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UNonkululeko Aphane, umama wengane eyodwa wase-Alberton, uthatha amatekisi ayisithupha ngosuku ukuze afike emsebenzini wakhe eFlorida, eRoodepoort.
Ukwenyuka kwamanani okugibela kuphoqe u-Aphane ukuthi akhansele inqubomgomo yomshuwalense wokuphila. Uthi imali iya ngqo kwezokuthutha kanye nokudla.
UNonkululeko Aphane uthatha amatekisi ayisithupha nsuku zonke, amathathu ukuya, ukuze afike ekhaya lakhe eningizimu ye-Alberton eya emsebenzini wakhe eFlorida, eRoodepoort. Kumbiza cishe u-R150 ngosuku.
Imali yokugibela yomlenze wokuqala wohambo lwakhe, ukusuka e-Alberton ukuya eGoli CBD, ikhuphuke isuka ku-R16 yaya ku-R19 yaphinde yaya ku-R23 ngonyaka odlule.
“Izindleko ziyakhuphuka uma uphethiloli ukhuphuka, kodwa azinciphi lapho amanani kaphethiloli ehla,” esho. “Kufana nokudla. Uma intengo ikhuphuka, ihlala lapho.”
I-Scrolla ibike kule nyanga ukuthi izindleko zamatekisi azikanciphi kanye namanani kaphethiloli kusukela okungenani ngo-2017. Umlando wezindleko zika-Aphane ufana naleyo ndlela ncamashi.
Ngezinye izikhathi ujoyina iqembu elimisa izimoto endleleni, kodwa amatekisi ahlala eyindlela yakhe ethembekile yokufika emsebenzini.
Izindleko ezikhuphukayo ziphoqe u-Aphane ukuthi ahoxise enye yezinqubomgomo zakhe zomshuwalense wokuphila.
“Kwadingeka ngisebenzise leyo mali kwezokuthutha kanye nokudla,” esho. “Ukudla okulula, amabhisikidi sekuyinto yokunethezeka.
Sithenga kuphela lokho esikudingayo.”
Ngemuva kokufika eGoli CBD, uthatha itekisi ukuze ashiye indodakazi yakhe esikoleni ngaphambi kokugibela itekisi lokugcina eliya eFlorida. Uhambo lokubuya ntambama lusho amanye amatekisi amathathu, kanye namanye amathathu, ukuze afike ekhaya.
U-Aphane uthi kuye kwadingeka alungise isabelomali sakhe somndeni njengoba izindleko zikhuphukile.
“Uma ubujwayele ukusebenzisa u-R1,000 noma u-R1,500 ngenyanga, uma amanani enyuka kufanele ulungise yonke into,” kusho yena. “Uthatha imali ekuzijabuliseni kanti ezinye izinto uzibeka phambili kwezokuthutha.
Ngezinye izikhathi uze udele izinto ozidingayo ngempela.”
Esithombeni esingenhla: Itekisi likaNonkululeko Aphane lenyuke lisuka ku-R16 laya ku-R23.
Umthombo wesithombe: Sithunyelwe