I-South African Municipal Workers’ Union e-KwaZulu-Natal isole uNgqongqoshe wezokuBusa ngokuBambisana uMfundisi Thulasizwe Buthelezi ngokuzigqaja nangokutshela umphakathi amanga ukuthi abasebenzi base-Impendle Local Municipality sebekhokhelwe.

Esitatimendeni sangomhlaka-11 Septhemba 2026 inyunyana ithe i-MEC ikhiphe isinqumo esinqunyiwe emkhandlwini osuvele ungaphansi kokuphathwa kwesifundazwe, nokuthi abasebenzi kanye nezimali zabantu sezikhokhiwe. Ithe izoqhubeka nesiteleka kuze kube yilapho kusingathwa amaholo, ukuncishiswa okusemthethweni kanye nabasebenzi benkontileka abaxoshiwe.

Inyunyana icaphune uNgqongqoshe ethi inhlalakahle yabasebenzi bakamasipala iyisisekelo sokuqina kwezikhungo kanye nokulethwa kwezinsizakalo okuphumelelayo. Impendulo ye-SAMWU ithi umasipala awukazinzile selokhu kwamiswa amaholo.

Unobhala wesifundazwe uNokubonga Dinga kanye nephini likanobhala uZethu Fakude basayine lesi sinqumo. Basebenzise ulimi olunzima ngendlela engavamile mayelana no-MEC, bebiza amazwi akhe omphakathi ngokuthi iqhinga lezepolitiki ngezindleko zabasebenzi.

Isikhulu esiphezulu saKwaZulu-Natali sibeke i-Impendle ngaphansi kweSigaba 139(1)(b) soMthethosisekelo. Leso sinyathelo sivumela isifundazwe ukuthi sithumele abantu ukuthi baphathe umkhandlu ohlulekile. Imigomo yokubhekisela ebhalwe esitatimendeni senyunyana iwuhlu olujwayelekile lokubuyiselwa kwemali: ukuhlala edolobheni, usihlalo wekomidi lezezimali lesikhashana, ukusayina ama-akhawunti asebhange, ukuyeka ukukhokha imali eningi, ukulungisa okutholakele kuMcwaningi-Jikelele, ukuqapha izibonelelo, ukubhekana nokusetshenziswa kwemali okungagunyaziwe nokuqala amacala okuqondiswa kwezigwegwe.

I-SAMWU ithi akukho msebenzi okumele abokeleke phansi. “Kuze kube namuhla i-KZN COGTA ayikaphenduli ezidingweni zabasebenzi. I-COGTA ayikho e-Impendle.”

Umasipala ongakwazi ukukhokha amaholo ngokuvamile awukwazi ukukhokhela abantu besithathu bempesheni kanye nosizo lwezokwelapha. Abasebenzi babhekana ne-ATM engenalutho kanye nerekhodi lezinzuzo eliphukile.