Paul Samasumo - Vatican City
“Ukwesaba kugcwele umgogodla kubantu bakithi abaningi namuhla. Ukuhlaselwa kwabaphikisayo akukaze kwenzeke. Ngabe yiZimbabwe lesi esiyifunayo? Ukuba nombono ohlukile akusho ukuba yisitha. Kusuka ngqo ekuhlukeni kombono ukuthi ukukhanya kuza. Uhulumeni wethu ngokuzenzakalelayo ubiza noma ubani ocabanga ngendlela ehlukile njengesitha sezwe: lokho kuwukuhlukumeza,” kusho i-Bishops in a Pastoral Letter ekhishwe ngoLwesihlanu. Incwadi isayinwe yibo bonke abaBhishobhi bamaKhatholika bezwe.
Ukucindezelwa kwentukuthelo yabantu kuholela enkingeni enkulu
AmaBishops angeze athi, “Ikhwelo lokutshengisela litshengisa ukukhungatheka kanye lokuhlukuluzwa okubangelwa yizimo inengi lezizalwane zeZimbabwe ezizithola likuso. Ukucindezelwa kwentukuthelo yabantu kungacina kusenza sijule usizi njalo kufake isizwe ebunzimeni obukhulu.”
Uhulumende kaMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa usegxekwe kakhulu amalungelo abantu ukuhlukunyezwa okubone amaphoyisa namasosha ezwe ededelwa izishoshovu, izintatheli kanye nomphakathi. Izingqapheli eziningana, njenge-Amnesty International, -bonke badweba isimo sokwesaba nokucindezelwa okunonya; ukunyamalala ngenkani, ukuboshwa, ukuthunjwa emigwaqweni, nokuhlukunyezwa kwabagxeka uhulumeni.
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
Ukuhlasela kukahulumeni imibhikisho enokuthula sekuvuse i-hashtag ethi, #ZimbabweanLivesMatter, egqugquzelwe ngokungangabazeki yinhlangano yomhlaba wonke, ethi #BlackLivesMatter.
Kulabo abasabotshiwe, eZimbabwe, nguHopewell Chin'ono, intatheli ehlomule ngendondo. Omunye obotshiweyo labanye abanengi nguJacob Ngarivhume, umkhokheli weTransform Zimbabwe. Laba ababili ababoshiwe babekwe amacala okugqugquzela imibhikisho yomphakathi kanye nodlame.
Amagqwetha eZimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights athi ababotshiweyo bavalelwe ejele elingelabuntu.
Phambilini, uMengameli waseZimbabwe uMnangagwa, ubonakale eyichitha imizamo yeNingizimu Afrika yokulamula nokusiza ekudambiseni inkinga yezwe. Ababhishobhi bamaKhatholika eZimbabwe bachaza ukwehluleka kwezithunywa zeNingizimu Afrika ukuhlangana namaBandla kanye nomphakathi njengento edabukisayo futhi mhlawumbe ithuba elilahlekile.
Ubuholi obusola wonke umuntu kodwa uqobo
Ngokusho kwabaBhishobhi, ubuholi bezepolitiki kuleli kumele buziphendulele ngokugcwele buyeke ukusola abanye ngamashwa akuleli.
“Akucaci kithina njengabaBhishobhi benu ukuthi ubuholi bukazwelonke esinabo bunolwazi, amakhono okuxhumana nabantu, ukuzinza kwemizwa kanye nenhlalo ekwaziyo ukusingatha izinkinga esibhekene nazo njengesizwe. Esikuzwayo kubona wukusolwa kosizi lwethu kubantu bakwamanye amazwe, ubukoloni, abelungu, nalabo okuthiwa abadeleli bangaphakathi. Sizozibophezela nini? Nakuba omakhelwane bethu esifundeni beqinisa izikhungo zabo zentando yeningi, thina sibonakala senza ezethu zibe buthaka,” ifundeka iPastoral Letter, ngokwengxenye.
Ngesikhathi se-COVID-19, isizwe siphendukela kuphi?
“Uma sibhekene nezibalo ezikhulayo zokutheleleka nge-COVID-19, isizwe siphendukela kuphi? Njengoba amathuluzi adingekayo eshoda ezibhedlela zethu, siphawula ngezinhliziyo ezilimele, ukuthi izikhulu zikahulumeni zibonakala zinePPE (Impahla Yokuzivikela Yomuntu Siqu) ngaphezu kwabahlengikazi nodokotela bethu,” kuphawula abaBhishobhi.
Imashi ayipheli
“Senza isicelo esiphuthumayo sokuthula kanye nokwakhiwa kwezwe ngokuxoxisana okubandakanya wonke umuntu, ukuxoxisana kanye nesibopho esihlangene soguquko. Siyazi futhi ukuthi ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 luzosichaya ezinseleleni ezintsha zekusasa elibonakalayo. Ngempela, njengoba uJohn Lewis (ongusopolitiki kanye nomholi wamalungelo oluntu) ebonile, imashi ayipheli, kodwa ngokubambisana sizonqoba,” kusho umshumayeli waseZimbabwe.
