Lubhalwe ngu-Anita Dangazele
- UNgqongqoshe wezokuThutha e-Eastern Cape uXolile Nqatha uvakashele e-Elliotdale ngemuva kombhikisho wesonto lonke bekhala ngemigwaqo engemihle, izindlu, nokuphakelwa kwamanzi okuvale idolobha.
- Izakhamizi zifuna kwakhiwe imigwaqo efanele, zithi imigwaqo emibi ilimaza ezokuvakasha nemisebenzi; uNgqongqoshe uthembise ukulalela futhi aveze izinhlelo zengqalasizinda.
Amandla ezokuvakasha ase-Eastern Cape asaqhubeka nokungasetshenziswa ngenxa yengqalasizinda yemigwaqo ebhedayo yesifundazwe.
UNgqongqoshe wezokuThutha uXolile Nqatha uvakashele edolobheni lase-Elliotdale ngoLwesine ukuyolalela izikhalo zabahlali.
Lo mhlangano ugqugquzelwe wumbhikisho othathe isonto lonke wezakhamizi ebezingagculisekile nokwenze kwajama idolobha ngesonto eledlule.
Izakhamizi zifuna imigwaqo ephephile, izindlu kanye nokuhlinzekwa kwamanzi ngendlela efanele. Inkinga enkulu ukungalungiswa kwemigwaqo eya edolobheni.
Izakhamizi zithi azikwazi ukuya edolobheni uma lina.
Imigwaqo igcwele imigodi, itiyela ligugile ngenxa yokungalungiswa.
I-Elliotdale iyikhaya lezinye zezindawo ezihamba phambili zezivakashi kuleli, njengeCoffee Bay resort, Hole-in-the-Wall kanye neBulungula, eyaziwa ngamabhishi awo amade angasetshenziswa.
Nokho, ukufika lapho kuwumsebenzi njengoba imigwaqo ingekho ezingeni.
Umholi womphakathi uMnuz Bhuti Ngesi uthe bafuna uhulumeni wesifundazwe akhe imigwaqo ngoba umasipala wendawo uzamile wehluleka.
“Inkinga yethu enkulu ukuthi asinayo imigwaqo kuleli dolobha. Umgwaqo oqala kuGogozayo obheke eCoffee Bay uyabheda, kanye nomgwaqo ongenela emabhishi aseCwebe naseNkanya.
“Lezi zindawo zidala amathuba omsebenzi kubantu bethu futhi uma izivakashi zingakwazi ukufika lapho, ngeke sikwazi ukondla imindeni yethu,” kusho yena.
UNgesi uthe balwela ukuthi imigwaqo yedolobha ibekwe phambili.
Abanikazi bamatekisi kule ndawo bafuna imigwaqo yetiyela exhuma kuthelawayeka u-N2.
Umgwaqo ohlanganisa i-Elliotdale no-N2 ungumgwaqo owubhuqu ongalungisiwe.
“Esikucelayo kuNgqongqoshe wukuthi asilungisele umgwaqo osuka kwaGogozayo uye e-Elliotdale. Asifuni ukuthi imigodi igcwaliswe; sifuna ukuthi lowo mgwaqo uqalwe phansi ngoba umsebenzi owenziwe ngaphambilini ubungagculisi.
“Imigwaqo eminingi lapha ayisetshenziswa ikakhulukazi uma lina – nanamuhla kudingeke ukuthi sishiye izimoto zethu ukuze sifike lapha,” kusho uLindile Sityebi.
Okhulumela uMnyango wezokuThutha esifundazweni u-Unathi Binqose ukuqinisekisile ukuthi uNqatha use-Elliotdale ukuzolalela abahlali.
“Yebo, singakuqinisekisa ukuthi uNgqongqoshe uvakashele umphakathi waseXhora, e-Elliotdale e-Eastern Cape. Bekulokhu kunezinguquko kakhulu ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule; sibone imibhikisho eminingi ngenxa yezinkinga eziningi ezisukela ekuntulekeni kwamanzi, izindlu kanye nemigwaqo.
“UNgqongqoshe uya lapho ukuyolalela kodwa futhi uzochaza ngohlelo lwethu lwemigwaqo nengqalasizinda nokwenza baqonde ukuthi kusemicabangweni nasezinhlelweni zethu,” kusho uBinqose.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Umgodi ogcwele amanzi emgwaqeni wase-Elliotdale, nabasebenzi abazama ukulungisa umgwaqo owubhuqu.
Umthombo: Sithunyelwe