Ukushintshwa kwegama lendawo lithi ‘Gqeberha’ kuyisinqumo esiwunomphela

Kamogelo Muvhenzhe

Impikiswano ende edonse isikhathi eside ngokushintshwa kwegama le-Port Elizabeth ibe e-Gqeberha ifike ekugcineni.

Kusukela NgoNhlolanja, uNgqongqoshe wezobuCiko namaSiko uNathi Mthethwa ukwenqabile ukuphikisana okungaphezulu kweyizi-12 000 ngaleli gama namanye amagama ase-Eastern Cape.

Ngaphandle kwe-Port Elizabeth, ezinye izinguquko zamagama zifaka phakathi i-Uitenhage, ezoba yi-Kariega, i-King Williamstown eba yi-Qonce, i-East London Airport ibe ku-King Phalo Airport, kanye ne-Port Elizabeth Airport ibe yi-Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport.

Esitatimendeni ngeSonto, okhulumela uMthethwa, uMasecha Khumalo uthe ukuqanjwa kabusha kwamagama kwenziwa ngokuhambisana nezincomo zeKhomishini yeQiniso nokuXolelana.

Ikhomishini ibiphakamise ukuthi izindawo eziningi ezakhiwe e-Eastern Cape kufanele ziqanjwe ngalabo ababamba iqhaza emzabalazweni wokulwa nobandlululo.

NgoNdasa, iMeya yeNelson Mandela Bay Metro uNqaba Bhanga wanxusa izakhamizi ukuthi zizwakalise ukuphikisana kwazo negama i-Gqeberha ngqo kuMthethwa.

Ezinye zezikhalazo eziphakanyisiwe ukuthi amagama amasha azothinta ezokuvakasha nokuthi akuhlangene nabantu base-Nelson Mandela Bay.

Isitatimende sichaze ukuthi ngemuva kokubonisana noMkhandlu Wamagama Wendawo waseNingizimu Afrika, uMthethwa uthathe isinqumo sokuthi iziphikiso azifanele ukubuyekezwa ngalesi sinqumo.

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