Sekuphele izinyanga ezingaphezu kwezinhlanu kuqale umkhankaso i-Operation Vala Umgodi eStilfontein, izikhulu zithi bangu-1 540 abavukuzi abangekho emthethweni abavalelwe amaphoyisa kanti abanye abangu-46 batholwe benecala elihlobene nalokhu.
Umkhankaso wezigaba ezintathu wokuhlenga izinkulungwane zama-zama zama ababevaleleke ngaphansi emgodini wemayini ongasasebenzi waqala ngoNovemba ngonyaka odlule.
Isigaba sesithathu nesokugcina siqale ngoMsombuluko kulandela ukubambezeleka kwezinyanga ezimbili futhi sibandakanya ukuthunyelwa kwekheji phansi kwemayini yegolide yase-Buffelsfontein ukuletha abavukuzi abangekho emthethweni ngaphezu komhlaba.
Imisebenzi izophinde iqale ngoLwesithathu kulandela ukutakulwa kwama-zama zama angu-106 ngoLwesibili kanye nokulandwa kwezidumbu ezingu-51.
“Kusukela ngo-August 2024 kuya ngeSonto, 12 January 2025 bangaphezu kuka-1,576 abavukuzi abangekho emthethweni asebeboshiwe; abangu-1,440 basaboshiwe; abavukuzi abangu-121 abangekho emthethweni asebexoshiwe okuhlanganisa abantu baseMozambique abangu-80, abantu baseBasotho abangu-30, abangu-10 baseZimbabwe kanye noyedwa waseMalawi,” kusho okhulumela amaphoyisa. , Athlenda Mathe.
UMathe uthe babalelwa ku-50 abavukuzi ababoshiwe ababoshiwe.
“Abangu-46 asebetholwe benecala lokumba izimayini ngokungemthetho, ukweqa kanye nokwephula umthetho wabokufika. Inkantolo ikhiphe isigwebo sika-R12 000 noma izinyanga eziyisithupha esilengisiwe iminyaka emihlanu ejele ngaphansi kombandela wokuthi bangatholwa benecala elifanayo. ubugebengu.”