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Abantu esikhulume labo eMasvingo, koBulawayo, eGwanda, Tsholotsho lezinye indawo kwele Zimabbwe bathe abanikazi bamabhasi athwala uzulu sebekhuphule lenhlawulo yokuhamba ngamabhasi.
Bathi endaweni ezinengi isinkwa asisatholakali ezitolo njalo intengo yaso ikhuphuka okumangalisayo. Kukhanya engani lentengo yamafutho okupheka isikhuphikile endaweni ezinengi zelizwe.
Isakhamuzi seJerera eMasvingo, uNkosikazi Itai Dube, uthi bakhangelele ukuthi uMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa akhulume ngokukhuphuka kwentengo yempahla etshiyeneyo lokusilela kwesinkwa, amafutha okupheka lawezimota lokunye okunengi nengi.
Uthi kuqhakathekile kakhulu ukuthi akhulume langomthelo wokuthumeza imali ngomakhalekhukhwini osanda kwethulwa ngumphathintambo wezemali, uMnu. Mthuli Ncube.
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UNkosikazi Dube uthi impilo isinzima kwele Zimbabwe ngoba kukhanya engani intengo yempahla ikhuphuka okungapheliyo.
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Ukhala kakhulu ngokuswelakala kwezulu esithi abantu bazehluleka ukulima okwaneleyo lonyaka.
Ukuze sizwe okunengi ngokukhuphuka kwentengo yempahla etshiyeneyo njalo lokusilela kweyinye impahla, sixoxe loNkosikazi Rosemary Siyachitema, umgcinisihlalo wenhlanganiso ebona ngontengo yempahla eyeConsumer Council of Zimbabwe.
UNkosikazi Siyachitema uthi kwakuvele kuzikhanyela mgceke ukuthi intengo yempahla izakhuphuka ngendlela emangalisayo lonyaka.
Uthi kwaqalisa ngokukhuphuka kwentengo yenyama kwathi-ke okwamanje abantu betshuswa ngumthetho owethulwe nguMnu. Mthuli Ncube owokuthumeza imali kumakhalekhukhuni.
Uthi bakhulumisana lohulumende ukwenzela ukuthi umthetho ungethulelwa uzulu ngoba abantu bazahlupheka okumangalisayo.
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