Lubhalwe nguPalesa Matlala
IMeya yaseGoli uDada Morero uzokwethula izinhlelo zephrojekthi enkulukazi ka-Archbishop Desmond Tutu Precinct naphezu kwentukuthelo eyandayo ngokuwa kwedolobha.
Ongoti bamagugu bathi iDolobha laseGoli lehlulekile ngaphambilini futhi baxwayisa ngokuthi izithembiso zakamuva zokuvuselelwa kweCBD kungase kube esinye isiphetho esibizayo.
IMeya yaseGoli uDada Morero uzoma ngaphakathi kwelinye lamabandla anomlando edolobheni ngoLwesithathu futhi athembise ukuthi uzokwakha kabusha idolobha izakhamuzi eziningi ezikholelwa ukuthi liyabhidlika.
UMotoro uzokwethula Inkulumo YeSimo Sedolobha e-St Mary’s Anglican Cathedral enkabeni yedolobha laseGoli ngenkathi umasipala omkhulu ubhekene nezinkinga ezikhulayo.
IKhomishana Yamalungelo Abantu iphenya ngenhlekelele yamanzi esifundazweni. U-Eskom usabisa ngokucisha ugesi ngesikweletu esingakhokhiwe. Izakhamuzi zithukuthele zigane unwabu ngobugebengu, ukungcola, ingqalasizinda ephukile kanye nokubola ngokushesha kwenkaba yedolobha.
Kodwa naphezu kwesiphithiphithi, Morero ubeka indawo ephambili kuphrojekthi yokuvuselela amadolobha ezizungeze i-cathedral.
IDolobha lifuna ukuguqula le ndawo enezinkinga ibe i-Archbishop Desmond Tutu Precinct, uhlelo olukhulu lokuthuthukisa kabusha okuhloswe ngalo ukuvuselela ingxenye yedolobha elingaphakathi.
I-cathedral ngokwayo isibe uphawu lokuwa kweGoli.
Sekuyiminyaka abaholi bamabandla bekhala ngodoti, ukuhweba okungekho emthethweni, izinkinga zokukhucululwa kwendle, ubugebengu kanye nabantu abachamela izindonga zebhilidi elinomlando.
Indawo eyake yaba nomlando isigwinywe ukungcola, ukuminyana nokunganakwa.
Yakhiwa ngo-1906, iSt Mary’s Cathedral isengenye yezimpawu zenkolo ezibaluleke kakhulu eGoli.
Isonto le-neo Gothic laklanywa umakhi u-Herbert Baker esebenzisa amatshe aqoshwe endaweni.
I-cathedral kamuva yaziwa emhlabeni jikelele ngenkathi uMbhishobhi Omkhulu uDesmond Tutu eba i-Anglican Dean yaseGoli yokuqala njengomuntu omnyama ngo-1975.
Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, ibandla laba uphawu olunamandla lokuphikiswa, ubulungiswa kanye nobushoshovu bomphakathi ngesikhathi sobandlululo.
Manje iDolobha lifuna ukusebenzisa lelo fa ukuze liqhubekisele phambili iphrojekthi yokuvuselela kabusha.
Imibhalo yokuhlela ikhombisa indawo ehlongozwayo esukela ku-Sophie De Bruyn Street kuya kuCommissioner Street futhi inqamula amabhulokhi ambalwa e-CBD.
Le phrojekthi ihlanganisa ukuvala u-Hoek Street ezimotweni ukuze kwakhiwe izindawo zomphakathi ezilungele abahamba ngezinyawo eduze nesonto lombhishobhi.
IDolobha lifuna ukuqamba kabusha imigwaqo embalwa ezungezile.
I-Plein Street ingaba i-Desmond Tutu Street.
IWanderers Street ingase ibe nguSimeon Nkoane Street.
IDe Villiers Street ingase ibe nguTrevor Huddleston Street.
I-Hoek Street ingase ibe i-Cathedral Street.
USomlomo woMkhandlu uMargaret Arnolds ubize isonto elikhulu ngokuthi “yisibani sethemba” sokuvuselelwa kwedolobha.
Kodwa akubona bonke abathenga izithembiso.
Inkulumo kaMoro ngoLwesithathu kuzoba yinkulumo yakhe yokugcina yeDolobha ngaphambi kokhetho lohulumeni basekhaya ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Imeya yaseGoli uDada Morero uzokwethula Inkulumo Yesimo Sedolobha eSt Mary’s Cathedral endaweni egugayo.
Umthombo wesithombe: Idolobha laseGoli