Celani Sikhakhane
Ikhansela le-IFP kumasipala wakwaNongoma lihanjiswe ngesithuthi seziguli lisuka embhedeni walo esibhedlela ukuze lisize iqembu lalo linqobe isikhundla sobumeya libhekene ne-NFP kanye ne-ANC.
Ikhansela lakuwadi lesishiyagakombili uMnumzane uJuly Nxumalo, lifike lihamba ngesihlalo esinamasondo emcimbini wokuvulwa komkhandlu liphelezelwa abosizo lokuqala kanye nethimba lezikhulu zezempilo esibhedlela sakwaNongoma i-St Benedictine.
Ube esephushwa ithimba labezimo eziphuthumayo ukuthi limfake ebhokisini lokuvota, waphinde wasiza owayengenele ukhetho lwe-IFP, u-Albert Mncwango, wadla umhlanganiso njengemeya yaKwaNongoma.
UMncwango unqobe i-NFP ebingenele ukhetho isekwa i-ANC.
Naye uMncwango wesekwa yi-EFF egixabezwe ngesikhundla sokuba yiphini lemeya.
“UNongoma uphakathi komasipala basemakhaya ababhekwe ngabomvu KwaZulu-Natali,” kusho elinye ikhansela elingathandanga ukudalulwa igama likhuluma ne-Scrolla.Africa.
“I-EFF, i-ANC kanye ne-NFP bavumelene emhlanganweni obuseThekwini izolo ebusuku ukuthi bazovotela i-IFP,” echaza.
Ngokuzwa itulo lokuvotelwa kwabo, ubuholi be-IFP buqoqele wonke amakhansela abo ekhempini ukuze wonke ethamele le ngqungquthela ngomsebenzi owodwa.
“Baphinde bahlela isithuthi seziguli ukuthi silande elinye ikhansela esibhedlela ukuze kwenziwe isiqiniseko sokuthi banazo izinombolo zokuleseka.”
Ngesikhathi abebehambele umcimbi bengakholwa ngokufika kwekhansela uNxumalo esuka esibhedlela i-St Benedictine, kwenzeke esinye isigameko esishaqisayo kumasipala wendawo u-Mhlabuyalingana phakathi komngcele oKwaZulu-Natali, e-Mozambique kanye nase-Swatini.
Umphathi kamasipala kulo masipala unkosazane uNonhlanhla Gamede, uquleke ngemuva kokuzwa izindaba zokuthi i-ANC ihlulwe wumkhandlu ngenxa ye-IFP.
Ube esephuthunyiswa esibhedlela.
Usomlomo womkhandlu, unkosikazi uMaureen Mathenjwa, uthe ubambe ongezansi ngalokhu okwenzekile.
“Unginike uhlelo lomkhandlu ngemuva kokumenyezelwa njengosomlomo omusha, ngaquleka. Angiyiqondi le nto futhi ngisathukile,” kusho uMathenjwa.