ISIBALO sabangesebenzi, singenye yezinselelo ezinkulu izwe elibhekene nazo, ekhahlameza inhlalakahle yabantu nokuthuthuka komphakathi.
Lokhu kushiwo wuMengameli Cyril Ramaphosa izolo, kwethulwa ngokusemthethweni ingxenye entsha yenkampani iHesto Harnesses KwaDukuza, ewuphiko olungaphansi kwenkampani eyenza izingxenye zezimoto, iMetair Investment.
Ukunwetshwa kwenkampani ngesakhiwo esiwubukhazikhazi, okuthiwa singu-35 000 square metre, kuthiwa kuholele ekuqashweni kwabantu abangu-4 000, okuyisibalo esikhulu sabantu abaqashiwe esikhathini esingangonyaka.
Kulandela ukuzibophezela kwayo ekutshaleni imali engu-R1.4 billion ekwakhiweni kohlobo lwemoto iFord Ranger entsha kuleli.
URamaphosa uncome izikhulu zenkampani ngokuvula amathuba emisebenzi kubantu bakulesi sifundazwe.
Uthe okuhle wukuthi iningi labantu abasebenza embonini ngabendawo, okwenza bazizwe benobunikazi bayo ngoba yenza iningi lakhona endaweni likwazi ukuxosha ikati eziko.
Uthe izwe lisalokhu likwazi ukuheha abatshalimali, kungakhathalekile izingqinamba elike labhekana nazo phambilini. Uthe imboni yezimoto yakuleli yiyona ezuza kakhulu kubatshalimali basemazweni angaphandle.
Uthe ngonyaka odlule, i-Original Equipment Manufacturers itshale imali eyevile kuR8 billion embonini yezimoto, okuwutshalomali olukhulu.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seMetair Investment, uMnuz Riaz Haffejee, sithe u-70% wabantu abasebenza embonini, ngabesifazane. UHaffejee uthe nakuba isimo sokucishwa kukagesi nokulimala kwengqalasizinda okubangelwe yizikhukhula kuphazamisa kodwa bayethemba ukuthi uhulumeni uzokwenza okusemandleni ukuqinisekisa ukuthi isimo semigwaqo siyalungiswa.
“Sinobudlelwano obuhle nomasipala nenkampani i-Eskom, ngakho siyaziswa ukuthi ukucinywa kukagesi kukuliphi izinga, sikwazi ukuzihlela,” usho kanje.
Umcimbi bewuhanjelwe nguNgqongqoshe wezoHwebo neziMboni uMnuz Ebrahim Patel, uNdunankulu Nomusa Dube-Ncube waseKZN, owezokuThuthukiswa koMnotho ukuVakasha nezeMvelo esifundazweni uMnuz Siboniso Duma, abemboni yakwaFord, izithunywa zenkampani yaseJapan esebenzisana neHesto Harnesses, iYakazi Corporation.