Abakhwabanisi bantshontshela abantu abaswele ukudla nezingubo zokulala e-Eastern Cape

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Abantu abangakaze bahlaselwe yizikhukhula bathatha ukudla, izingubo zokulala ngisho nezindlu ezihloselwe labo abalahlekelwe yikho konke.

UNgqongqoshe uZolile Williams uthi wonke umuntu usezobhekwa ngamunye ngamunye ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi uyisisulu sangempela yini ukuze ezothola usizo.

Izisulu zangempela zezikhukhula e-Eastern Cape zithukuthele zigane unwabu. Zithi amaqola enza sengathi awanamakhaya ukuze athole ukudla, izingubo zokulala nezindlu.

Ngesikhathi bevakashele izikhungo zosizo eMthatha, abashonile batshele uNgqongqoshe uZolile Williams ukuthi abantu abangakaze bakhahlamezwe yizikhukhula bantshontsha iminikelo yabo.

UWilliams, onguNgqongqoshe wezokuBusa ngokuBambisana neziNdaba zoMdabu, uvakashele isikhungo sesikole iDecoligny kanye neBambanani Primary School eSlovo Park. Ujoyinwe yiMeya yase-OR Tambo uMesuli Ngqondwana kanye neMeya yeKing Sabata Dalindyebo uNyaniso Nelani.

Izisulu zithe abakhwabanisi bagcwala izikhungo uma izikhulu zifika nosizo.

“Bangaphezu kwesigamu abantu abalapha abangezona izisulu zangempela,” kusho uThobeka Zulu. “Abanye baletha imindeni evela kwezinye izigodi ukuze benze sengathi baswele bathathe yonke into, thina sisala singenalutho.”

Uthe abanye babo bayazidayisa lezinto. “Uzobona umuntu obephethe izingubo zokulala ezinhlanu nomatilasi abathathu kamuva akasaphethe lutho, bahweba ngotshwala noma imali.

Esinye isisulu, uSindiswa Ntweni, uthe abantu abangafika ku-80% kwabangu-92 abahlala ezindaweni zokulala ezikhokhelwayo akuzona izisulu zangempela. “Abanye bebeqashile nje. Abanye abakhahlanyezwanga izikhukhula.”

UWilliams uthe uthukile. “Yashonaphi iminikelo yamasonto amabili edlule?” ebuza. “Ngabe nayo ithathwe abantu abangalungile?”

Uthe uhulumeni manje uzoqinisekisa futhi abhalise wonke umuntu. “Izisulu zangempela kuphela ezizothola usizo. Sizophinde siphenye wonke umuntu ohlala ezindaweni zokulala nasema-B&B.”

Kusukela ngoLwesine, izisulu eziqinisekisiwe zizovunyelwa ukuthi zihlale isikhathi eside ezindaweni ezikhokhelwayo kuyilapho kutholakala izindlu abangahlala kuzo.

Izikhukhula ekuqaleni kukaNhlangulana zabulala abantu abangu-102 zashiya abangaphezu kuka-4,700 bengenamakhaya. Umonakalo ulinganiselwa ngaphezu kuka-R5 billion.

UWilliams unxuse imiphakathi ukuthi ibike ngokukhwabanisa. “Lolu sizo lwenzelwe abantu abalahlekelwe amakhaya abo ngempela.”

Esithombeni esingenhla: UNgqongqoshe wase-Eastern Cape uZolile Williams uvakashele izikhungo ezihlala izisulu eMthatha.

Umthombo wesithombe: EC Cogta

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