IDolobha laseTshwane seliluvuselele kabusha uhlelo lokufaka ohlwini lwabangavumelekile usomabhizinisi u-Edwin Sodi kanye nezinkampani zakhe, kulandela amaphutha esimisweni sokuqala soMnyango Wezezimali Kazwelonke. IMeya uCilliers Brink ngoLwesine umemezele ukuthi idolobha lizoqhubeka nokulandela ukudayiswa kwabasebenzi ngemuva kokwehluleka ukuhlangabezana nezidingo ezithile zenqubo ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalombili ezedlule.
Izinkampani zika-Sodi, i-NJR Projects kanye ne-Blackhead Consulting, ngokubambisana ne-CMS Water Engineering, bezibambe iqhaza kuphrojekthi ehlulekile yezigidi ezingama-R292 yokuthuthukisa indawo yokuhlanza amanzi angcolile i-Rooiwaal, okwakuhloswe ngayo ukuthuthukisa izinga lamanzi e-Hammanskraal.
Ngo-2023, abantu abangaphezu kuka-20 bafa kabuhlungu endaweni ngenxa yokuqubuka kwekholera ehlobene nekhwalithi yamanzi ephansi. UBrink ukuqinisekisile ukuthi iTshwane yeqiwe yizinyathelo ezimbalwa ezibalulekile esicelweni sayo sokuqala sokuvinjwa.
“Idolobha bekumele liqale kabusha lonke uhlelo lokungafakwa ohlwini lwabangavunyelwe ngoba uMgcinimafa Kazwelonke uthe sigeje izinyathelo ezimbalwa. Kulungile lokho, sizoqhubeka size silungise,” kusho uBrink. U-MMC wezezimali u-Jacqui Uys uveze ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kokuqala kwedolobha bekungaphelele, kushoda imininingwane ebalulekile efana namakheli enkampani avela kusizindalwazi esimaphakathi sabahlinzeki kanye nezinombolo zikamazisi zabaqondisi.
“Ngesethulo esisha, idolobha selikulungisile ukushiyeka kwesethulo sangaphambilini ukuze siqinisekise ukuphelela,” kusho u-Uys. Wengeze ngokuthi lokhu okushiwoyo bekungahlosiwe, kubangelwe ubunkimbinkimbi benqubo yokufakwa ohlwini lwabavinjelwe. Imizamo evuselelwe kaTshwane yokufakwa ohlwini lwabavinjelwe inika uSodi nenhlangano yakhe kuze kube umhla zingama-26 kuMandulo 2024, ukunikeza izizathu zokuthi kungani kungafanele bafakwe ohlwini lwabavinjelwe. Ikomidi lokufakwa ohlwini lwabavinjelwe lizobe selikhipha isincomo kuMgcinimafa Kazwelonke.
Idolobha selithathele izinyathelo izikhulu ezibhekele ukunikeza inkontileka kaRooiwaal, ezisamisiwe njengamanje. UBrink ukuqinisekisile ukuthi idolobha liseNkantolo yezabaSebenzi lifuna ukuxoshwa kwabo. Usihlalo we-ActionSA, uMichael Beaumont, ukugxekile ukuphathwa kwedolobha ngalolu hlelo, ecaphuna impendulo yoMqondisi-Jikelele woMgcinimafa kuzwelonke, uDuncan Pieterse, oveze ukungahambisani kwedolobha.
Incwadi kaPieterse, yangomhla zingama-27 kuNdasa, 2024, yagqamisa ukushiyeka kwesethulo sokuqala saseTshwane futhi yaqinisekisa ukuthi akukho mpendulo etholakele kusukela ngalolo suku. Inkontileka kaSodi yanqanyulwa ngoMeyi 2022, kwavulelwa izinkampani zakhe amacala obugebengu. Naphezu kwalokhu, ithimba lakhe lezomthetho liphikisene ngokuthi uSodi akufanele athweswe icala ngokwehluleka kukazakwabo, i-CMS, ukufeza iphrojekthi ye-Rooiwaal.
Inqubo esele yokukhishwa ohlwini lwabavinjiwe uSodi ilandela uchungechunge lokwengamela kokuphatha, okuhlanganisa nencwadi yenhloso yokumvimbela ngo-Okthoba 2022, engazange ithunyelwe ngenxa yamaphutha angaphakathi. Njengoba i-Tshwane iqhubeka nemizamo yayo yokukhipha i-Sodi nezinkampani zakhe ohlwini lwabangafaneleki, idolobhakazi lisangaphansi kwengcindezi yokubhekana nokwehluleka okuzungeze iphrojekthi yase-Rooiwaal, okube nemiphumela emibi kakhulu emphakathini wase-Hammanskraal.
