Ulahlwe yicala umasipala obukhala ngama-construction mafia

Umasipala Wendawo wase-Moses Kotane eMogwase, eNorth West, ulahlekelwe yisicelo seNkantolo Ephakeme sokuvimbela izakhamuzi eziyisikhombisa ezisolwa ngokuphazamisa iphrojekthi yomgwaqo nokuba yingxenye yeqembu le-construction mafia, okusolwa ukuthi lifuna u-R200 000 wokufinyelela endaweni yokukhipha isihlabathi.

INkantolo Ephakeme yaseNorth West eMahikeng ichithe isicelo esiphuthumayo sikamasipala ngemuva kokuthola ukuthi wehlulekile ukunikeza amaqiniso ayisisekelo axhumanisa umuntu ngamunye kwabayisikhombisa nesenzo esibi esisolwayo.

Naphezu kokwamukela ukuthi isicelo sikamasipala esiphuthumayo futhi sichitha zonke izikhalazo ezinhlanu zokuqala eziphakanyiswe yizakhamuzi, uReddy uthole ubuthakathaka obubulalayo ecaleni lawo.

Umasipala usola ngokuphindaphindiwe “iqembu” noma “abaphenduli” ngaphandle kokuthola ukuthi ubani osolwa ngokwenza isenzo ngasinye. “Akukaze kube khona lapho ubeka isenzo esithile, ngosuku oluthile, kumuntu othize ophendulayo,” kusho uReddy.

Ijaji lithole ukuthi umasipala awukwazi ukukhombisa ukuthi ubani ovimbe iloli, ngubani okhiphe isihlabathi noma ngubani okusolwa ukuthi ufuna inkokhelo. UReddy uthe lokhu kwakungeyona nje inkinga encane yokubhala. “Isinqumo sihloselwe abantu abaqanjwe ngamagama ngoba senzelwe ukuvimba labo bantu abathile, hhayi omunye umuntu, ekuziphatheni okuthile,” kusho ijaji.

Inkantolo iphinde yaveza ukuphikisana okusobala endabeni kamasipala kokuthi amaloli ayenqatshelwe ukungena ngenkathi isihlabathi sikhishwa ngesikhathi esifanayo kulawo maloli afanayo. UReddy uthole ukuthi ngisho nalapho kungenzeka ukuthi kwenzeke khona ububi, inkantolo ayikwazi ukufaka izithiyo zokugcina kubantu abaqanjiwe ngaphandle kobufakazi obuxhumanisa umuntu ngamunye nokuziphatha.

Icala likamasipala ngokumelene nommangalelwa wesishiyagalombili ongaziwa nalo laphela ngoba lalincike ezinsolweni ezibhekiswe kwabaphenduli bokuqala abayisikhombisa. Ngenxa yalokho isicelo sachithwa, umasipala wayalelwa ukuba kukhokhe izindleko zabaphenduli abayisikhombisa esikalini esivamile seqembu neqembu.