Kube yinjabulo kubahwebi baserenki yaKwaMbonambi kuMasipala waseMfolozi kuvulwa ngokusemthwethweni isakhiwo abazohwebela kuso ezizobalekelela ukuthi bahwebe endaweni ephephile enezinsiza.
I-KwaMbonambi Market Stalls ivulwe ngokusemthethweni uMEC woMnyango wezokuThuthukiswa koMnotho, ezokuVakasha kanye nezeMvelo uRev Musa Zondi noMeya woMasipala waseMfolozi uKhansela uXolani Bhengu ngoLwesibili mhlaka 06 May 2025. Lo mcimbi ubuhanjelwe ngamakhansela omkhandlu, izisebenzi zomnyango wakwa-EDTEA nakuMasipala waseMfolozi, amalungu omphakathi nabebezohlomula ngesakhiwo.
UMasipala waseMfolozi wabhalela umnyango kaRev Zondi ucela ukuba uxhaswe ngemali ozothuthukisa ngayo le ndawo yabahwebi edle imali engu-R3 million. URev Zondi, uthe ukwakha umphakathi uma abantu bengaguli ukuba basizwe bakwazi ukuzakha nokuzenzela ngoba intuthuko ileyo. “Umnotho hhayi lapha eNingizimu Afrika kuphela kodwa emazweni awo wonke umhlaba wakheka ngokuthi amalungu omphakathi, asukume nawo azihlonzele ukuthi iliphi iqhaza azolibamba ekuthuthukisweni komnotho, wendawo yabo ekuthuthukisweni kwezwe lawo.”
Uthe bahlangabezana nomphakathi obuziqalele wona ukuthi unethwe imvula, ushiswe yilangabethengisa abakuthengisayo kodwa kwabonakala ukuthi indlela abasebenza ngayo ingaphansi kwengcindezi nobukhuni.
URev Zondi uthe uyazi ukuthi lokhu abakwenzile akwenele kodwa uma wakha akumane kuthi vumbu bese kwenzeka konke ngesikhathi esisodwa. “Empeleni intuthuko iqala iyiphupho, kunombono njengale ndawo esikuyona (KwaMbonambi), izizukulwane ezizayo azizukwazi ukuthi kwaqala kwaba khona umbono ngale ndawo, bona bobona sebengena nezinqola sekushaya umoya obandayo,’ kuchaza uRev Zondi.
Uthe uyafisa,ngokokuvuma kwezimali zikahulumeni ukuthi lesi siqaliso kube ngesokuqala kodwa kuqhubekele njalo ukuze bonke abahwebi abasebenza kule ndawo bahlinzekeleke ngendlela efanele. Unxuse ukuba umphakathi uziqaphe lezi zakhiwo.
UMeya uBhengu ubongele abahlomulile wabanxusela ukuba izakhiwo zabo zingavikelela. Uqinisekise ukuthi njengoMasipala waseMfolozi bazibophezela ukuthi bazibophezela ukuthi bazohlinzeka abahwebi ngonogada ozoqapha lesi sakhiwo. Unxuse nomphakathi ukuba usiqaphe. “Siyazi baningi abantu abahwebayo la, isakhiwo esisethule namuhlanje sinamagumbi angu-8, abanye abahwebayo bathole ama-gazzebo abanye bathola ama-umbrella abazobe bebambisa ngawo.”
Uthe uyazi kukhona abanye abasafisa ukuhweba kodwa ubanxusa ukuba balandele imigudu bayofaka isicelo kamasipala, bathole izimvume ukuze idolobha libukeke lihlanzekile.
UMeya uBhengu ukhuleke kuMEC uRev Zondi ukuba aphinde futhi eze nesigaba sesibili ukuze irenki ithuthuke iye phambili ukuze irenki igcine isinompheme ukuze abamatekisi nabagibeli babe nendawo yokukhosela. Abahlomulile babonge kakhulu emnyangweni nakuMasipala waseMfolozi ngokwakhelwa lezi zakhiwo ezinamanzi nogesi futhi ezikhiyekayo.