UMasipala wase-Inkosi Langalibalele uphika izinsolo zokuthi uchithe imali engu-R800 million ezinhlelweni ezingabalulekile, uchaza lezi zinsolo njengezidukisayo futhi ezingasekelwe yisabelomali esigunyaziwe noma imibiko yezimali esihloliwe.
Esitatimendeni, uMasipala uthe isabelomali sokusebenza sika-2025/26 sime cishe ku-R826 million, kanti isabelomali sezimali zokwakha simi ku-R43.8 million, iningi lazo lixhaswe yizibonelelo zikahulumeni kazwelonke. UMasipala ugcizelele ukuthi izinsiza eziyisisekelo ezifana nogesi, ukususwa kukadoti, ukugcinwa kwemigwaqo, izindleko zabasebenzi kanye nezinsiza zamahhala eziya emphakathini ziyaqhubeka nokuhlinzekwa.
Uchaze ukuthi iningi lezindleko liya ezidingweni ezibalulekile zokulethwa kwezinsiza, okubalwa ukuthengwa kukagesi ngobuningi, izindleko zabasebenzi, ukulungiswa nokugcinwa kwengqalasizinda. Ukulungiswa nokugcinwa kuthatha phakathi kuka-6 no-8 wamaphesenti esabelomali sokusebenza.
Izindleko zokwakha zigxile kakhulu ezinhlelweni zengqalasizinda, ikakhulukazi ekwakheni nasekulungiseni imigwaqo ezindaweni zasemakhaya naseziseduze namadolobha, ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukufinyelela ezikoleni, ezibhedlela nasezinhlelweni zomnotho. UMasipala uthe akukho bufakazi bokuthi izimali zisetshenziselwe imisebenzi yokuzijabulisa noma engabalulekile.
Uphinde waveza ukuthi izindleko ezihlobene nezinhlelo zoMeya neKhansela zingaphansi kuka-R1.5 million ngonyaka, okuyingaphansi kuka-0.2 wamaphesenti esabelomali sokusebenza, uma kuqhathaniswa nezindleko zikagesi ezidlula u-R270 million ngonyaka.
Ngenkathi evuma ukuthi kunezinselelo ezifana nokukhuphuka kwamanani ka-Eskom nengqalasizinda esegugile, uMasipala uthe izinsolo zokuchitha imali ngokunganaki azinasisekelo, futhi wanxusa ukuthi ingxoxo yomphakathi isekelwe eqinisweni, ekuthembekeni nasekubeni nobulungiswa.
