EleZimbabwe selinikeze eleBotswana umhlabathi esigodlweni eHarare lapho okuzakwakhiwa khona indlu yokulondoloza imbali yempi yenkululeko kuzwekazi leAfrica eye-Museum of African Liberation.
Isikhonzi sikahulumende weZimbabwe, umnunzana Simbarashe Mumbengegwi utshele uMongameli Mokgweetsi Masisi eGaborone ngoMvulo ukuthi eleBotswana seliphiwe umhlabathi ongaba ngama-hectare alikhulu eHarare.
UMumbengegwi uthi umhlabathi lo uzasetshenziswa ngeleBotswana ukutshela uzulu ngehlandla ilizwe leli elalidlalayo ngesikhathi kulwelwa uzibuse kuzwekazi leAfrica.
UMumbengegwi ufike eGaborone ngoMvulo ukuzohlangana loMasisi lapho ayethule khona la mazwi. Uthi eleZimbabwe liphakathi kokwakha isakhiwo esiza ngcina imbali yokulwelwa uzibuse eAfrica, sona esizabe siseHarare. Ngokunjalo uthi iZimbabwe ibone kufanele ukuthi eleBotswana lalo libe lengxenye kudaba lokulwela uzibuse eAfrica.
Inyathelo leli lemukelwe ngendlela ezitshiyeneyo. Abanye abeZimbabwe kweleBotswana abafana loMnu. Ntokozo Thebe baveza imbono yabo phezu kwaloludaba.
“Lapha ngibona ukuthi iZimbabwe izama ukubonga iBotswana ukuthi ingcine izizalwane zabo, kungacini kusenzakala okweSouth Africa. Bazama ukuqinisa kakhulu ubudlelwano.”
Ubudlelwano phakathi kwamazwe womabili buya buqina ezigabeni ezitshiyeneyo. UThebe uthi akusoke kumangalise ukubona kusiba lenguquko ezaqhubeka iqinisa ubudlelwano bamazwe womabili.
“Akusoke kumangalise ukubona sekulalokhu okwenziwa yiNamibia kanye leBotswana okokuthi kuyekethiswe ukungena kwabantu kweleBotswana. Angazi ukuthi udaba lwakhona luqonda kuphi.”
Ocubungula ngezombusazwe, umnunzana Effie Dlela Ncube uyalisola inyathela lokupha iBotswana umhlaba.
“Akudingakali umhlaba ongaka. Kuyacaca ukuthi yindlela yokuthenga eleBotswana ukuthi lingakhulumi ngobubi obenzakala eZimbabwe. Akumelanga kusetshenziswe umhlabathi ukuthi kuvalwane umlomo. Ukudilika kwethu kutsho izacina idilikile leBotswana.”
Kodwa isipho somhlabathi siyamukelwe ngenjabulo nguMongameli Masisi yena otshele uMumbengengwi ukuthi umoya wakhe ugcwele intokozo. UMasisi uthi ilizwe lakhe lasekela kakhulu impi yenkululeko eZimbabwe kanye lakwamanye amazwe ayelwela uzibuse.
Lokhe wangena esikhundleni ngomnyaka ka 2018, uMasisi seqinise kakhulu ubudlelwano bakhe lomongameli Emmerson Mnangangwa.
Uhlelo lokwakhiwa kwendlu yamaqabuqabu okubukwa lwenziwa ngaphansi kwenhlanganiso ye-Institute of African Knowledge.