Luhlanganiswe nguDylan Bettencourt
UNgqongqoshe wezeMidlalo uGayton McKenzie uthi uhulumeni usebenzise u-R800,000 kuMama Joy ngezindiza namahhotela ngeledlule.
UGayton McKenzie uthi angathumela abalandeli abaningi ngaleyo mali njengoba uMama Joy ethole umxhasi ozimele wohlobo lwezemidlalo.
UNgqongqoshe wezeMidlalo uGayton McKenzie usemise uhulumeni ukuthi akhokhele isihlabani somlandeli uJoyce “Mama Joy” Chauke ukuthi ahambe. Uthi uhulumeni ngeke esamkhokhela uhambo lwakhe lokuya eNdebeni yoMhlaba.
UMcKenzie uthi ngeke akwazi ukuzithethelela ngokumthumela futhi ngenxa yezindleko eziphezulu.
“Ohambweni lokugcina, umnyango usebenzise imali engu-R800 000,” kusho uMcKenzie.
Uthi uhulumeni wamkhokhela amabhanoyi asezingeni namahhotela ukuze ahambe.
“Abantu balapha abahambi ngamabhanoyi,” usho kanje. “Singakwazi ukuthumela abantu abaningi ngo-R800,000 kunomuntu oyedwa.”
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UMcKenzie uthi akulungile ukuthi abanye abantu bazizwe benelungelo lokuthola izinto eziphezulu ngalolu hambo. Uthi abanye abantu baseNingizimu Afrika kumele bancenge ithuba lokuhamba.
“Siyayifuna yini le nto yabantu baseNingizimu Afrika lapho abanye abantu becabanga ukuthi ezinye izinto zenzelwe bona?” echaza.
UNgqongqoshe uthi isinqumo sokumncisha uxhaso akusona esokumuzwisa ubuhlungu.
“Asixabane naye,” kusho uMcKenzie.
NgoMbasa, uMama Joy wamemezela ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukuthi usethole umxhasi ozimele. Uthi inkampani yezemidlalo izomkhokhela uhambo lwakhe lweNdebe yoMhlaba njengenxusa.
UMcKenzie uthi wajabula lapho ebhala ngokuthola umxhasi.
“Ngangicabanga ukuthi leyo nkinga isiphelile. Usenoxhaso,” esho.
UMcKenzie uthi uma uMama Joy esenkundleni engenalo ithikithi, ngeke amshiye ngaphandle ngoba uyalithanda iqembu lesizwe.
“Uma ekhona enkundleni yezemidlalo, inhliziyo yami ibingavumi ukuthi ngimshiye ngaphandle,” usho kanje.
Uthi abanye abantu abangu-16 noma abangu-20 abahamba uhambo banelungelo elilinganayo lokuba lapho.
Esithombeni esingenhla: UGayton McKenzie.
Umthombo wesithombe: Gayton McKenzie/X