ESITHOMBENI -UZandile Myeni obekade eyi NFP ethula iqembu lakhe elisha iNPA
SHEILA MHLONGO
IPhini leMeya yoMasipala yeTheku, uKhansela Zandile Myeni, selishiye iNational Freedom Party (NFP), lethula iqembu elisha lezepolitiki elibizwa ngeNational People’s Ambassadors (NPA), elizongenela uKhetho Lohulumeni Basekhaya lwango-2026.
UMyeni, osemenyezelwe njengoMengameli wesikhashana we-NPA, wethule leli qembu eGarden Court, eThekwini, ngoLwesine, 3 Septhemba 2026. Ukwethulwa kwalo kuqede ukuqagela obekunesikhathi kukhona ngekusasa lakhe kwi-NFP.
Ekhuluma ngesikhathi kwethulwa leli qembu, uMyeni uthe i-NPA ihlose ukubuyisa ukwethenjwa kukahulumeni ngabantu, iqinise ukulethwa kwezidingo futhi iqinisekise ukuthi abaholi ababekwa ngumphakathi bayaziphendulela.
Uthe elinye lamaphutha enziwa ngabaholi ukuthi bagcina bezibona bebakhulu kunabantu ababavotelayo. Wathembisa ukuthi i-NPA izoqeqesha amakhansela ayo njalo futhi isungule izindlela ezizoqinisekisa ukuthi ayawenza umsebenzi awuthunywe ngabavoti.
Izindawo ezizongenelwa yi-NPA
Ngokusho kukaMyeni, iqembu selilufakile uhlu lwabantu elifisa bangenele ukhetho kwiKhomishini yoKhetho, i-IEC. Uthe i-NPA ihlela ukungenela ukhetho eThekwini kanye nasezifundeni ezine zaseKwaZulu-Natal:
- Zululand
- King Cetshwayo
- uMkhanyakude
- uThukela
Lokhu kusho ukuthi i-NPA izozama ukuzuza ukwesekwa ikakhulukazi eNyakatho yeKwaZulu-Natal, okuyindawo i-NFP ebikade inamandla kuyo, kanye naseThekwini.
Nokho, ukufakwa kohlu lwabazongenela ukhetho akusho ukuthi bonke sebegunyazwe yi-IEC. IKhomishini isahlola ukuthi uhlu ngalunye luyahambisana yini nezidingo zomthetho, kanti uhlu lokugcina lwabazongenela ukhetho kulindeleke ukuthi lushicilelwe mhla ziyi-16 Septhemba 2026.
Abanye abaholi bajoyina i-NPA
Ngesikhathi kwethulwa iqembu, uMyeni ubephelezelwa ngabanye abaholi namakhansela abashiye noma abebexhumene ne-NFP. Phakathi kwabo kubalwe:
- uZam’landela Khumalo, onguSomlomo kaMasipala wase-Okhahlamba;
- uThembinkosi Sibiya, oyisotswebhu esiphezulu esifundeni uMkhanyakude;
- uMisizwe Gcaba, oyikhansela e-Ulundi.
Eminye imibiko iveza ukuthi nalowo owayeyiMeya yaseNongoma, uJeremiah Mavundla, useyingxenye yabaholi abahambisana naleli qembu elisha. Nokho, amagama nezikhundla zabo bonke abaholi be-NPA kuzodingeka kuqinisekiswe uma iqembu selimemezela ngokusemthethweni uhlaka lwalo oluphelele.
I-NFP ifuna ukushintsha uMyeni eThekwini
Ukusungulwa kwe-NPA kungase kuholele ekutheni uMyeni alahlekelwe yisikhundla sakhe njengekhansela le-NFP kanye nePhini leMeya yeTheku.
UNobhala-Jikelele we-NFP, uBheki Xaba, uthe njengoba uMyeni esesungule elinye iqembu, ngeke esakwazi ukuqhubeka nokumela i-NFP emkhandlwini. Uthe iqembu seliqalile inqubo yokumshintsha kanye namanye amakhansela e-NFP abonakale ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-NPA.
Kodwa uMasipala weTheku ubungakakhiphi isimemezelo esisemthethweni ngesikhathi kulungiswa le ndaba esiqinisekisa ukuthi uMyeni usesusiwe yini esikhundleni sokuba yiPhini leMeya. Ngakho-ke, okwamanje kufanele achazwe njengePhini leMeya kuze kube umkhandlu noma umasipala umemezela ushintsho ngokusemthethweni.
Ukuqhekeka okuqhubekayo kwi-NFP
Ukuhamba kukaMyeni kwenzeka ngesikhathi i-NFP ibhekene nokungezwani kwangaphakathi kanye nokushiywa ngabanye babaholi bayo. Ngo-Agasti 2026, iqembu lalahlekelwa ngabaholi abaningana abajoyina i-IFP, okubalwa kubo iMeya yaseDumbe, uSibusiso Mkhabela, kanye nowayenguNobhala-Jikelele we-NFP, uTeddy Thwala.
UMyeni wayejoyine i-NFP ngemuva kokusungulwa kwayo ngumholi ongasekho, uZanele kaMagwaza-Msibi, ngo-2011. Waphinde wangenela isikhundla sokuba nguMengameli we-NFP engqungqutheleni yaleli qembu yango-2023, kodwa wangaphumelela.
Wakhethwa njengePhini leMeya yeTheku ngoFebhuwari 2023, ngesikhathi eseyikhansela le-NFP.
Ingabe i-NPA izokwazi ukuheha abavoti?
Ukusungulwa kwe-NPA kwengeza elinye iqembu emncintiswaneni osuvele ushubile KwaZulu-Natal. Amaqembu amancane angadlala indima ebalulekile ekwakhiweni kohulumeni bokubambisana komasipala uma kungekho qembu elithola amavoti anele ukuphatha lodwa.
Kodwa umhlaziyi wezepolitiki uZakhele Ndlovu uxwayise ngokuthi ukwanda kwamaqembu aqembuka kwamanye kungase kudide abavoti. Uthe abavoti kufanele bahlolisise ukuthi amaqembu amasha aletha yini imigomo ehlukile, noma asungulelwa ukuvikela ikusasa lezepolitiki labaholi bawo.
Inselelo enkulu ye-NPA manje kuzoba ukuveza umqulu wayo wezethembiso, ukwakha izinhlaka eziqinile nokukhombisa ukuthi ingaletha okuhlukile kunalokho osekuvele kuthenjiswa ngamanye amaqembu.
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