“Kuyinkinga enkulu uqubuka kwezindawo zokuhlala abafundi eThekwini” kusho i-Problem Properties

Isicelo semiphakathi yokuhlala yaseThekwini siveza ukukhathazeka okukhulayo ngokuguqulwa kwezindlu zibe izindawo zokuhlala zabafundi, okubangela izicelo zokulawulwa nokugcinwa kwemithetho eqinile.

Ukuqubuka kwezindawo zokuhlala zabafundi eThekwini sekuyinkinga enkulu, kusho i-Problem Properties, edale isicelo sokuvimbela izakhiwo ukuthi ziguqulwe ngenxa yale njongo. UNiki Moore, ophethe i-Problem Properties Non-Profit Organisation (NPO), uthe yonke indlu ethengiswayo kwezinye izingxenye zeTheku iyaguqulwa, futhi uma bengakwazi ukuthola abafundi, bamukela abantu abahlala khona besekuba yimiqasho yokuhlala.

“Sekuba izindlu ezingabizi kakhulu,” kusho yena. Isicelo sakhe sibiza uMasipala waseThekwini ukuthi ubeke umkhawulo ngokushesha, ozovimba noma yikuphi ukuhlala kwabafundi abasha ezindaweni ezithintekile, kusalindwe ucwaningo olusemthethweni lokubona ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthola isidingo sangempela sezindawo zokuhlala zabafundi ezengeziwe.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, isicelo sidinga uphenyo kuzo zonke izindawo zokuhlala zabafundi ezikhona eGlenwood, e-Umbilo, eCarrington Heights, eGlenmore, eManor Gardens naseWestridge, izindawo ezingaphakathi kweWadi 33 kanye neWadi 101, ukuqinisekisa ukuthobela imithetho yokwabiwa kwezindawo, izakhiwo, ezempilo kanye nokuphepha.

Isicelo sidinga umasipala ukuthi athathe isinyathelo esifanele sokuphoqelela umthetho, okuhlanganisa nokuvala lapho kufanele khona ngokomthetho, ngokumelene nezindawo zokuhlala zabafundi ezingalandeli imithetho.

“Sikholelwa ukuthi akukho okunye ukuhlala kwabafundi okufanele kuvunyelwe kuze kube yilapho umasipala usuhlole isidingo, umthelela kanye namandla alezi zindawo zokuhlala futhi ubhekane nokungalandeli imithetho okukhona,” kusho yena.

UMoore ucela ukungenelela okuphuthumayo kukamasipala ukuze kuvikelwe ubuntu, ukuphepha kanye nekhwalithi yokuphila kwemiphakathi yokuhlala. NgoJulayi, usihlalo weKomidi Lezemfundo Ephakeme Nokuqeqesha, uTebogo Letsie, uthe amanye amakhansela abamele abafundi baseyunivesithi (ama-SRC) acela ukuthi umkhawulo weNational Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) wezindleko zokuhlala zabafundi ususwe.

Umkhawulo manje ulinganiselwa ku-R52,000 ngomfundi ngamunye wendawo yokuhlala. I-NSFAS yethule umkhawulo ngo-2023 njengesinyathelo sokuvimbela abahlinzeki bezindawo zokuhlala abazimele ukuthi bakhuphule amanani.