. Nangona kunjalo, uphando lwangaphakathi lugqibe kwelokuba wophule iNdlela yokuziPhatha kooCeba kwaye wophule amagatya oMthetho woLawulo lweMali kaMasipala.
Amaqela aphikisayo, aquka iACDP kunye neDA, ahlaba ikhwelo lokuba anqunyanyiswe uVan Niekerk kwaye anyanzelisa ukuba kuthathwe amanyathelo okuphendula.
U-Van Niekerk, nangona kunjalo, ulwamkele uphando kwaye uthi umsulwa. Eli tyala lidale inkxalabo ngobuqhophololo nokusetyenziswa kakubi kwegunya kumasipala. I-ANC kunye ne-EFF, ebeziyinxalenye yomfelandawonye ogcine uVan Niekerk ebambe isikhundla sikasodolophu, bavotele ukwamkela ingxelo yangaphakathi ekhalimela uVan Niekerk.
Njengoko liqhubeka eli tyala, abantu baseNelson Mandela Bay bazakube bejonge ngeliso elibukhali ukubona ukuba inkqubo yezobulungisa izisingatha njani ezi zityholo zinzima.