Celani Sikhakhane
UMasipala i-Alfred Duma uzoba nemeya yesithathu ezinyangeni ezintathu.
IMeya yabo yokuqala uMnu Bheki Sithole yaqokwa yi-IFP ngemuva kokhetho lohulumeni basekhaya ngoLwezi nyakenye.
Abaholi bamaqembu aphikisayo bayisa leli qembu enkantolo mayelana nohlelo lokuhlala komkhandlu okwaholela ekutheni kuqokwe uSithole.
Ngesikhathi i-IFP ilahlwa yicala enkantolo yaqoka uZama Sibisi ngemuva kwesivumelwano sokusebenzisana phakathi kwayo ne-DA, i-EFF ne-ABC.
NgoMasingana kuvele ukuthi imeya entsha ishayise i-Mercedes Benz SUV yayo ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingu-20 kuphela isehhovisi. Ngemuva kwalesi sigameko, i-IFP isihlela ukususa uSibisi esihlalweni.
Manje uhlelo lwe-IFP lokususa uSibisi selucasule amaqembu aphikisayo.
I-DA, i-ABC ne-EFF abavote ne-IFP ukuthi ithathe umasipala ku-ANC, basabisa ngokuphuma esivumelwaneni sokusebenzisana uma luqhubeka uhlelo lokususa uSibisi.
Lokhu kungahle kuphoqe i-IFP ukuthi ilahlekelwe amandla e-Alfred Duma, esifundeni sasoThukela nakuMasipala wendawo Inkosi Langalibalele.
Okhulumela i-ANC esifundeni uBheki Khanyile uthe uma uSibisi esuswa kusho ukuthi iqembu seliqoke izimeya ezintathu kusukela ngomhlaka-1 kuLwezi.
“I-IFP yaqoka uSithole, kwabe sekuqokwa uZama Sibisi. Manje isifuna ukuketula uSibisi esikhundleni sakhe ifake u-Otto Kunene. Lokhu kuyizinkomba zokungalawuleki nokuhluleka kwe-IFP ngokuhola,” kusho uKhanyile.
Okhulumela i-IFP, uMnu Mkhuleko Hlengwa, uthe i-ANC “iyasangana” ngoba ayikwazi ukwamukela ukuthi ayisawuphethe umasipala, kodwa ukuqinisekisile ukuthi bazokhipha uSibisi bafake uKunene esikhundleni sakhe.
Uthe ukususwa kukaSibisi akuhlangene nokuthi ashayise imoto yakhe yomsebenzi.
“Njengeqembu i-IFP inelungelo lokwenza izinguquko ngaphandle komyalelo we-ANC. UKunene bekumele aqokwe e-Alfred Duma njengeMeya kodwa ubengekho ohlwini lweKhomishini yoKhetho ezimele njengekhansela. USibisi ubeyibamba lemeya ngesikhathi sisalungisa udaba lukaKunene,” kusho uHlengwa.
USibisi utshele i-Scrolla.Africa ukuthi i-IFP, okuyiqembu lakhe, ayikaze imazise ngokususwa kwakhe.