Isizini yokusoka yasebusika buka-2024 esiya emaphethelweni, iphela ngezindaba ezimbi njengoba sekubikwe ukuthi bangu-14 abakhwetha abashonile e-Eastern Cape.
Kulaba abangu-14 okubikwa ukuthi bashonile kule sizini, abayisithupha kubikwa ukuthi bebesokwa ngokungekho emthethweni, kanti abayisikhombisa bashone ngenxa yokuphelelwa amanzi emzimbeni kanye nokubhibha kwezilonda. Omunye wabakhwetha ushone ngemuva kokusha kweqhugwana lakhe ku-Qumbu.
UNgqongqoshe wezokuBusa ngokuBambisana neziNdaba zoMdabu e-Eastern Cape (COGTA) uZolile Williams unxuse abazali nemiphakathi ukuthi babambe iqhaza elibonakalayo ohlelweni lokusoka.
“Abazali basaqhubeka nokuvumela izingane zabo ukuthi zisokwe ngodokotela abangaqeqeshiwe. Kunzima ukuthi uhulumeni enze imizamo uma abazali befihla izikole futhi bebamba iqhaza ngokungemthetho kulolu hlelo.
“Ngakho-ke, ngisahlaba ikhwelo kubazali ngithi ukuze ukusokwa kwendabuko kuphumelele, abazali kumele babambe iqhaza labo ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi indlela eya ebudodeni iqhutshwa endaweni ephephile,” kusho uWilliams.
USihlalo we-EC Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) Inkosi uMwelo Nonkonyana ukholelwa ukuthi abaholi bendabuko yibona abangaqeda ukusoka okungekho emthethweni.
“Sikhalisana nemindeni elahlekelwe.
“Siyaphinda futhi sicela uhulumeni wethu ukuthi abuyisele amandla nemisebenzi esikhungweni sobuholi bomdabu eNingizimu Afrika futhi anikezele ngezinsiza, ngoba sikholelwa ukuthi singabhekana ngokugcwele nazo zonke lezi zikole eziqhubeka nokuzicebisa ngamandla abaholi bethu bakusasa,” kusho uNonkonyana.
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