Ushaqekile ohola impesheni oneminyaka engu-72 waseThekwini, ethola isikweletu sika-R2.2 million sikagesi kuMasipala weTheku wendlu yakhe encane enamagumbi amabili okulala eGlenwood. Owesifazane, ohlala yedwa ehola impesheni, ujwayele ukukhokha u-R1,200 nyanga zonke wezinsiza. Imali enkulu, elingana nenani eliphindwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-1,800, imshiya enovalo lokuthi uzolahlekelwa yindlu yakhe.
Ube esethinta umasipala owamtshela ukuthi iphutha lidalwe wumshina ofunda amamitha okusolakala ukuthi wafunda ngendlela engeyona, wathembisa ukuthi uzowalungisa zingakapheli izinsuku eziyisikhombisa. Lesi sigameko silandela icala elifuze leli langoFebhuwari 2025, lapho omunye ohola impesheni waseThekwini abhekana nesikweletu sika-R1.2 million, esalungiswa ngemuva kokukhala komphakathi.
Izinkinga zezikweletu zikamasipala sezidonse ukugxekwa, njengoba kuqhubeka uphenyo ngenkohlakalo kagesi kanye nama-smart metre angalungile adle u-R500 million. Izakhamizi zisola ukuthi lawa maphutha ahlobene nezinkinga zesistimu, okuhlanganisa nohlelo lokukhanyiswa kwemigwaqo ngo-R335 million kanye nokwenyuswa kwentela okuhlongozwayo ngo-2025-2026. Ohola impesheni ulindele isinqumo, kanti umphakathi ufuna ukuziphendulela okungcono kumasipala ukuze kunqandwe amaphutha anjalo.