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Ngemuva kokumiswa iminyaka emibili ngenxa yobhubhane, umcimbi womjaho wamahhashi kanye nombukiso wemfashini ongekho emthethweni, i-Dundee July, uzobuya kule mpelasonto KwaZulu-Natal.
Indikimba yosuku yababukeli kulo nyaka ithi “Royalty” njengoba bezohlangana emjahweni wamahhashi e-Dundee ngoMgqibelo ukuzobuka imijaho engu-12.
Umcimbi uzobe umahhala futhi ukuze kuthuthukiswe ezokuphepha, uNgqongqoshe wezeMidlalo, ezobuCiko namaSiko KwaZulu-Natal uHlengiwe Mavimbela ucele ukuthi abantu abazowuhambela bathole amathikithi amahhala atholakala kwa-TicketPro.
“Lokhu kwenzelwa ukuthi sikwazi ukuqinisekisa ukulawula isibalo sabantu futhi sivikele ukuphepha kwabaxhasi bethu abazohambela lo mcimbi,” kusho uMavimbela esitatimendeni.
Ngokufanayo ne-Hollywoodbets Durban July kanye ne-J&B Met yaseKapa, kulo nyaka i-Dundee July igubha iminyaka engu-17 yasungulwa ngokubuyisela emphakathini.
Abahleli balo mcimbi bamemezele ukuthi enye imali ezotholakala kulo mcimbi izoya ezindaweni “zokulala”. Lokhu kuzozuzisa abantu bendawo abangekho ngaphansi kwesigaba sezindlu zezihambeli, kanti bazovunyelwa ukuhlalisa izivakashi ezindlini zabo.
Ngonyaka odlule bezingekho ngaphansi kuka-30 izikhungo ezisunguliwe kulolu hlelo, ngokwesitatimende esikhishwe umnyango ngoLwesibili.