Lungani Zungu
Ngokuhambisana necebo likaMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa lokususa abantu abangcolile ku-ANC, omunye wabaxhasi bakhe abathembekile ukhishwe ohlwini lwabazokhethwa ngenxa yamacala obugebengu abhekene nawo.
IMeya yase-Newcastle uDkt Ntuthuko Mahlaba ngeke esaba yilungu leqembu elizongenela ukhetho lokuba yiMeya yedolobha lesithathu ngobukhulu KwaZulu-Natali.
Lokhu kumenyezelwe yiPhini likaNobhala-Jikelele we-ANC, uJessie Duarte ngoMsombuluko.
Lokhu kwehlisa umsebenzi wezepolitiki kaMahlaba. Uphinde abengusihlalo we-ANC esifundeni saseMalahleni enyakatho ne-KZN.
Ukunxenxa abavoti, uDuarte uthe, iqembu lizokhetha abantu abathembekile kuphela abazolimela okhethweni.
UMahlaba nonogada bakhe basolwa ngokuhlasela umuntu owayefaka umshini we-optic fiber ngonyaka odlule e-Newcastle. Babhekene namacala okweba, ukulimaza impahla nokushaya ngenhloso yokulimaza.
Kulindeleke ukuthi abuyele enkantolo ngoLwesine.
Ngisho nangaphambi kwaleli hlazo, uMahlaba wayengeyena umuntu omusha kwezempikiswano.
Ngowezi-2019, wahanjiswa emaphoyiseni ngecala lokubulala umholi we-ANC Youth League (i-ANCYL) uWandile Ngubeni. Kodwa amacala ayebhekene nawo ahoxiswa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Kwesinye isigameko, uMahlaba wavela kwividiyo (eyabhebhetheka ngowezi-2019) eshaya abasebenzi bakamasipala ababetelekele amaholo akhokhwe sekudlule isikhathi.
Akukaziwa njengamanje ukuthi ngobani abazongenela ukhetho lobuMeya be-ANC njengoba le nhlangano ithe izobamemezela uma sekusondele ukhetho.
Imizamo ephindaphindiwe yokuthola uMahlaba ukuba aphawule ayiphumelelanga.
Omunye umuntu okhishwe ohlwini yiMeya yaseNkangala uThembi Masilela, ngenxa yehlazo lenkohlakalo lemali eyizi-R248,000 okusolakala ukuthi wayeyingxenye yalo.
Okhulumela i-ANC uNhlakanipho Ntombela uthe iqembu selithole izingxabano ezithile kumalungu alo.
Bazobhekana nezingxabano ngaphakathi, esho.
I-IEC imemezele ngoLwesibili ukuthi ilutholile uhlu lwabazongenela ukhetho oluphuma emaqenjini ezepolitiki azobamba iqhaza okhethweni.
Ekuqaleni, ukhetho lwalulindeleke ukuba lube ngomhla zingama-27 kuMfumfu, kodwa i-IEC yacela iNkantolo yoMthethosisekelo ukuthi iluhlehlisele uNhlolanja wonyaka ozayo ngenxa yesifo se-Covid-19.
INkantolo yoMthethosisekelo kusamele ikhiphe isinqumo.