Abanye abasakhulayo bathi udlakela ezidlini lasemphakathini, uhulumende athi luyanda endaweni ezinengi zelizwe lubangelwa yikungami kuhle komnotho welizwe, kanye langendlela abantwana abakhuliswa ngayo.
Ilizwe liphakathi kokuthakazelela amalanga okuqeda udlame ngobulili ezindlini lasemphakathini, wona awaziwa ngesilungu ngokuthi yi16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence.
Abanye abasakhulayo bathi imithetho edinga ukuqeda udlame ngobulili kungani incindezela abesilisa, isekele abesifazane.
Osakhulayo uBongiwe Dube uthi kuyadingakala ukuthi umphakathi wamukele ukuba abesifazane labo balakho ukuhlukumeza abesilisa.
“Kwelakithi eleZimbabwe ngibona ingathi nxa sikhuluma ngendaba yobudlwangudlwangu ezindlini, asikhangele kakhulu omama abahlukuluzwa ngobaba. Asikafiki ekwamukeleni ukuthi bakhona abesifazane abangahlukumeza abesilisa ngendlela yokuthethisa, ukutshaya kumbe esebenzisa izikhali, ukumhlasela. Kutsho ukuthi kusadingeka ukuthi abantu bazwisise ukuthi into le isingenziwa ngumuntu wesilisa kumbe owesifazane.”
Owesifazana osakhulayo, uNkosikazi Tsitsi Mashavave weHarare, uthi umumo wezomnotho elizweni, yiwo imbangela yengxabano ezindlini zabontanga.
“Okukhona yikuthi abasakhulayo banamuhla balomthwalo onzima ngoba bayazama kakhulu ukusebenza, kodwa izimali zabo kazeneli. Lokhu kubanga ukuthi isimo sempilakahle yengqondo zabo ungami kuhle. Ekucineni, sibona sebesiba lolaka, sebengenana lokutshayana labanye. Ngiyakholwa ukuthi nxa ezomkhonomi zingalungiswa, isibanga sobudlwangudlwangu kwabatsha singayehla okuzwayo.”
Osakhulayo, njalo eyisifundi eMidlands State University, uTsepang Nare, uthi kuqakathekile ukuthi abasakhulayo bathathe amanyathelo amqotho ukulwisana lokudlwengulwa.
“Ukufundisana njengabontanga kunganceda kakhulu empini lobudlwangudlwangu. Banengi abasakhulayo abalolwazi olijulileyo phezu kodaba lolu, abangathaphisa ulwazi lolu kwabanye. Kuthi njalo, ngaleso sikhathi untanga ebona ukuthi kulomuntu oncindezelwe ngendlela engayisiyo, masiphange ukuya emapholiseni. Kungaba nguwe, kumbe omunye umuntu ophanjanisiweyo, masikhulumeni masinyane.”
Ibhanga lamazwe omhlaba eleWorld Bank ngoMabasa walonyaka, lethula ugwalo phezu kophenyo lwalo, olwaveza ukuthi abesifazane abafika phose isilinganiso esingamatshumi amane ekhulwini (39.4%), bake bahlangana lokuhlukunyezwa ngenxa yobulili babo; kuthi abedlula itshumi lanye (11.6%) badlwengulwa bengakedluli iminyaka yokuzalwa engamatshumi amabili lambili.
Umphathintambo wohlangothi lukahulumende olubona ngendaba zabesifazana, uNkosikazi Monica Mutsvangwa, wazise intathelizindaba ngeviki edluleyo, lapho esungula ukunanzwa kwamalanga okuqeda ukudlwengulwa alonyaka, ukuba lanxa inani labomama abadlwengulwa ngabesilisa liphezulu, liyaqansa inani labesifazane abahlasela abesilisa, umumo owathi ufuze ulungiswe.
“Nxa sikhuluma phezu kodaba lobudlwangudlwangu emakhaya, kukhana labomama sebekubanga elesabisayo, elokuhlukuluza obaba. Kodwa thina njongohulumende asikuthakazeleli lokhu, yikho sichothoza konke okuphazamisa ukuhlala kuhle kwezimuli. Ikhona njalo eyinye imithetho edinga ikulolongwa ngoba ikhanya incindezela abanye, okuyinto esiyisolayo.”
UMqoqi Ncube, untanga ocubungula indaba zabasakhulayo, njalo engumkhokheli wabatsha kunkonzo yeMethodist Church in Zimbabwe, uthi kabancedwe ngolwazi abesilisa, ukuze labo bephumele egcekeni uma behlukuluzwa, okuzabangela ukuthi bethole uncedo olufaneleyo.
“Thina abasakhulayo yithi okufanele sifundise izigaba zethu phezu kodlame ngobulili njengoba sizwisisa indaba lezi ngcono. Sikhaliphile njalo ulwazi lwethu solungolwaphezulu. Ngingathi njalo, udlame kulezinsuku solubangwa ngabomama, behlasela abesilisa, into okumele imiswe ngoba kubi okobudlwangudlwangu lokhu.”
Ukuthakazelelwa kwe16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence kwenziwa minyaka yonke emazweni amanengi omhlaba, kusukisela mhlaka 25 Lwezi kusiyafika u10 kaMpalakazi; inhloso kuyikumemethekisa imfundiso emayelana lokuqeda ukuhlukunyezwa kwabantu ngenxa yobulili babo, ikakhulu ezindlini lasemphakathini.
Lonyaka, umkhosi omkhulu wokuthakazelela lawa amalanga, waqhutshelwa esikolo seMawabeni Primary School, eUmzingwane, esabelweni seMatabeleland South, lapho uhulumende wathembisa khona ukusebenza lenhlanganiso ezizimiseleyo, ukulwisana lodlame ngobulili.
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