Lubhalwe ngu-Anita Dangazele
UNgqongqoshe wezokuBusa ngokuBambisana neziNdaba zoMdabu e-Eastern Cape, uZolile Williams, wethule i-Public Participation Forum entsha ngoLwesine eGqeberha.
Iforum ihlose ukwenza ngcono ukuxhumana phakathi komasipala nezakhamuzi kanye nokunikeza abantu ithuba lokuzibandakanya okwengeziwe ezinqumweni zikahulumeni.
UWilliams uthe kubalulekile ukuthi abantu babambe iqhaza kuhulumeni abawukhethile.
“Abantu abasamethembi uhulumeni,” esho, ebalula ucwaningo lwakamuva olukhombisa ukwethenjwa kukahulumeni umphakathi kwehle ngo-40%.
UWilliams ukholelwa ukuthi ukwethembana kungakhiwa kabusha uma uhulumeni exhumana kangcono nemiphakathi.
Uthe lolu hlelo luzosiza ekugwemeni izingxabano phakathi kwabaholi bendabuko namakhansela ezigceme, njengoba abaholi bendabuko bevame ukuzizwa beshiywe ngaphandle ezinqumweni zamakhansela.
“Lolu hlelo luzosondeza uhulumeni kubantu lusize ekuqedeni ukulwa,” kusho uWilliams.
Ugxeke izimeya nezimenenja zomasipala ngokungaxhumani nomphakathi, wathi bachitha isikhathi esiningi emahhovisi abo futhi abalaleli okukhathaza umphakathi.
Induna uGwazinamba Matanzima, isekela likasihlalo weNdlu yabaHoli boMdabu eMpumalanga Kapa, iyalweseka lolu hlelo.
UMatanzima uthe sekuyisikhathi sokuthi abantu abajwayelekile bafakwe ezinqumweni zikahulumeni.
“Isikhathi sokuthi abantu babuse sesifikile.”
Umcimbi uphele ngokuthi izimeya nezimenenja zomasipala zisayine isivumelwano sokusebenzisana.
Esithombeni esingenhla: UNgqongqoshe uZolile Williams esayina isivumelwano sokusebenzisana neMeya ye-Nelson Mandela Bay uGary Van Niekerk.
Source: Anita Dangazele