UGumede uncome umsebenzi owenziwayo ukuthuthukisa iGledhow Compounds

Kuhlolwe umsebenzi oqhubekayo wokulungisa I Gledhow Compounds.

UMASIPALA waKwaDukuza usaqhubeka nokuthuthukisa izimo zokuhlala kubahlali baseGledhow, njengoba iphrojekthi yokulungiswa kweGledhow Compounds isisondela ekuphothulweni.IMeya yaKwaDukuza, uKhansela uSiduduzo Gumede, iveze ukwaneliseka ngenqubekelaphambili yomsebenzi wokuthuthukisa le ndawo eseWard 15, ohlanganisa ukufakwa kwamapayipi endle kanye nokwakhiwa kwezindawo zokugeza nezindlu zangasese ezisetshenziswa umphakathi eziyisithupha.UGumede ubekhuluma ngesikhathi enza uhambo lokuhlola amaphrojekthi kaMasipala ngaphansi kohlelo lwe-Operation Siyahlola ngoLwesithathu, mhla zingama-26 kuNcwaba 2026. Uthe umsebenzi usukumaphesenti angama-90 futhi ubonakala wenziwa ngezinga elilindelekile.“Ngihlabeke umxhwele kakhulu. Intuthuko esiyibonayo iyamangalisa futhi ngifisa ukumncoma ngokusobala umenzeli kaMasipala kanye nosonkontileka oqokiwe ngokusebenza ngokubambisana ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi umsebenzi uletha izinga eliphezulu, ukuze abantu bakithi babe nesithunzi,” kusho uGumede.IGledhow Compounds iyindawo yokuhlala eseWard 15 eyatholwa nguMasipala nge-Ithala Bank, eyayiyikweletwayo yenkampani eyayisihlakazeka. Izakhiwo zale ndawo zazisesimweni esibi ngenxa yokuguga kwengqalasizinda, ukuntuleka kwezindlu zangasese ezanele kanye nokonakala kophahla.UMasipala uthi usuchithe imali engaphezu kuka-R3.2 million kule ndawo eminyakeni edlule, okubandakanya ukushintshwa kophahla, ukulawulwa kwamanzi emvula kanye nokulungiswa kwezakhiwo ezahlukene.Ngokusho koMasipala, ukulungiswa kweGledhow Compounds bekulokhu kuyingxenye yemizamo yokuvuselela ingqalasizinda kule ndawo. Umbiko wonyaka wango-2022/23, ngokwesibonelo, wakhombisa ukuthi iphrojekthi yokulungisa ama-compounds eWadi 15 yayihlanganisa ukushintshwa kophahla, ukulungiswa kwamafasitela aphukile, ukuplasitela kanye nokupenda.Kulo msebenzi wamanje, inkampani Ijubane Investments (Pty) Ltd iqokwe njengosonkontileka ngenkontileka ebiza u-R970 000.Umsebenzi uhlanganisa ukufakwa kwamapayipi endle e-PVC ngaphansi komhlaba axhunywe unomphela ohlelweni loMasipala lokuthuthwa kwendle, ukushintshwa kophahla ezindlini ezine, ukulungiswa kwezindonga eziqhekekile, ukulungiswa kukagesi kanye nokushintshwa kwezinto ezindala, okuhlanganisa uhlelo lwe-septic tank.NgokukaMasipala, izinselelo zamanzi nokuthuthwa kwendle, kanye nengqalasizinda egugayo, sekuyisikhathi eside ziyizinto ezidinga ukunakwa KwaDukuza.UGumede kulindeleke ukuthi ahlangane nabahlali baseGledhow emasontweni ezayo ukuze alalele ezinye izinselelo ababhekene nazo, kubhekwe nezindlela zokungenelela lapho kudingeka khona.Umbiko onemininingwane uzobe usudluliselwa eMkhandlwini kaMasipala ukuze kucatshangelwe ezinye izinqumo nezinyathelo zokuthuthukisa izimo zokuhlala emphakathini.