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UNdunankulu waKwaZulu-Natal, uThamsanqa Ntuli, usenxuse abantu baseNingizimu Afrika ukuthi babheke ukuthutha kwabantu emakhaya beze emadolobheni hhayi njengenhlekelele kodwa “njengenqolobane yamathuba” akwazi ukuqhubekisela phambili ubuciko obusha, amabhizinisi kanye nesithunzi sezigidi. “Amadolobha abuswa kahle angaba onjiniyela bemisebenzi, izizinda zokusungula izinto ezintsha, nezindawo lapho abantu behlala khona ngesizotha,” kusho uNtuli enkulumweni yakhe yosuku kwiNational Urban Forum (NUF). Le nkundla ebibanjwe kusukela mhla zingu-21-22 ku-Agasti, ihlanganise abahleli benqubomgomo, abahleli bezindawo zasemadolobheni, abamele imiphakathi, izifundiswa, nabaholi bakahulumeni ezweni lonke ukuze badwebe amasu okukhula kwamadolobha okusimeme.
UNtuli uthe uma kulawulwa ngendlela efanele, ukuthuthela kwabantu emadolobheni kungasiza ekuvuleni izinguquko eNingizimu Afrika ngokunciphisa ububha, kwandise amathuba entsheni, kanye nokwakha umnotho wasemadolobheni oqhudelana nomhlaba wonke. Uphinde wengeza ngokuthi i-NUF yasebenza “njenge-incubator yemibono emisha namasu angokoqobo” okubumba ikusasa ledolobha laseNingizimu Afrika, kugxilwe ekuguqulweni kwezindawo, intuthuko esimeme, kanye nobulungiswa bezenhlalo. UNtuli uphinde waxwayisa ngokuthi ukukhula kwesibalo sabantu emadolobheni nakho kubangela izinselelo, okuhlanganisa ukukhuphuka kwesidingo sezindlu, ezokuthutha kanye nezidingongqangi, okuhambisana nezinsongo ezikhulayo zokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nokusalela emuva kwengqalasizinda. ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi.
UNdunankulu uphinde wacela ukubambisana okuqinile kuyo yonke imikhakha, okuhlanganisa amabhizinisi, izifundiswa, kanye nezinhlangano zomphakathi, ukuze kulethwe izisombululo ezisebenzayo. “Ukuthuthukiswa kwedolobha angeke kube ngumsebenzi kahulumeni yedwa. Amadolobha yilapho iningi lentsha yethu lihlala khona. Uma liphathwa ngendlela, lingaba yizinkundla ezivulela abantu abasha izindlela zokuthola imisebenzi, amakhono kanye nezamabhizinisi,” esho.
UNtuli uphinde waqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwesifundazwe ekusebenzisaneni ngokubambisana neSouth African Local Government Association (SALGA) kanye nabanye ababambiqhaza ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthuthela kwabantu emadolobheni ekubeni namandla oguquko, isithunzi kanye nempumelelo. – SAnews.gov.za
