Mkhuliseni Sizani
Ngesikhathi imeya ye-Nelson Mandela Bay uNqaba Bhanga etshela abahlali ukuthi uzobabona kuphela mhla zingama-26 kuNhlaba ukuze baxoxe ngogesi wabo bahamba necebo lokucekela phansi impahla.
Balinganiselwa kwabangama-300 abahlali basemijondolo abathukuthele baseNgunguluza Area 11 e-Kariega, e-Uitenhage, ababhikishe ngoLwesithathu ekuseni, bevale imigwaqo i-Rocklands ne-Bantom ngamathayi avuthayo namatshe.
Kushiswe ihhovisi lekhansela elisemgwaqweni i-Bantom kanye neveni likamasipala i-Ford Ranger.
Emgwaqeni wase-Rocklands bashaye izimoto ngamatshe bashisa i-BMW.
Abazali kudingeke ukuthi bahlinzeke ngosizo lokuqala kubafundi bezikole ezimbili zamabanga aphansi abebephelelwa umoya ngenxa ye-teargas ebisetshenziswa ngamaphoyisa ukuhlakaza ababhikishi.
“Abafundi baqale ukukhwehlela nokuthimula. Abanye baba nesiyezi. Sibayise emakilasini sabanika namanzi,” kusho umzali uZukiswa Minto.
UZonwabele Kate, usihlalo wesigaba sokuqala nesesibili, utshele i-Scrolla.Africa ukuthi: “Abahlali bathukuthele ngoba bebona ukuthi uBhanga akabathatheli ekhanda.”
UKate uthe selokhu kwasungulwa le ndawo ngowezi-2018 babhekene nobunzima ngogesi.
“Njalo uma becela ugesi batshelwa ukuthi le ndawo igcwele ngokweqile futhi awukho ugesi ongafakwa,” esho.
“Besilokhu sicela umasipala kusukela ngowezi-2019 ukuthi afudusele abahlali besigaba sesibili nesesithathu esigabeni sesihlanu.”
UKhansela uPlaatjies uthe bazama ukuthi imeya “ihlangane nabahlali ngokuphuthumayo”.