NgoMeyi 3, 2025, amaphoyisa ase-Eastern Cape aqala uphenyo mayelana nokwebiwa kwezibhamu ezingu-17 kanye nesamba semali esingadalulwanga soMnyango Wezemigwaqo kuMasipala waseKouga eHumansdorp. Abasolwa basebenzise imishini enzima ukubhodloza uphahla lwebhilidi, bangena esisefweni lapho bekugcinwa khona izikhali. Lesi sigameko sidale ukukhathazeka ngokuvikeleka kwezikhungo zikamasipala kanye nokusetshenziswa budedengu kwezibhamu ezebiwe ezigamekweni zobugebengu.
Akekho osaboshiwe, amaphoyisa acela usizo emphakathini. Noma ngubani onolwazi uyanxuswa ukuthi athinte iCrime Stop ku-08600 10111 noma asebenzise uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-MySAPS ukuze anikeze amathiphu angaziwa. Uphenyo lusaqhubeka, iziphathimandla zisebenzela ukuthola izikhali futhi zihlonze labo abathintekayo.
Okuthunyelwe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ku-X kukhombisa ukukhala komphakathi, abasebenzisi bezwakalisa ukukhungatheka ngenxa yokweba futhi bafuna izinyathelo eziqinile zikahulumeni zokuvikela izikhungo zomphakathi. Abanye baqagela ngokubandakanyeka kwangaphakathi, nakuba kungekho bufakazi obusekela lokhu. Lesi sigameko sikhombisa ukukhathazeka kabanzi ngobugebengu kulesi sifunda, njengoba amaphoyisa eqinisa imizamo yokuvimbela izibhamu ezebiwe ukuthi zibhebhethekise olunye udlame. UMasipala waseKouga awukaphawuli ngokuphulwa komthetho noma ukuthuthukiswa kwezokuphepha.