IRise Mzansi isizwakalise ukukhathazeka ngesikweletu sika-R360 million sokusebenza isikhathi esengeziwe sokuhlinzekwa kwezinsiza zokuvikela i-VIP ezinikezwa ongqongqoshe namaphini ongqongqoshe eminyakeni emibili edlule. Lezi zindleko kulindeleke ukuthi zenyuke ngenxa yekhabhinethi enkulu ngaphansi kukahulumeni wobumbano kazwelonke (GNU), ehlanganisa izikhundla ezinamasekela ongqongqoshe ababili.
Lolu daba luvele ngesikhathi uNgqongqoshe wamaPhoyisa, uMnuz Senzo Mchunu, ephendula umbuzo wePhalamende welungu lePhalamende leRise Mzansi, uMnuz Makashule Gana. UMchunu udalule ukuthi ngo-2022/23 kwasetshenziswa u-R198 million ngesikhathi esengeziwe ukuze kuvikelwe i-VIP, kwathi ngo-2023/24 kwaba ngu-R161 million. UGana uxwayise ngokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi lo mthethosivivinywa unyuke kakhulu ngenxa yokwengezwa kongqongqoshe namaphini ongqongqoshe.
UGana ucele ukuthi kubuyekezwe imodeli yamanje yamaholo, ephakamisa ukuthi kuncike kakhulu emalini yesikhathi esengeziwe. Uphinde wakugxeka ukubeka eqhulwini ukuvikelwa kwe-VIP kunokuphepha komphakathi, wathi izinsiza kufanele zigxile ekuvikeleni abantu abajwayelekile baseNingizimu Afrika kunosopolitiki.
Ephendula umbuzo ongqongqoshe abathi basebenze isikhathi esengeziwe kakhulu, uMchunu uthe bonke onogada abaseduze basebenza amahora angu-100 ngenyanga ngenxa yokwelulwa kwamahora okusebenza.
Phambilini uGana uphikisane nokwabiwa kuka-R2 billion wokuvikela i-VIP kwisabelomali sika-2024/25, eveza umehluko phakathi kwezokuphepha kosopolitiki nokuphepha komphakathi. Ugxeke uhulumeni ngokubeka phambili osopolitiki ngaphezu kwezakhamizi, wathi izinsiza kufanele ziqondiswe ekuthuthukiseni ukusebenza kwamaphoyisa emphakathini.
UMchunu uvumile ukuthi ukuphepha kwezakhamizi zaseNingizimu Afrika kumele kube yinto ehamba phambili.