Ufisa ukuthi umsebenzi wokubuyisa amanzi uphele ngokushesha uMeya

IMeya kamasipala wesifunda sasoThukela enyakatho yeKwaZulu-Natal, iNkosi Ntandoyenkosi Shabalala, ithi indawo yokuhlanza imfucuza yase-Weenen isizoqalwa kabusha ngemuva kokuthola u-R26 million owawudingeka kuhulumeni kazwelonke. Lolu hlelo lumile eminyakeni embalwa edlule ngesikhathi kuthiwa umasipala ngaphansi kombuso waphambilini uphelelwe yimali.

Indawo yokuthuthwa kwendle i-Weenen eKwaZulu-Natal Midlands yalahlwa eminyakeni embalwa edlule ngesikhathi usonkontileka ephelelwa yimali. UNgqongqoshe wezaManzi nokuThuthwa kweNdle, uMnuz Senzo Mchunu, usenikeze umasipala wesifunda sasoThukela oholwa yi-IFP u-R26 million wokuwuqeda lomsebenzi. IMeya iNkosi uNtandoyenkosi Shabalala ithe ifisa ukuthi lo msebenzi uphele ngokushesha.

UMeya iNkosi Ntandoyenkosi Shabalala, oyiMeya kamasipala wesifunda sasoThukela, ozinze eMnambithi enyakatho yeKwaZulu-Natal, iveze izindaba ezishaqisayo zokuthi inkampani yamasondo ezimoto, uDunlop, ongomunye wabaqashi abakhulu kulomkhandlu, usanda kubatshela ukuthi inkinga yamanzi kuleli dolobha ibaphoqe ukuthi bacabange ukuvala.

IMeya kamasipala wendawo Inkosi Langalibalele (Estcourt), uMnuz Mduduzi Myeza ikhala ngokuthi inkinga yamanzi ekhungethe umasipala wonke ngesikhathi samaholidi kaKhisimusi idalwa wukucekelwa phansi kwamanzi. Uthe bathole ukuthi okudingekayo wumsebenzi ozoya esiteshini samanzi akhanyise iphampu yamanzi ephakela indawo. UMyeza uthi lokho kwenzeke ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari ngemuva kokuthi umphakathi usuhlukumezeke kakhulu. UMyeza ukusho lokhu ngesikhathi eseWeenen eyolungisa izinkinga zamanzi kule ndawo ngokubambisana nomasipala wesifunda sasoThukela, ophikweni olubhekelele ezamanzi kule ndawo.

Inkinga yamanzi yaqala eminyakeni eyisithupha edlule lapho kuthiwa imali yezinhlelo zamanzi yatholakala, kwaphoqeleka ukuthi uhulumeni wesifundazwe awufake ngaphansi kokuphatha umasipala.

WATCH: Inkosi Ntandoyenkosi Shabalala, the Mayor of Uthukela district municipality anchored in Ladysmith in northern KwaZulu-Natal reveals shocking news that Dunlop, one of the biggest employers in the province and other factories in the town, recently told them that the water… pic.twitter.com/OVInHSdDXN

— Sihle Mavuso (@ZANewsFlash) February 7, 2024