HARARE - Uhulumende kaMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa usevale ngci inkampani yakwele China ecatshangelwa ukuba yemba amatshe aligugu awe-lithium okungekho emthethweni. Lokhu sokutshiye izisebenzi ezinengi zingela misebenzi.
Ukuvalwa kwenkampani yeBikita Lithium Minerals kuza ngemva kokuba kubotshwe izisebenzi ezilitshumi lasikhombisa -17 ngeviki ephelileyo okuthiwa zatholakala zilamatshe aligugu la ayisilinganiso samathani edlula inkulungwane ezintathu lengxenye - 3, 700 tonnes ayefihlwe eMasvingo. Uhulumende uthi uhlangothi olubona ngokuthengiswa kwamatshe aligugu olwe-Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe kumele luhlolisise udaba lolu.
Umholi womsebenzi eBikita Minerals, uMnu. David Mwanza, uthi inkampani le kayivalwanga nguhulumende njengalokhu okwethulwa ngabezindaba. Uthe icele uhulumende ukuba ivalwe okwamalanga ayisikhombisa ilungisisa okuhluphayo.
Unobhala omkhulu kugatsha lwezemigodi eMasvingo lapho inkampani le etholakala khona, uMnu. Marshal Muzira, walile ukukhuluma leStudio 7 esithi kumele umsakazo lo ukhulume lonobhala omkhulu kugatsha lwakhe, uMnu. Onisimo Moyo, yena obengasabeli ucingo lwakhe kanye lomakhalekhukhwini. Isikhulumeli samapholisa eMasvingo, uInspector Kudakwashe Dehwa, utshele iStudio 7 ukuba labo ababotshwayo basahlolisiswa ngoba udaba lolu lokhu lusezandleni zabo. UMnu. Japhet Moyo, unobhala jikelele wenhlanganiso yeZimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, ukwenzakala kunkampani le kuveza sobala ukuba izisebenzi zihlukunyezwa okumangalisayo kumankampani emba amatshe aligugu.
Ingcitshi kwezomnotho uMnu. Phineas Sibindi, osebenza eUniversity of Zimbabwe kugatsha lwezomnotho, uthi umnotho welizwe uthaphuzwa ngabanye abantu elizweni.
Inkampani yama China eyeSinomine yathenga linkampani kulabo ababengabanikazi abakwele Germany ngemali efika izigidi ezifika phose amakhulu amabili amadola eMelika - 180 million. Ibilezisebenzi ezifika phose inkulungwane – 860. Kasenelisanga ukukhuluma labaqondisi benkampani le abadabuka kwele China.