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.