OWAMI THABETHE
UNgqongqoshe wezemiSebenzi yoMphakathi neNgqalasizinda, uDean Macpherson ufunge wagomela ukuthi uzoluguqula uhlelo lwezemisebenzi yomphakathi (EPWP) kulandela izinsolo ezibucayi zokuhlukunyezwa, ukuvalelwa ngaphandle, ukuxhashazwa ngosopolitiki nezikhulu, kanye nezinsolo zenkohlakalo ezenzeka ngesikhathi sokuqashwa kwabantu.
Ukuphawula kukaNgqongqoshe kuza ngemuva kokuzwa imibiko evela kubasebenzi be-EPWP ohambweni lwakhe lokulalela izikhalazo ezweni lonke, okuhloswe ngalo ukuhlonza izinkinga nokwenza ngcono uhlelo.
Ukuvakasha eMngeni KwaZulu-Natali ngomhlaka 11 Novemba kuveze izindaba ezikhathazayo zokuthi i-EPWP isetshenziswa kanjani ukuze kuzuze ipolitiki, imisebenzi okuthiwa “iyadayiswa” ukuze uthole umsebenzi noma ukwethembeka.
Kuphinde kwaba nezimangalo zokuxhashazwa kwabesifazane ngokusebenzisa amandla, kuyilapho abaningi abathola usizo bengenakho ukuqeqeshwa okufanele ukuze bashintshele emisebenzini yaphakade.
UNgqongqoshe uthe ubekholelwa ekutheni I-EPWP ingaba ithuluzi elibalulekile lokuqeda ububha ngesikhathi ihlinzeka abantu ngamathuba emisebenzi, futhi ukugcizelele ukuthi izimpendulo eziqoqwe emiphakathini zizosiza ngezinhlelo zakhe zokulungisa lolu hlelo.
“Ngeke sisakwazi ukuqhubeka nezinhlelo imiphakathi ehlale ikhala ngazo. Sekuyisikhathi sokulalela ukukhathazeka kwabo futhi senze izinguquko ezidingekayo ukuze i-EPWP isisize sakhe iNingizimu Afrika engcono.’’ kuchaza uMacpherson.
