UMnyango wezokuThutha KwaZulu-Natal ulahlekelwe u-R4.6 billion ngenxa yosonkontileka abahlulekayo ukuqeda umsebenzi, njengoba kwabikwa ngoMeyi 7, 2025. UNgqongqoshe uSiboniso Duma umemezele umkhankaso wokulwa nosonkontileka abangasebenzi kahle abavala noma abashiya umsebenzi, ikakhulukazi emisebenzini yemigwaqo efana no-R500 million wokunwetshwa koThula Thula ukuya eMpangeni, owamiswa ngenxa yokungaholi. UDuma ugcizelele ukuziphendulela, wathi uMnyango uzowavimba bese ujezisa osonkontileka abafeyila ukuvikela izimali zomphakathi.
Udaba lusukela ekutheni osonkontileka abaningi abanalo ulwazi olwanele ngemisebenzi abasuke benikwe yona, le nkinga evezwe embikweni we-Times Live wango-Ephreli 9, 2025, iphawula izinhlelo zomnyango zokubhekana nezinkinga zokukwazi ukuqeda imisebenzi esiqaliwe ne-Construction Industry Development Board. Okuthunyelwe ku-X, okuhlanganisa okuvela ku-ECR Newswatch kanye ne-ZANewsFlash, kubonisa ukuthukuthela komphakathi ngokungaqedelwa kwemisebenzi ikakhulukazi yokwakhiwa kwemigwaqo. Umnyango manje usubuyekeza izinkontileka futhi uxoxisana nababambiqhaza ukuze uqinisekise ukuthi umsebenzi uyaphothulwa.
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