UNgqongqoshe Wezempilo u-Aaron Motsoaledi uthe babheka indima yabasebenzi bezempilo bendabuko ekunakekelweni kwempilo okuyisisekelo, amalungiselelo okudlulisela, ukuqeqeshwa, kanye nokusebenzisana. UMotsoaledi usho lokhu ngesikhathi ephendula umbuzo wePhalamende mayelana nokuqaphela nokukhuthaza indima yabasebenzi bezempilo bendabuko ohlelweni lwezempilo lukazwelonke.

Abelaphi bendabuko, bangabaphilisi, nababhula emiphakathini yaseNingizimu Afrika, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwabantu baseZulu. Izangoma zixhumanisa abaphilayo nokhokho babo ukuze baxilonge futhi baphulukise izifo zomzimba, zengqondo, nezingokomoya.

UMotsoaledi wabuzwa ngohlelo lokulawula, ukuqaphela nokukhuthaza indima yabasebenzi bezempilo bendabuko ohlelweni lwezempilo lukazwelonke. Wabuzwa futhi ukuthi kungani impilo yendabuko ingakahlanganiswa ngokugcwele ohlelweni lwezempilo eNingizimu Afrika.

UNgqongqoshe Wezempilo waphendula, echaza ukuthi uMthetho Wezokwelapha Zendabuko (THP) ka-2007 unikeza ukuqashelwa okudingekayo kuleli qembu. “Inselelo igebe phakathi komthetho kanye nokuqaliswa, okubangelwa kakhulu ukubambezeleka kokumenyezelwa kwemithethonqubo ngaphansi koMthetho we-THP,” esho.

Kodwa-ke, isitifiketi se-Socio-Economic Impact Assessment System (SEIAS) esilindelwe isikhathi eside sanikezwa yiHhovisi likaMongameli ngomhlaka-07 Julayi 2026. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMotsoaledi uthe izinqubo zokumenyezelwa kweMithethonqubo edingekayo ziyaqhubeka.

“UMthetho we-THP unikeza isisekelo esisemthethweni sokulawula odokotela bezempilo bendabuko,” kusho uNgqongqoshe. Kodwa-ke, umthetho wodwa awumiseli ukuthi ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kwendabuko kufanele kusebenze kanjani ngaphakathi kohlelo lwezempilo olubanzi.

Uhlaka lweNqubomgomo Yezokwelapha Zendabuko kanye neSu lwakhiwe ukuze kuxazululwe lezi zinkinga. Zihlanganisa indima yabasebenzi bezempilo bendabuko ekunakekelweni kwezempilo okuyisisekelo, amalungiselelo okudlulisela, ukuqeqeshwa, kanye nokusebenzisana. “Uhlaka lwenqubomgomo oluyisiqalo lusesigabeni sokugcina sokuvunyelwa nguMnyango Wezempilo,” kusho uMotsoaledi.