IKWADUKUZA AYIJIKI NGOKUQOKWA KUKARAJCOOMAR

Isithombe: IMeya yoMasipala waKwaDukuza, uKhansela Siduduzo Gumede. Isithombe sithunyelwe.

UMASIPALA waKwaDukuza uthi usamile esinqumweni sawo sokubeka uMnuz Shamir Rajcoomar esikhundleni sokuba imenenja kaMasipala ebambile, yize uMnyango wezokuBusa ngokuBambisana neziNdaba zoMdabu KwaZulu-Natal (Cogta) uthi ukuqokwa kwakhe akuhambisani nomthetho.IMeya yaKwaDukuza, uKhansela Siduduzo Gumede, ikusho lokhu esithangamini sabezindaba lapho bekudingidwa khona udaba lokuphathwa kukaMasipala kanye nokungaboni ngaso linye phakathi komkhandlu noCogta.UGumede uthe umkhandlu ubuyekeze izeluleko zezomthetho ngaphambi kokuba uphinde uqinisekise ukuqokwa kukaRajcoomar isikhathi esiyizinyanga ezintathu emhlanganweni okhethekile owabanjwa mhla ziyi-16 kuSepthemba 2026.Impikiswano iqale ngemuva kokuphela kwesikhathi sikaMnuz Siyabonga Khanyile, obebambe lesi sikhundla, mhla zingama-27 ku-Agasti 2026. Umkhandlu wawuthathe isinqumo mhla zingama-20 ku-Agasti sokuthi uRajcoomar angene esikhundleni sakhe.UGumede uthe umkhandlu awuboni ukuthi kunesikhala esingenamuntu ngoba uMnuz Nhlanhla Mdakane usengumenenja kaMasipala ngokugcwele, nakuba emisiwe okwesikhashana. Uthe ukuqokwa kukaRajcoomar ukuqokwa okusha kokuba abambe lesi sikhundla, hhayi ukwelulwa kwesikhathi sikaKhanyile.Nokho, uMEC wakwaCogta, uMfundisi Thulasizwe Buthelezi, watshela uMasipala ukuthi ukuqokwa kukaRajcoomar akukho emthethweni. Waphinde wayalela umkhandlu ukuba ucele ukuthunyelwa kwesikhulu esifanele ukuba sibambe lesi sikhundla.Lolu daba luza ngesikhathi iKwaDukuza isabhekene nolunye uphenyo lweSigaba 106 olwenziwa uCogta. Lolu phenyo lubheka izinsolo ezithinta ukuthengwa kwezimpahla nezinsiza, ukuphathwa kwezinkontileka, amathenda engqalasizinda, ukugxambukela okungafanele kumaphrojekthi kaMasipala kanye nokuphazanyiswa kwamathuba omsebenzi. Lezi kuseyizinsolo ezisaphenywa.NgoFebhuwari, uMdakane, uNksz Pamela Mntaka noNksz Thembela Nxumalo babekwa ekhefini eliyisixwayiso kulandela uphenyo lweSigaba 106. UKhanyile wabe eseqokwa ukuba abambe isikhundla semenenja kaMasipala.UGumede uthe izinselelo ezimayelana nokumiswa kwalaba baphathi sezike zafika enkantolo izikhathi ezintathu, wathi uMasipala wanqoba kulezo zinselelo. Uthe umasipala uyaqhubeka nokubambisana nophenyo lweSigaba 106, kanye neHhovisi Eliphenya Amacala Akhethekile (SIU) namaHawks.IKwaDukuza iphinde yabhekana nezinsolo zokwebiwa kwemali engu-R35.7 million kwi-akhawunti yayo ngoJanuwari 2025. Imibiko iveza ukuthi cishe u-R30.8 million waleyo mali watholwa, kanti olunye udaba lwemali esele lusaqhubeka nokuphenywa.UGumede uthe uMasipala ucele uCogta ukuthi unikezwe isikhathi esengeziwe sokuphendula izicelo zolwazi, wathi izinsuku ezingu-14 azanele ngenxa yobuningi bolwazi oludingekayo.Naphezu kokuphikisana phakathi komkhandlu noCogta, umkhandlu waKwaDukuza uthi usaqhubeka nokweseka ukuqokwa kukaRajcoomar, kanti uCogta wona ufuna kulandelwe inqubo yokuthunyelwa kwesikhulu esifanele ukuba sibambe lesi sikhundla.