U-Apostle Mxolisi Phakathi uqokwe njengozongenela ubuMeya eThekwini, kanti uZandile Hlophe-Mkhwanazi ususiwe kulandela izinsolo ezithinta uhlu lwabangenele ukhetho
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DURBAN: UMengameli we-uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party), uJacob Zuma, uthathe izinyathelo ezinqala ngaphakathi eqenjini kulandela izinsolo zokuthi amagama abanye abantu ababeqokwe ngokusemthethweni ukuba bangenele uKhetho Lohulumeni Basekhaya lwango-2026 asuswa ohlwini olwathunyelwa kwi-Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), kwafakwa amanye amagama esikhundleni sawo.
Lezi zinyathelo seziholele ekutheni uZandile Hlophe-Mkhwanazi, obesanda kuqokwa njengozongenela isikhundla sobuMeya wase-Thekwini Metropolitan Municipality ngaphansi kweMK Party, asuswe kuleso sikhundla. Iqembu seliqoke uSihlalo walo kuzwelonke, u-Apostle Mxolisi Phakathi, njengozolimela embangweni wobuMeya eThekwini.
UZuma uyalele ukuthi kuphenywe
Ngokusho kweMK Party, uZuma uyalele ukuthi kwenziwe uphenyo ngezinsolo ezivezwe amalungu eqembu ezithi abanye abantu ababekhethwe futhi baqokwa yizinhlaka zeqembu njengabazongenela ukhetho kungenzeka ukuthi basuswa ohlwini olwagcina seluthunyelwe kwi-IEC.
Iqembu lithi uphenyo luzohlose ukuthola ukuthi kwenzekeni ngempela nokuthi ngabe kukhona yini abantu abaphazamisa noma abaguqula inqubo yokuqokwa kwabangenele ukhetho. Uma kutholakala ukuthi kukhona abenze okungalungile, iMK Party ithi bazobhekana nezinyathelo ngokwemithetho nezinqubo zeqembu.
Lezi zinsolo bezivele zidale ukungagculiseki kwamanye amalungu eMK Party eThekwini. Ngaphambi kokumenyezelwa kwezinyathelo zikaZuma, amalungu athile abebhikishe eDurban, ethi amagama abantu ababekhethwe ezinhlelweni zeqembu awahambisani nalawo agcina efakwe kwi-IEC.
I-Presidential Task Team ihlakaziwe
Njengengxenye yokungenelela kwakhe, uZuma uphinde wahlakaza i-Presidential Task Team (PTT) yeMK Party.
Lokhu kuyaphawuleka ngoba ngo-Agasti iqembu lalimemezele ukuthi leli thimba selibuyiselwe emsebenzini ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaZuma. Ngaleso sikhathi, uHlophe-Mkhwanazi kanye noSibonelo Maphumulo babeqinisekiswe njengabamele iMK Party ezindabeni eziphathelene ne-IEC.
Manje bobabili uHlophe-Mkhwanazi noMaphumulo sebesusiwe kwiNational Party Liaison Committee, okuyisigungu esisebenza njengomgudu osemthethweni wokuxhumana kweqembu ne-IEC ngezindaba zokhetho, ngesikhathi uphenyo luqhubeka.
UPhakathi uthatha indawo kaHlophe-Mkhwanazi
Olunye ushintsho olukhulu yisinqumo sokuthi u-Apostle Mxolisi Phakathi abe ngumuntu omusha weMK Party ozongenela ubuMeya eThekwini.
Lokhu kwenzeka ezinsukwini ezingu-12 kuphela ngemuva kokuthi uHlophe-Mkhwanazi eqokwe njengozongenela lesi sikhundla.
Ushintsho luza ngesikhathi i-eThekwini isiba ngomunye womasipala okulindeleke ukuthi kube nombango oshubile kuwo okhethweni lwango-4 Novemba 2026. Amaqembu amakhulu aseveze abanye babantu azobahola embangweni wobuMeya, okubalwa phakathi kwawo iMK Party, IFP, DA, EFF neActionSA, kanti i-ANC nayo ibibheka abantu abahlukene abangase bayihole.
Ingabe uhlu oluthunyelwe kwi-IEC lungashintshwa?
Leli iphuzu elibalulekile ukuze abafundi bangadideki.
Nakuba iMK Party isiqale uphenyo lwayo lwangaphakathi, lokhu akusho ukuthi iqembu selingakwazi ukuvele lishintshe amagama abebesevele ethunyelwe kwi-IEC.
Umnqamulajuqu wokufakwa kwamagama abantu abazongenela ukhetho wawungo-17:00 ngomhlaka-28 Agasti 2026. I-IEC ibambelele ekutheni akukho magama amasha angafakwa ngemva kwalowo mnqamulajuqu. Uhlu lokugcina lwabangenele ukhetho kulindeleke ukuthi lushicilelwe ngomhlaka-16 Septhemba.
Ngakho uphenyo lweMK Party njengamanje lugxile kakhulu ekutheni kwenzekeni ngaphakathi eqenjini ngesikhathi kwakhiwa futhi kuthunyelwa uhlu, nokuthi ngabe izinsolo zamalungu zokuthi amagama ashintshwa zinobufakazi yini.
I-eThekwini iba yinkundla ebalulekile yokhetho
Ukushintshwa komuntu ozongenela ubuMeya akuyona into encane kwiMK Party, ngoba i-eThekwini ingenye yezindawo ezibaluleke kakhulu kwezepolitiki eKwaZulu-Natal.
Ucwaningo lwe-Ipsos olushicilelwe ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba lwabeka iMK Party ku-55% phakathi kwabavoti ababhalisiwe eThekwini abaveza ukuthi bakhetha liphi iqembu. Nokho, lokhu akuyona imiphumela yokhetho noma isibikezelo esiqinisekile sokuthi yiliphi iqembu elizowina; ucwaningo lwase-eThekwini belunomkhawulo wephutha ongu-6.86 percentage points futhi ukuvota kwangempela kungahluka.
Lokhu kwenza izinkinga zangaphakathi eziphathelene nohlu lwabangenele ukhetho zibaluleke kakhulu eqenjini njengoba sekusele isikhathi esincane ngaphambi kokuvota.
MK Party: sizofuna iqiniso
Iqembu lithi ngeke liyithathe kalula indaba yokuphazanyiswa kwenqubo yokuqokwa kwabangenele ukhetho. Lithe uphenyo kufanele luthole amaqiniso futhi, uma kutholakala ukwephulwa kwemithetho yeqembu, labo abathintekayo babhekane nezinyathelo ezifanele.
UZuma uphinde wanxusa amalungu nezinhlaka zeMK Party ukuthi zibumbane futhi zigxile emkhankasweni wokhetho lwangoNovemba.
Okwamanje, kubalulekile ukugcizelela ukuthi lezi kuseyizinsolo eziphenywayo. Akukakatholakali ngokusemthethweni ukuthi uHlophe-Mkhwanazi, uMaphumulo noma omunye umuntu wenze ubugebengu noma waguqula uhlu ngokungemthetho.
UMBUZO KUBAFUNDI
Ngabe lolu shintsho nokuphenywa kohlu lwabangenele ukhetho kuzoba namuphi umthelela ekwesekweni kweMK Party eThekwini njengoba sekusondela uKhetho Lohulumeni Basekhaya?
KZN Namuhla – Izindaba Eziseduze Nabantu.
