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KUTHIWA uhlanze lonke iqiniso oyisisebenzi sophiko lwezamanzi kuManisipala weTheku eSouth Africa obotshwe ngoLwesihlanu, ngezinsolo zokweba idizili okuthiwa ubeyikhipha elolini lamanzi abelitshayela.
Umsolwa osevelile emthethwandaba, ubotshwe ngamapholisa esemzini wakhe eHammarsdale, lezigubhu ezingamalitha angu-25 ezingu-21 ebezigcwele idizili. Kuthiwa uzivumele yena ukuthi sekulenyanga ezintathu esenza lomkhuba osudle umanisipala imali elinganiselwa ku-R 900 000.
Umqondisi we-City Integrity and Investigations Directorate, uMnumzana Jimmy Ngcobo, ukuqinisekisile ukubotshwa kwalumsolwa lokuthi uzivumele ukugila lo mkhuba.
“Lesisenzo esicacileyo sokuphikisana nemizamo yethu yokulwa nomkhonyovu nenkohlakalo. Umsolwa uvumile ukuthi uyazi ngabanye abashayeli bamaloli amanzi ababanjwe bentshontsha udizili emalolini amanzi kamasipala,” kusho uNgcobo.
Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, kuboshwe abasebenzi bakamasipala ababili eMbumbulu ngamacala afanayo. NgoJuni nonyaka, kubanjwe oqotsheni owesilisa obezenza umsebenzi kamasipala, efaka udizili egaraji okwetha kulo izimoto zomkhandlu.
Esinye isigameko esenzeke ngoMeyi, kubanjwe abasebenzi ababili bakamasipala emzini othile bethulula udizili kanti omunye uboshwe ngoFebhuwari, emva kokuba ilungu lomphakathi lihlabe umkhosi.
Ezinyangeni ezidlule, abasebenzi abaningi bakamasipala babanjwe bentshontsha udizili ezimotweni zomkhandlu bezowudayisa. Ngenyanga edlule, kwabikwa ukuthi izisebenzi zikamasipala ezimbili zaboshwa emva kokubanjwa zintshontsha udizili okwakufanele usetshenziswe wumkhandlu.
Umasipala wakuqinisekisa ukuthi baboshwa eKukhanyeni, ngaseVerulam, emva kokuba abaphenyi belandele imibiko ngokusolisayo okuthinta amaloli athwala amanzi kamasipala. Elinye iloli lamanzi likamasipala labanjwa lithulula udizili emzini othile ngesikhathi elinye limi ngasesangweni lawo lo muzi. Kuthiwa lawa maloli ayethwele amanzi okwakufanele ayiswe emiphakathini.
Ezinyangeni ezinhlanu ezidlule, kwabikwa ukuthi ukuthuthwa kwamanzi kwamiswa ngenxa yokushoda kukadizili edepho yase-Ottawa. Ababili ababanjwe kuleli sonto baboshwe eMbumbulu.
UNgcobo uthe abanye abasebenzi basembhidlangweni wokuqumba phansi umasipala ngakwezezimali, wagcizelela ukuthi uphiko lwakhe luphenya amacala ahlukene okweba okuhlanganisa udizili, ukhonkolo, amabhethri ezimoto, usimende, amaphepha, umkhonyovu wokuthengwa kwempahla nokunye.
Ubonge umphakathi ngokuhlale uqaphile nokubika izigameko zomkhonyovu, wengeza ngokuthi umasipala usuthathe isinqumo sokungawubekezeleli umkhonyovu nenkohlakalo. — Isolezwe
