Lungani Zungu
I-DA iphinde yathola esinye isigameko ngemuva kokuthi amakhansela amabili eMkhandlwini waseTshwane elahle iqembu, ngenxa yokucwaswa. Lokhu kuza ngemuva kokuthi i-DA ilahlekelwe izigceme ezine okhethweni lokuchibiyela lwangenyanga edlule.
UMike Mkhari, owayeyi-MMC ye-Agriculture Management noRose Maake, ikhansela le-PR e-Soshanguve, bashiye phansi izintambo ngoLwesibili.
Esitatimendeni sabo, uMkhari noMaake bathe i-DA beyiqembu elinobandlululo, kanti abanye babaholi bayo bebeyiziqhwaga, bengahloniphi, bebukelana phansi futhi bethanda ukubangamakhosi.
“Ngibekezelele le mikhuba isikhathi eside. Angibange ngisakwazi ukuyibekezelela, yingakho nginqume ukushiya iqembu,” kusho uMkhari etshela i-Scrolla.Africa.
Uthe i-DA ihlukene phakathi kusukela kusongo lwayo oluphezulu kuze kufike kubaholi bamagatsha.
“Uma uphakamisa izingqinamba kubaholi, kuya ngokuthi ukuluphi uhlangothi nokuthi uyingxenye yaliphi i-cabal,” esho.
Uthe ukhonjwe ngamanye amakhansela e-DA ngisho nasekhokhasini yedolobha likamasipala oholwa yi-DA.
Ukuphuma kwabo kulandele owayeyilungu lePhalamende le-DA uPhumzile van Damme, osanda kusula ePhalamende muva nje.
UMpho Mehlape-Zimu, umholi we-DA esifundeni sase-Tshwane, usole la makhansela amabili ngokungabinanhlonipho ngokuthi i-DA iyiqembu elinobandlululo.
“Bobabili babengabaholi enhlanganweni kodwa abakaze bathathe sinyathelo,” esho.
Ephikisana nezinsolo zokucwasa ngokwebala, uMehlape-Zimu uthe bahambe ngemuva kokuqondiswa kwezigwegwe kwamakhansela angasebenzi.
“Kuyadabukisa ukuthi la makhansela esulile esikhundleni sokwenza imizamo yokuthuthukisa ukusebenza kwawo nokuqhubeka nokusebenzela izakhamizi zase-Tshwane,” esho.
Uhlu olude losopolitiki abasezingeni eliphezulu abashiye i-DA kubalwa nowayengumholi wayo uMmusi Maimane, owayeyiMeya yaseGoli uHerman Mashaba, nowayeyiMeya yaseKapa, uPatricia De Lille.
Njengoba kungakapheli nezinyanga ezinhlanu ngaphambi kokhetho lomasipala lwangomhla zingama-27 kuMfumfu, ukuqhubeka kokushiya phansi kwabaholi abamnyama akubonakali kuzoyisebenzela i-DA.