UZukile Majova noJoseph Chirume
Umkhankaso we-ANC wokuqinisekisa ukuthi izinkulungwane zabavoti e-East London nasemalokishini akhelene nawo bayangena esikhungweni sokuvota usuthele izithelo, njengoba leli qembu liphumelele ngamavoti amaningi kumasipala wase-Baffalo City.
Ngamavoti angama-37% abalwe kuzwelonke, i-ANC ithole amavoti angama-67.1% uma kuqhathaniswa ne-DA ethole amavoti ayi-12.5% kanye neqembu le-EFF elithole amavoti ayi-13%.
Nokho, iqembu elibusayo mancane amathuba okuthi lithole iningi lamavoti e-Gqeberha, lapho i-ANC ihamba phambili ngamavoti angama-42.9%, i-DA ithole angama-38% kanye ne-EFF ethole ayi-7.1%. Kusabalwe amavoti ayi-15% kuphela kumasipala.
Kubukeka sengathi abavoti bajezisa i-ANC ne-DA edolobheni elinobungani i-Port Elizabeth.
Inqubekela phambili nokusimama kwekusasa kungenzeka kubambezeleke ngenxa yokwehluleka kwanoma yiliphi iqembu ukuthola iningi lamavoti aqondile.
Le nkinga isivimbe ukulethwa kwezidingo kanye nokubusa okusebenzayo kulo masipala eminyakeni emihlanu edlule.
Abaholi beqembu le-ANC kanye ne-DA abakhulume ne-Scrolla.Africa e-Gqeberha bahleli nokuzethemba ukuthi kuningi okusengenzeka.
UMgcinimafa we-ANC esifundazweni uBabalo Madikizela uthe iqembu lakhe lizolwela ukulawula umasipala.
“Aseneme ngokuphuma kwabavoti, kube namaphutha kwa-IEC, nokho bekumele sisebenze ngalokho ebesinakho.
“Ngeke ngikhulume ngokuhluleka ukuthola imiphumela eminingi manje noma ukuqagela ngomfelandawonye ngoba ezibalweni ezibaliwe manje, sizozuza iningi lamavoti aphelele.”
URatief Odendaal we-DA uthe: “Kuke kwaba namaphutha ngosuku lokuqala njengoba amalungu ethu eme isikhathi eside kolayini, siyababonga ngokubekezela.
“Sizoba neningi lamavoti aqondile, noma yikuphi lapho kubusa khona i-DA futhi sikholwa ukuthi sibusa kangcono ukwedlula wonke amaqembu epolitiki.
“Sizothuthukisa izinsiza kubantu. Ezokuphepha yinto ekhathaza idolobha lethu, kodwa sizokwakha esinye isizinda samaphoyisa kumasipala ukuze sibe yindawo ephephile.”
Kuzwelonke, abavoti abafuna ukuhlenga izwe enkohlakalweni nasekulethweni kwezidingo ezingezinhle, kungenzeka bafakelwe omasipala abane ababalulekile emhlabeni onzima wohulumeni babambisene.
Zonke izinkomba zithi umasipala waseGoli, i-Nelson Mandela Bay, umasipala wase-Ekurhuleni kanye nomasipala wase-Tshwane kungenzeka ukuthi basale dengwane babanjwe omasipala.