Kubi impela ko-plumber abasebenza nomasipala weTheku

I-Democratic Alliance (DA) eThekwini isicele uMeya uCyril Xaba ukuthi axazulule ngokushesha inkinga ezungeze abakhi bamapayipi baseMasipala, ixwayisa ngokuthi ukwehluleka ukuthola indlela modeli yenkontileka engabizi futhi eqhubekayo kubeka imali yomphakathi kanye nezinsizakalo zamanzi ezibalulekile engozini.

Esitatimendeni esikhishwe yiKhansela u-Andre Beetge – Ilungu le-DA le-EXCO laseThekwini, umasipala kumele uthole inani lemali ezinkontilekeni zawo zamapayipi ngenkathi uqinisekisa ukuthi kukhona amandla anele okubhekana nokuqhuma nokuvuza kwezinkulungwane zedolobha okusasele.

Esikhundleni salokho, abakhi bamapayipi abangu-1,869 kanye nabasebenzi babo bashiywe bengenaso isiqiniseko mayelana nomsebenzi oqhubekayo, kuyilapho uMasipala uqhubeka nokulwa nokusilela okukhulu kokulungiswa kanye nokulahlekelwa kwamanzi okwandayo.

Abakhi bamapayipi ababalelwa ku-300 abathintekile bahlangana noMeya noMasipala emasontweni amathathu edlule ukuze baveze ukukhathazeka kwabo. UMeya uthembise ihhovisi lakhe ukuthi lizobhekana nalolu daba, kodwa ngemva kwamasonto amathathu, akukho ukungenelela okunenjongo noma isisombululo esiye saziswa kosomapayipi abathintekile.

Lokhu kuwukwehluleka kokuphathwa kwezezimali kanye nokulethwa kwezinsizakalo, futhi izakhamuzi zifanelwe umasipala ongakwazi ukwenza kokubili kahle.

“Okhethweni lohulumeni basekhaya, izakhamuzi zizoba nethuba lokuvotela uhulumeni ovikela imali yomphakathi, osekela amabhizinisi endawo, futhi ohlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezithembekile. Lapho i-DA ithatha iTheku, sizoqinisekisa ukuthi izinkontileka zikamasipala ziletha inani elifanele imali, ziphathwa ngokusobala futhi zisekele ukulethwa kwezinsizakalo ezibalulekile ngempumelelo.”