UMasipala weTheku ugunyaze isabelomali sika-R70.9 billion sonyaka wezimali ka-2025/26 eNkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre. IMeya yetheku ukhansela uCyril Xaba wethule isabelomali esisha kwisithangami sabenzindaba, lapho aveza khona izinto ezibalulekile njengokuthuthu kiswa kwengqalasizinda, ukwakhiwa kwamathuba emisebenzi kanye nokuthuthukiswa kokulethwa kwezidingongqangi. ngenkathi kuphasiswa isabelomali, amaqembu ezepolitiki amaningana okuhlanganisa i-ActionSA, i-United Independent Movement kanye neDemocratic Alliance (DA) basichitha lesi sabelomali, bethi “siyehluleka ukubhekana nezidingo zezakhamizi zethu.” Usodolobha uphinde waveza izinhlelo ezimbalwa ezibekelwe ukuthuthukisa ukukhokhiswa nokuqoqwa kwemali engenayo. Lezi zinhlelo zihlanganisa ukufaka amamitha ezindaweni ezingenawo njengamanje, ukuthuthukiswa kwamamitha aphelelwe yisikhathi, kanye nokufundwa kwamamitha njalo ngenyanga. “Sizoqinisa izindlela zokulawula izikweletu ukuze sibuyise izikweletu ezisilele, okuhlanganisa nokunqanyulwa kwezinsiza. Lokhu kuzosebenza nakubasebenzi bakamasipala namakhansela ama-akhawunti awo asalele emuva,” kwengeza uXaba. “Izikhulu kumele ziphendule ngezinsiza ezabelwe zona,” usho kanje. Umgomo kamasipala wezi-2025 no-2026 yilezi: Zingaphezu kuka-5,000 izindlu ezintsha ezizokwakhiwa phezu kwe-MTREF Izixhumi ezintsha zamanzi eziyi-6,000 13,500 ukuxhumeka kukagesi okusha 7,386 , izixhumo ezintsha zendle- 53 km wamapayipi amanzi ang colile. Ukuthuthukiswa kwe 14km yomgwaqo owubhuqu ube yi-blacktop ,Ukwakhiwa kwezinkundla zemidlalo ezintsha eziyi-13, Kuzokwakhiwa imitapo yolwazi emisha emibili futhi ilungiswe kabusha eziwu-13 . Ukulungisa futhi no kuthuthukisa mahholo omphakathi ayi-11, kanye neziteshi zomlilo ezintathu ezintsha.
