Ogaqele isikhundla sokuba yiMeya yeTheku kwi-DA, uHaniff Hoosen, uthi inhloso ye-billboard bekungekhona ukusola laba baholi ngokuba ngamalungu eqembu lobugebengu, kodwa ukubanika isibopho sokuphendula ngokwezepolitiki nangokuphathwa kukaMasipala mayelana nesimo sengqalasizinda yamanzi
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DURBAN – I-Democratic Alliance (DA) ithi impikiswano equbuke nge-billboard yayo ebigxeka indlela uMasipala weTheku ophethe ngayo udaba lwamanzi akufanele isuse ukulungisa nkinga yokuvuza kwamapayipi, ukulahleka kwamanzi kanye nokuthembela ekuqasheni amaloli athwala amanzi.
Lokhu kulandela ukususwa kwe-billboard ye-DA ebibekwe eduze komgwaqo u-N2 eThekwini, ebinezithombe zeMeya yeTheku uCyril Xaba, iMenenja yeDolobha uMusa Mbhele kanye noMqondisi oPhethe wezamaManzi nokuThuthwa kweNdle, u-Ednick Msweli.
I-billboard ibinomyalezo womkhankaso we-DA othi abantu bangakwazi ukumisa lokho leli qembu elikubiza nge-“water tanker mafia” ngokuvotela ukuthi amanzi abuyele kompompi.
Abaholi bakaMasipala baphikisana nalo myalezo, bethi ukuhlanganiswa kwezithombe zabo namagama athi “water tanker mafia” kunganikeza umphakathi umqondo wokuthi bayathinteka ezenzweni zobugebengu obuhleliwe. Abameli babo bafuna ukuthi i-billboard isuswe, bethi ilimaza isithunzi sabo.
Kodwa ozongenela isikhundla sokuba yiMeya yeTheku kwi-DA, uHaniff Hoosen, uthi inhloso ye-billboard bekungekhona ukusola laba baholi ngokuba ngamalungu eqembu lobugebengu, kodwa ukubanika isibopho sokuphendula ngokwezepolitiki nangokuphathwa kukaMasipala mayelana nesimo sengqalasizinda yamanzi.
I-DA ITHI KUFANELE KUGXILWE EKULUNGISWENI KWAMAPAYIPI
Ngokusho kwe-DA, iTheku selithembele kakhulu emalolini athwala amanzi ngesikhathi izingxenye eziningi zedolobha zibhekene nokuvuza kwamapayipi kanye nokuphazamiseka kokutholakala kwamanzi.
I-DA ithi kunamapayipi avuzayo alinganiselwa ku-13 000 asebenzayo ngesikhathi esisodwa eThekwini, kanti ilinganisa ukuthi kulahleka amalitha amanzi angaba yizigidigidi ezingama-21 ngenyanga.
Lezi zibalo eziphathelene nokuvuza okulinganiselwa ku-13 000 kanye namalitha ayizigidigidi ezingama-21 alahlekayo ngenyanga ziphinde zabikwa emithonjeni yezindaba ezimele. I-DA isebenzisa lezi zibalo ukweseka impikiswano yayo yokuthi ukulungiswa kwengqalasizinda kufanele kube seqhulwini.
UHoosen uthi esikhundleni sokugxila kakhulu ekulweni nomyalezo okwi-billboard, uMasipala kufanele ugxile ekulungisweni kwamapayipi nasekunciphiseni ukuthembela emalolini athwala amanzi.
I-DA ITHI AYIZANGE IVUME UKUSUSA I-BILLBOARD
Ngemuva kokususwa kwe-billboard, i-DA yathi yona ibingazange ivume ukuyisusa.
Ngokwemibiko yakamuva, inkampani ephethe indawo ye-billboard yiyona eyagcina iyisusile kulandela izinsongo zezinyathelo zomthetho, yathi lokhu ikwenze ukuvikela ibhizinisi layo, izintshisekelo zomnikazi wendawo kanye nokugcina ingathathi hlangothi kule mpikiswano.
I-DA iphinde yathi ukususa i-billboard akuyixazululi inkinga eyisisekelo efuna ukuthi umphakathi uxoxe ngayo — okuyisimo sengqalasizinda yamanzi, ukuvuza kwamapayipi kanye nokusetshenziswa kwamaloli athwala amanzi.
UMASIPALA UYAZIPHIKA IZINSOLO
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMasipala weTheku ukwamukele ukususwa kwe-billboard. Uthi nakuba inkulumo-mpikiswano yezepolitiki iyingxenye ebalulekile yentando yeningi, akufanele idlulele ekulimazeni isithunzi sabantu abasebenzela uMasipala.
UMasipala uthi indlela i-billboard ebibhalwe futhi yahlelwa ngayo ibingenza kubonakale sengathi laba baholi abathathu bayingxenye noma bayabandakanyeka kulokho okubizwa nge-“water tanker mafia”, okuyinto abayiphikayo.
Ngakho-ke, izinhlangothi zombili azivumelani ngokuthi umyalezo we-billboard kufanele uhunyushwe kanjani: i-DA ithi iwumbuzo wokubeka ubuholi esibophweni sokuphendula ngenkinga yamanzi, kanti uMasipala uthi indlela lo myalezo owethulwe ngayo ilimaza isithunzi sabaholi bawo futhi ingabaxhumanisa nezenzo zobugebengu.
Impikiswano ishiya umbuzo obalulekile kubahlali baseThekwini: Yiziphi izinyathelo okufanele zithathwe ukuze kuncishiswe ukuvuza kwamanzi, kulungiswe ingqalasizinda futhi kunciphe ukuthembela emalolini athwala amanzi?
