Lonyaka kutshone abantu abalodumo abagoqela owalwa impi yenkululeko uTshinga Dube, obethakazelelwa nguzulu uGogo Rose Nyathi, umlondi wembali yesizwe sikaMthwakazi uPhathisa Nyathi labanye.
Ngaphandle kwabathathu laba abadabuka eMatabeleland, kutshone njalo uSihlangu Dlodlo, owayengumqondisi weHighlanders Football Club njalo owayekhokhela ezomdlalo wokulingisa elomuyi uCont Mhlanga bekunhlanganiso yeAmakhosi Theater Productions, kanye loSello Nare owayekhokhela ikhomishini kahulumende ebona ngokukhumisana umlotha eyeNational Peace and Reconciliation Commission.
Ilizwe lalahlekelwa njalo nguPhelekezela Mphoko, owayengumsekeli kamuyi uRobert Mugabe. Umphathintambo wedolobho lakoBulawayo, uNkosikazi Judith Ncube, ukhala ngezimfa lezi.
"Silahlekelwe phakathi kwesikhathi lapha ikakhulu ilast quater of the year. Obab’uTshinga, sikhumbule uDlodlo obabuPhathisa, uSisi uRose popularly known as uGogo Rose, sikhumbule uIshmael. Kumaviki amabili, amathathu sibeke uMphoko, silahlekelwe ngabantu abanengi kakhulu hayikhona mbijana. Silahlekelwe ngamaqhawe esizwe."
UMnu. Nicholas Moyo, umabhalane omkhulu kuhlangothi lukahulumende olubona ngezemidlalo lezabatsha, uthi isizwe sithithibele ngezimfa zonke lezi.
"Yikukhothama kwengwevu, yikukhothama kwabantu akade bephathisa emsebenzini yamasiko kuqala ngoIshmael uLitshe Muvinge abanengi bebemazi esebenza loMkhathi (Theater), UDlodlo uSihlangu iqhawe kwezemidlalo from Amakhosi ephakamisa uBulawayo kakhulu ecina esengene kuHighlanders."
UMoyo uyaphambili elandisa ngabanye ababhubhe lonyaka.
"Kwabaleyezi elibi uPhathisa iqhawe kwezamasiko ukuloba, uku-researcher kokwamasiko kwaba lelinye ijaha ekade lisenza umsebenzi woku comba uCharles Msimanga eGallery laphana ukwenza into ezinengi uku-representer ilizwe kuma platforms amanengi yiwo amaqhawe asitshiyileyo kulusizi sithi kabalale ngoxolo."
Imbongi elodumo uAlbert Nyathi uthi eleMaNdebeleni lilahlekelwe kakhulu lonyaka.
"Umnyaka ka2024 ube ngumnyaka omubi kakhulu ngapha esintwini earlier in the year silahlekelwe ngubaba uAbdul Nyathi uGabi, uPhathisa isifiso bekuyikuthi ngabe bengile memory stick bengiyasi xhumeza emlonyeni wakhe sisale sibambile ulwazi lolu abelalo silahlekelwe bathi isitsha esihle kasidleli."
Omunye umlandeli wezamasiko uNkosazana Esnart Maphosa uthi udabukile kakhulu ngokwenzakale lonyaka.
"Silahlekelwe yizihlobo zethu ezinengi, engimncabanga kakhulu nguPhathisa Nyathi. Kade engumuntu oqakathekisa amasiko ethu njalo esifundisa ebhala amabhuku ngamasiko ethu ubesikhumbuza lapho esivela khona."
Zinengi izimfa ezithethe labanye abenza imisebenzi eqakathekileyo eZimbabwe. UNkosikazi Happiness Sibanda, owayengumlweli wenkululeko ekuviyo leZimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army, uthi lonyaka ababengabalweli benkululeko bafe kakhulu.
"Silahlekelwe ngamaqhawe ayiwo asilethela uzibuse thina lapha njengabantwana beZimbabwe ababuya lenkululeko balahlekile bagcwele abanye bebe bekwa eHeroes Acre, abanye bebekwa emakhaya abo. Kungihlukumezile mina njengomhlali weMatabeleland North indlela abahamba ngayo, hayi ithelela usizi kakhulu abafelwakazi bamaqhawe enkululeko lezintandane eziseleyo sengathi uNkulunkulu angangenela abophe amanxeba kulabo abalahlekelweyo."
Owayengukhansila koBulawayo uAlderman PZ (full name) Ndlovu uthi abantu beMatabeleland abadumileyo abatshonayo abancediswa ngalutho besaphila.
"Ubevele eluncedo kumbe ubevele engela ncedo uvele uzanceda iqiniso kalikhulunywe ngayenalowana umuntu kakusincedi kuthathwa ngofunayo kutshiywa ongakufuniyo akulandaba kanti into ekhathazayo yikuthi uzwe usutshwelwa kuthwa khona ah istate umuntu lowana simdicleyile but ukudicleywa kwakhe yiState it doesn’t mean anything in Matebeleland."
UNkosikazi Lucia Dube, owenhlanganiso encedisa ngokutshiyeneyo izizalwane zeZimbabwe ezihlala eBhilithane eyeZimbabwe Diaspora Focus Group, uthi abaseleyo sebelomlandu wakuqhubekelisa imsebenzi yabahambileyo.
"Ngalesisikhathi sonke sikholisa sisekhisimusini ngithanda ukuba sikhumbule amaqhawe ethu asitshiyayo bonke bebeqakathekile kithi empilweni zethu ngendlela ezitshiyeneyo. Sithi abalale ngokuthula lapho abakhona njalo indima yabo bona bayidlalile."
Bekulomoya wokufa owesabekayo lonyaka abantu abanengi balahlekelwa yizihlobo labangane. Sithi kabalale ngoxolo.
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