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Ibamba likaNgqongqoshe wezokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi uSindi Chikunga utshele iPhalamende ukuthi isibonelelo esisha se-Basic Income Support ngeke sithathe indawo yemizamo kahulumeni yokudala amathuba emisebenzi.
Isibonelelo sikahulumeni sika-R370 siqhubeka kuze kube uNdasa ka-2027, sinikeza uhulumeni isikhathi sokuphothula kanye nokuxhasa ngemali kabusha.
Uhulumeni uthembisa abantu abadala abampofu kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika ngesibonelelo esisha. Akakaqinisekisi ukuthi izoba khona yini imali.
Ibamba likaNgqongqoshe wezokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi, uSindi Chikunga, ubikele iKomidi elikhethiwe leNational Council of Provinces elibhekele ezeNhlalakahle kuleli sonto.
Uthe uMnyango wezokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi ulungisa inqubomgomo Yokweseka Eyisisekelo ukuze iKhabhinethi ibuyekeze. Ngemva kokuba iKhabhinethi ilucwengisisile uhlaka, umnyango uzovula izingxoxo zokubonisana nomphakathi.
Isibonelelo sikahulumeni esihlongozwayo senzelwe ukuthi sithathe indawo yesibonelelo sikahulumeni sika-R370, okumanje seseka abantu abadala abangasebenzi abaphakathi kweminyaka engu-18 kuya ku-59.
UMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa ukuqinisekisile ngesikhathi ethula Inkulumo Yesizwe ukuthi lesi sikhundla sizohlelwa njengesibonelelo sikahulumeni, sixhumanise abazothola umsebenzi ukuze bathole umsebenzi, ukuqeqeshwa kanye namathuba amabhizinisi amancane.
UChikunga ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi lolu xhaso akulona uhlelo lokudala amathuba emisebenzi.
“I-Basic Income Support ayingeni esikhundleni sokudala amathuba emisebenzi,” kusho yena.
“Kuwukungenelela okuhambisanayo okuxhumanisa abamukeli namathuba okwenza imali kanye nokuziphilisa.”
Kodwa umnyango awukawuxazululi umbuzo obalulekile: ukuthi imali ivelaphi. Izikhulu zithe zizohlangana noMnyango kaMgcinimafa kuzwelonke ukuze bathole ukuthi imali yesibonelelo iyafinyeleleka yini ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Amamodeli ezomnotho asahlolwa.
Uxhaso lwamanje lwe-SRD selululwe kuNdasa wezi-2027. Uhulumeni uthi isibonelelo esisha uzosisebenzisa njengesiqalo.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Ibamba likaNgqongqoshe wezokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi uSindi Chikunga utshele iPhalamende kuleli sonto ukuthi uxhaso oluhleliwe lwe-Basic Income Support ngeke luthathe indawo yokudala amathuba emisebenzi.
Umthombo wesithombe: GovernmentZA