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AMAPHUZU AYINHLOKO
- Umdwebo odongeni wase-Banksy ususiwe odongeni lwendlu edolobheni lase-UK elingasolwandle.
- Yapendwa ngo-2021 futhi yaba “yiphupho elibi” kubanikazi bezindlu.
- Babhekane nezinketho ezimbili: khokha u-$75,700 ngonyaka ukuyigcina noma u-$379,000 ukuze uyisuse.
Umbhangqwana waseBrithani usebenzise amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamaRandi ususa umdwebo waseBanksy eceleni kwendlu yawo ngemuva kokuba “yiphupho elibi eliphilayo”.
U-Garry no-Gokean Coutts, base-Lowestoft, bavuka ekuseni ngo-2021 bathola i-seagull engamamitha angu-6 odongeni lwabo. Kwakungomunye wemidwebo emithathu ependwe edolobheni elingasolwandle njengengxenye ye Iqoqo le-Great British Staycation.
Ngenkathi ipendiwa okokuqala, i-seagull yayibonakala igulukudela ukuze ifake ‘ama-chips’ e-polystyrene ayekweqa eliphuzi.
I-prop yathathwa ngoDisemba ngemuva kokuthi umuntu wesithathu esuse ama-chips mbumbulu ngoJanuwari 2022.
Umsebenzi wokususa udonga oluqukethe lo mdwebo waqala ngo-Ephreli, futhi ingxenye yokugcina yasuswa muva nje, kubike umsakazi waseBrithani i-BBC ngoLwesibili.
Ngalolo suku olufanayo, izwe uqhube indaba enengxoxo noMnuz Coutts. Wachaza ukuthi umsebenzi wobuciko – obiza imali elinganiselwa ku-£ 3,000,000 (amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-5.68), ngokusho komunye umbiko wabezindaba wendawo – waba “ukucindezeleka okukhulu” kuye nomkakhe.
Ibibhekiswe abacekeli bempahla, kanti kwadingeka ukuthi kuqashwe “umlindi wasebusuku” ukuze ayivikele ngemuva kokuba othile entshontshe ingxenye yayo wazama ukuyidayisa nge-inthanethi, uMnu Coutts etshela leli phephandaba.
Uthe umkhandlu wendawo wawumtshele ukuthi kuzobiza ama-£40,000 ($75,700) ngonyaka ukugcina umsebenzi wobuciko uma bewugcina.
“Ekuqaleni, kusobala ukuthi bekungakholakali, kodwa njengoba izinto ziqhubeka, sekucindezele kakhulu. Angiqiniseki ukuthi u-Banksy uyayibona imiphumela ebingahlosiwe kubanikazi bezindlu. Uma singahlehlisa iwashi, besingakwenza,” kusho uMnu Coutts. I-Times.
“Kube yiphupho elibi esike saba neminkenke odongeni ngakho-ke ukuze luphephe sekumele silususe ngoba uma kuba nengozi yithina okumele sibhekane nazo,” usho kanje.
Uthe umthethosivivinywa wokususa uzongena ngaphezulu kuka-£200,000 ($379,000) nokuthi yena nomkakhe “bangathanda ukuwuthengisa futhi benze okuthile ngawo”.
Okhulumela uMkhandlu weDolobha laseLowestoft utshele i-BBC ukuthi bekuyibhilidi elizimele futhi “ubengazi ngokwenzekile ngeBanksy Seagull”.
Umkhandlu “bewungenalo ulwazi ngokuthi ziyini izinhloso zomnikazi”, kusho okhulumela i-BBC.
