VICTORIA FALLS - Inkokheli zomdabu emangweni wenduna uMvuthu zikhala ngabebandla eliphikisayo eleCitizens Coalition for Change (CCC) ukuthi amanye amalunga enkokheli zalo eza ukuzothatha izakhamizi, ikakhulu abasakhulayo behugwa ukuthi besule amabizo abo lapha ababebhalise khona ukuvota emaphandleni besiyabhalisela edolobheni leVictoria Falls.
Inkokheli lezi ziveze ngeLwesibili emhlanganweni kazulu emphakathini wenduna uMvuthu, zichaza ukuthi lokhu okwenziwa ngabanye belunga leli kakulungelanga ingqubekelaphambili emaphandleni.
Ethula loludaba ngemva kokuluhlaziya emzini wenduna, umgcinisihlalo walumango, uMnumzana Paulos Ntini, ubike njalo ukuthi laba babuthwa ngamabhasi besiya emawofisini eZimbabwe Electoral Commission besiyasulisa ubuhlali babo besebenzisa incwadi zamanga.
Uthi lokhu kubangelwa yikuthi amakhansila edolobheni leVictoria Falls amanengi awo esebandleni eliphikisayo, awaselabalandeli abanengi kulandela ukwetheswa amacala okuganga okuphathelane lezomhlabathi.
“Okumele likunanzelele badala yikuthi yebo lingakuvumela khonokho ngoba kwezinye izikhathi umntwana uyabephiwe $5 lawe uyithabele, kodwa ukhohlwe ukuthi impilo yakusasa sisayakhatshana kweze ngqubekelaphambili kuyasilimaza ngoba khathesi kungabuya ukudla uzathola ukuthi iregister izabe ingasahambelani ithi silabantu abangu 500 kanti kodwa sibanengi. Njalo liyananzelela ukuthi iChidobe iqunyiwe yabiswa ngapha, kwazokuthi iChikandakubi leNemanhanga zahanjiswa kuHwange East, yibo ubungozi obukhona nxa sekubalwa iregister kuthiwe kabazimele bodwa thina sisisuka siyengaphansi kwenduna uShana esiyabe singakwazi khona, so indaba le kayikapheli kithi njengobukhokheli.”
UMnumzana Zamani Ncube laye ukufakazile lokhu, egcizelela ukuthi indibilitshi le, isetshenziswa yintsha ukuthenga izidakamizwa.
“Bayabebebafumbathisa izimali ukuthi bayethenga izidakamizwa besebebuya besibaluhlupho behlukuluza abazali sebenathe babhema izidakamizwa lezi ngemali le abayabe beyiphiwe yilababantu, njalo kuhlukuluza kakhulu ubuphathi besigaba ngoba kuyabe sekusiba angani ubukhokheli yibo obunikeza ama proof of resident besiyahambisa abantwana abangabahlali baleyondawo ukuthi bayevota kweyinye indawo.”
UNkosikazi Mawela Moyo obengomunye wabalaleli kulumhlangano uthi yena udaba lolu ubeqala ukuluzwa endlebeni zakhe.
“Kodwa nxa abantwana bezocutshwa la besiyavotela ukhansila weFalls kanti kuncedani manje. Kutshukuthi kubeyimpambaniso ngoba olutsha luyabe lungazi, kodwa angisoze ngithi ngisekhaya mina ngiyevotela ukhansila we Falls.”
Umnginisihlalo weCCC esabelweni seMatabeleland North, uMnumzana Prince Dubeko Sibanda, uthi kulinkulumo kukhona okunuka santungwana ngoba intsha yendawo lezi zombili inye.
Angikuboni ukuthi okuludubo kungabe sekuyini nxa abantwana besuke kweyinye ipolling station kumbe iward ngaphakathina kwenduna yabo ukuthi beyevotela efolosi lapha abavele bejwayele ukudlalela khona. Angikwazi ukuthi bathi yivote buying, osevotile ngubani, njalo evota nga njalo bazama ukusitshela ukuthi abantwana bakoMvuthu batshiphe kangaka ukuthi sebengathengwa ngama $5. Kusobala ukuthi zi statement eziphuma kwelinyibandla lobangazwe, so nxa kulobukhokheli bomdaba obukade bukhuluma ngalokhu aabukhulumi nje bubodwa kuleZanu emva kwabo.”
Umsekeli kaSibanda, uMnumzana Jabulani Hadebe, laye ukulandule lokhu, kodwa wathi ukuze abalandeli bebendla leli basuthiseke, bazaluphenyisisa loludaba.
Asikuvumeli lokho njengebandla, kodwa njengoba usutshilo sizafika fika endaweni yeoneyo sizwe ukuthi kuhamba njani, kodwa kangikholwa ukuthi bengaba ngabantu bebandla lethu.”
Ibandla leCCC lokhu liphakathi kokuqoqa uluhlu lwabantu abazalimela kukhetho olukhulu lokudinga amalunga edale lephalamende, amakhansili lomongameli. Lokhu kwenzakala sokusele isikhathi esifitshane ukuthi lolukhetho lwenziwe kunyanga ezimbili ezilandelayo. Kumaviki amabili edluleyo kuqhamuke ukukhonona komunye umhlangano wokuthi amanye amakhansila aweCCC, aseVictoria Falls, angasela sekelo yiwo asefumbathisa abemaphandleni ukuthi baze ukuzobavotela edolobheni ngoba uzulu esithi kabaqhubi kuhle umsebenzi kulezehlakalo zenkohlakalo ezinengi.
UMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa ukhangelelwe ukubika yiloba yisiphi isikhathi usuku lokuqhutshwa kokhetho olukhulu olukhangelelwe ukwenziwa lonyaka.