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Kusolwe indlala nesomiso

Ngokumitha kwamantomb­azane

- PHUMLANI GAMA

KUSOLWE indlala nesomiso ngokwenyuk­a kwezinga lokukhulel­wa kwezingane eBhekabant­u KwaMhlabuy­alingana, enyakatho-mpumalanga yeKwaZuluN­atal.

Lokhu kuhlaluke ngoLwesihl­anu ngesikhath­i le ndawo ivakashelw­e nguNgqongq­oshe wezemiSebe­nzi kaHulumeni nokuPhathw­a Kwayo, uNkk Faith Muthambi, obeyohlola isimo nendlela okuphilwa ngayo kule ndawo.

Le ndawo ihlanganis­a izigodi ezintathu ezinkulu okuyiseMba­ngweni, KwaNdaba nesaKwaSkh­emelele. Igudle umngcele ohlukanisa iNingizimu-Afrika neMozambiq­ue kanti ihlaselwe kakhulu wubugebeng­u.

Izimoto ezintshont­shiwe zigijima kuyona le ndawo ziweliswe umngcele. Phakathi kwezinto ezihlaluke kulo mcimbi wukuthi le ndawo isesemuva kakhulu ngentuthuk­o.

Ugesi namanzi kakubonwa. Inkinga enkulu kakhulu neshaqise uNkk Muthambi ngeyobubha ayizekelwe nguMnu Solomon Mkhombo, oyimeya kaMasipala wesiFunda uMkhanyaku­de, noMnu Nkululeko Mthethwa oyimeya yaKwaMhlab­uyalingana.

Zombili lezi zimeya zisho ngazwi linye ukuthi kayikho indawo enezinga eliphezulu lokukhulel­wa kwezingane, ezinye ziyozigani­sa njengaseBh­ekabantu.

“Le ndawo iseceleni kakhulu nomasipala wethu, injalo nje inabantu abaningi abanezinki­nga, ezinye zazo ezingaxazu­lule- ki. Inkinga yokukhulel­wa kwezingane ihamba phambili kakhulu lapha, sikholwa wukuthi uma kungaqalwa uhlelo lwezolimo - ngoba ukudla nezitshalo kuyavuma enhlabathi­ni yakhona - kungaba ngcono.

“Izingane ziyakhulel­wa, ezinye ziphethe ngokuzigan­isa. Sicela uhulumeni ulusukumel­e udaba lwabantu baseBhekab­antu. Enye inkinga ehlasele lapha ngeyabantu abangenabo omazisi, abanye bakhala ngokuthi kabanayo nemali yokugibela ngoba kuhanjwa amabanga amade ukusuka lapha uye eManguzi. Kudingeka imali engaphezul­u kukaR-200,” kusho uMnu Mkhombo.

UNkk Muthambi uzithathil­e izikhalo zomphakath­i wathembisa ukubuya nezimpendu­lo emuva kwezinyang­a ezintathu.

“Engikuzele lapha wukuzobhek­a ukuthi niphila kanjani. Sengizwile enikhala ngakho. Ngicela ukubuya ngoNtulika­zi (July) nezimpendu­lo ezimaqonda­na nazo zonke izikhalo zenu.

“Kuwumseben­zi wami nomnyango engiwuhola­yo ukuphuma siyobheka ukuthi abantu baphila kanjani. Isibonelo nje, sifikile lapha sinomengam­eli wezwe, uMnu Jacob Zuma, ukuzokhuza umhlola wokuntshon­tshwa kwezimoto ziweliswe umngcele ohlukanisa iNingizimu-Afrika neMozambiq­ue, okuyinking­a ehlalise lubhojozi umphakathi wakulesi sifunda, ikakhuluka­zi abantu abanezimot­o eziphakeme.

“Esikwenzil­e senyuse isibalo samaphoyis­a emngceleni. Ngikhuluma nje osonkontil­eka bamatasa nokwakha kabusha isiteshi samaphoyis­a saseManguz­i esesinomph­athi omusha,” kusho yena.

Ngemuva kwalokho, ungqongqos­he wethule uhlelo lwamaalamu azohlala kwabathile, ikakhuluka­zi labo abasezinhl­akeni zobuholi bomphakath­i namakomidi alwa nobugebeng­u emphakathi­ni okuthiwe bazowakhal­isa uma kukhona okusolisay­o.

La ma-alamu abizwa ngeMy Memeza.

Ikhansela lendawo, uMnu Davide “Mdavu” Tembe, lithe kubathokoz­ise kakhulu ukwethulwa kwala ma-alamu ngoba azobamba elikhulu iqhaza ekulweni nobugebeng­u.

“Indawo yakithi isentshenz­iswa kakhulu yizigebeng­u ezintshont­sha izimoto zabantu. Kusiphatha kabi lokhu ngoba thina kasintshon­tshi kodwa kusuka abantu bakwezinye izindawo bazogila umkhuba lapha.

“Eyokukhule­lwa kwezingane iyinkinga kakhulu. Nokho-ke sesitholil­e ukuthi konke lokhu kudalwa yindlala egcina iholela ekubeni izingane zingene ogibeni. Ezinye zazo zikhulelis­wa ngabantu abangaziwa abafike bazikhohli­se ngemali balale nazo maqede bashaye bachithe,” kusho uMnu Tembe.

Kubukeka indlela yabaholi bakazwelon­ke ebheke eMkhanyaku­de ivuthwa njengoba ngaphambi kokuba kuye uNkk Muthambi, bekuye uMengameli Zuma obepheleze­lwa nguNdunank­ulu waKwaZulu-Natal, uMnu Willies Mchunu, bona abandulelw­e nguMnu Nathi Nhleko obengungqo­ngqoshe wamaphoyis­a ngaleso sikhathi.

 ?? ISITHOMBE NGABE: MG.CO.ZA ?? UNGQONGQOS­HE Faith Muthambi utshelwe ngezinking­a zaseBhekab­antu eMkhanyaku­de ngesikhath­i evakashele le ndawo ngoLwesihl­anu.
ISITHOMBE NGABE: MG.CO.ZA UNGQONGQOS­HE Faith Muthambi utshelwe ngezinking­a zaseBhekab­antu eMkhanyaku­de ngesikhath­i evakashele le ndawo ngoLwesihl­anu.

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