Inkokheli yamazwe ezwekazi leAfrica, egoqela uMongameli Emerson Mnangagwa, isemhlanganweni wokuhlaziya indlela zokulwisana lokukhudumala komkhathi, oweClimate Change Conference kumber COP27, oqale ngoMvulo edolobheni le Sharm El Sheikh kwele Egypt.
Umhlangano lo uzagxila kakhulu edabeni lokukhangela ukuthi kungenziwani ukuthi izwekazi leAfrica liphathiswe kunhlelo zokulwisana lokukhudumala komkhathi.
Lokhu kulandela ukunanzelela ukuthi izwekazi leAfrica noma lingakhiphi inthuthu enengi elimaza isimo somkhathi, yilo elizithola libhekane lenhlupho ezingapheliyo phezu kwaloludaba ngenxa yokuswela imali lokunye.
UMnangagwa ngoMvulo ungene emhlanganweni okukhokhelwa nguMongameli Mokgweetsi Masisi obulesihloko esithi esithi ‘Overcoming Climate Change Crisis in Africa’.
UMongameli Masisi uthi kumele kube lokucabanga okutsha okuhambelana lensuku zalamuhla ezingaphathisa ukulwisana lokuguquka kwesimo somkhathi.
“Kumele kube lendlela ezakulenzisuku ezizasiphathisa ukulwisana lesimo esibi esintshintshayo somkhathi. Asamukeleni amathuba wokulwisana lalokhu sindawonye.”
Omunye okunhlanganiso yokulwisana lokukhudumala komkhathi, eyeEnvironmental Management Trust, uMnu. Pride Mkono, uthi kumele kukhangelisiswe kakhulu udaba lokuthi izwekazi leAfrica, lamazwe afana leZimbabwe angaphathiswa njani ngamazwe angentshonalanga ukulwisana lokuguquka komumo womkhathi.
“Asikhangelelanga ukuthi kunengi okuzaphuma kulomhlangano ngoba amazwe ayiyo aphambanisa isimo somkhathi awayenzi izivumelwano ezalotshwayo eParis eFrance. Amazwe anjenge Zimbabwe kanye leBotswana aziphiwanga imali ukuthi asuke ekusebenziseni okufana lamalahle ecoal asebenzise ezinye indlela ezihlanzekileyo.”
Amazwe afana leZimbabwe kanye leBotswana lokhe ethembele kakhulu ekusebenziseni amalahle enjiwayo, awe-coal ukupheka okufana lamandla kagetsi. Amalahle enjiwayo yiwo akhokhelayo ekubangeleni ukuguquka kwesimo somkhathi. UNkosazana Inger-Mette Stenseth, owenhlanganiso yeWorld Climate School okhangele kakhulu ngokuntshintsha komumo womkhathi kwele Zimbabwe, useEgypt emhlanganweni weCOP27.
“Izwekazi leAfrica alilanyathelo elikhulu ekuguquleni isimo somkhathi. Abantu abampofu abaphambanisi umkhathi kakhulu, ngakho asingeke sibamise ukuthi bengaqhubeki ngezinye inhlelo eziphambanisa umkhathi, ngoba kungayisibo abadala uhlupho lolu.”
Ukuguquka kwesimo somkhathi, okufana lokungani kwezulu kumbe ukuna kwezulu elinengi elidala ukutota, kulimaza inhlelo zabalimi eZimbabwe. UMnu. Mhlupheki Dube, umlimi osesigabeni seMangwe, uthi udubo lokuguquka kwesimo somkhathi lubuyisela emuva inhlelo ezinengi.
“Izitshengiselo zokuguquka komkhatho zikhona. Izulu seliphuza, kwesinye isikhathi linengi kumbe kube lokoma. Okuqakathekileyo yikuthi njengamazwe siyenzani ukufundisa abalimi, lokubalungiselela ukumelana lokuntshintsha komkhathi. Abalimi sekumele bantshintshe indlela abayenza ngayo ngenxa yokuntshintsha komumo womkhathi.”
Umhlangano weCOP27 uzaqhubeka okwamaviki amathathu. Inhlanganiso emela ilizwi lizakuzulu, eyeGlobal Climate Movement, ithi kumele kube lezenzo ezibambekayo, hatshi inkulumo nje, eziphuma emazweni angetshonalanga ukuthi kuzakwenziwa nhlelo bani ekufakeni imiqobotsho kudubo lokukhudumala komkhathi.