“Akumele sivumele labo abafuna izinxushunxushu nesiphithiphithi ukuthi basiphambukise endleleni. Ukuthanda izwe kusho ukwethembela kumthethosisekelo”

Mac Maharaj

UMac Maharaj ubengumngani nozakwabo kaJacob Zuma amashumi eminyaka. WayenguNgqongqoshe wezokuThutha phambilini, futhi wayengumkhulumeli kaMengameli uZuma kusukela ngonyaka wezi-2011 kuya kowezi-2015. Lo mbhalo ushicilelwe kabusha ngemvume yomusa kaMnu uMaharaj ne-Business Day, ekushicilele kuqala.

Izingqinamba ezivezwe obala ngokuziphatha kwalowo owayenguMengameli wezwe, uMnu uJacob Zuma, zinkulu ukwedlula noma yimuphi umuntu.

Sisezingeni lapho kungenzeka khona ukuthi kunikezwe ingqikithi kanye nencazelo yokushisekela izwe. INkantolo yoMthethosisekelo ivikele ngokungangabazeki igunya lezobulungiswa, yaxhasa umthetho futhi yagcizelela ubukhulu bomthethosisekelo wethu, isisekelo sawo okunguMthethosivivinywa Wamalungelo.

Ukuba semthethweni okwamukelwa kabanzi komthethosisekelo kusho ukuthi akufanele senze imiyalelo engekho emthethweni. Futhi wonke umuntu osebenzisa amandla kuyadingeka ukuthi aqinisekise ukuthi imiyalo ayinikezayo ayephuli umthetho kanye nomthethosisekelo. Ukwethembeka okungantengantengi kumthethosisekelo kuyisivivinyo sangempela sokushisekela izwe lethu.

Umnyombo wezinkolelo zethu unyakazisiwe ukulingana lapho abonakelisiwe nabonakele kuhulumeni nasemkhakheni ozimele bememezela ngokusobala ukungabi nacala kwabo lapho bebhekene nobufakazi obuningi.

Inkohlakalo iyonakalisa futhi ibukela phansi imizamo yethu yokwakha impilo engcono yabantu bonke. Kuyohlale kukhona abazimbandakanya nenkohlakalo. Alikho izwe elingenayo inkohlakalo. Ukubamba inkohlakalo kungumsebenzi oqhubekayo.

Kodwa sibhekene nenselelo yokufika ekuzwisaneni ngokuhlanganyela mayelana nokuthi inkohlakalo yanda kanjani futhi yagcina nini ukusebenza eNingizimu Afrika. Siyayibona imiphumela: isimo somphakathi siyaqaqeka lapho inkohlakalo iba uhlelo futhi ukungabi namthetho kuba yinto ejwayelekile.

Inkohlakalo iba wuhlelo lapho labo abaphethe bezibeka ngaphandle nangaphezulu komthetho. Kuba yinsakavukela lapho izakhamizi, ikakhulukazi lezo ezisemsebenzini kahulumeni, zivuma ekwenzeni imiyalo ephula umthethosisekelo wethu.

Imbangela yalento ilele ekusetshenzisweni kabi kwamandla. Lokhu kuhlukunyezwa kudlulela ekwenzeni izikhungo zombuso zingasebenzi. Ukukhishwa kwezikhungo kwenza ukukhishwa okungekho emthethweni kwezinsiza zombuso ngenzuzo yangasese okwenza ukuthi kufinyeleleke futhi kusabalale.

Kumele siwuqede lo mqondo phakathi kokuxhashazwa kwamandla, ukungasebenzi kahle kwezikhungo kanye nenkohlakalo eminyakeni engama-27 edlule yokwakha intando yeningi. Ukulandela umkhondo wokuvela kwale mpikiswano kuzophinde kuveze ubukhulu benselelo yokuphindisela kabusha nokwenza kabusha izikhungo zombuso ngentando yeningi yethu esanda kuba khona.

Ukwenziwa kabusha kwadingeka ukuba kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zokwenza intando yabo isebenze ngentando yeningi, okwenza ukwakheka kwabo kukhombise ubuningi bezwe kanye nokwenza kabusha amasethi abo amakhono ukusiza abantu bonke hhayi nje idlanzana elitholile.

Isidingo esivelele sichazwa ngale ndlela, isibonelo, esimweni sezinsizakalo zokuphepha. Isigaba 199(5) somthethosisekelo sithi “Abezokuphepha kumele basebenze, bafundise futhi kudingeka ukuthi amalungu abo enze okuthile, ngokuhambisana nomthethosisekelo nomthetho, kubandakanya nomthetho wesiko wamazwe omhlaba kanye nezivumelwano zomhlaba wonke ezibophezela kwiriphabhuliki.”

Kumele sihlukanise ukuxhumana phakathi kwamandla, ukungasebenzi, nenkohlakalo ngesizotha nangaphandle kokubeka icala uma sifuna ukufeza umsebenzi wokuqeda inkohlakalo ezingeni elifanele.

Ukuvezwa ngabezindaba, okusekelwa yimininingwane evelayo kwikhomishini kaZondo, nakuPhenyo Olukhethekile kanye namacala athweswe izinkantolo yi-National Prosecuting Authority, kusixwayisile ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kabi kwamandla kudinga ukungasebenzi kahle ezikhungweni zombuso ukuze inkohlakalo ihleleke.

Imizwa yokuzibongela ekhomba ngeminwe nethuba izozidlalela kwezombusazwe.

Ithuba kanye nokulwela amandla akumele kusivimbe ekuthuthukiseni ukuqonda okufanele kokuthi inkohlakalo yaqala kanjani ukuhleleka nokuthi sithathe izinyathelo ezifanele.

Azikho izandla ezihlanzekile. Ngezigaba ezihlukene nangezikhathi ezingafani zontathu izingalo zombuso ziye zantengantenga, zabheka ngakolunye uhlangothi noma zabanjwa ukuhlangana noma ukuvumela ukuhlangana kwamanje ukuthi kuvele. Noma ifa lesine lidlale indima ehamba phambili ekudaluleni lokhu kwehluleka, kube nezikhathi lapho abanye phakathi kwalo baye badamba.

Abaningi bakhulume kabi ngokuhamba kancane lapho uhulumeni kaRamaphosa ubhekene nalolu daba. Yize izimfuno zezinyathelo eziphuthumayo nezinqumayo ziqondakala, abakucabangi ukwabiwa kwamandla okungazinzile ngaphakathi kwi-ANC nezinhlaka zombuso.

UMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa uqinisekisile ukuthi zonke izinyathelo ezithathwayo zisemthethweni futhi zikhona emagumbini amane omthethosisekelo. Umelane nesilingo sokusebenzisa kabi amandla ehhovisi lakhe. Lokhu kunamathela okuqinile manje sekuqala ukuthela izithelo.

Ngisho noma sibona isinqumo seNkantolo yoMthethosisekelo njengesikhathi sokushintsha, kunomgwaqo omude futhi onzima phambili.

OwayenguMengameli uZuma waqamba izinkantolo iqembu labahlomuli lokuthola usizo ngomzamo wokuzibonakalisa njengesisulu. Ngale ndlela lonke ithuluzi elihlukanisayo elisongela ukubeka umphakathi wethu empini nalo selidedeliwe. Ubandlululo, ubukhokho, ubuhlanga, ubuzwe nokucwaswa kwabokufika kuyaxhashazwa futhi kuyabhebhethekiswa. Njengoba bevaleleka ekhoneni, bazophelelwa yithemba ngokwengeziwe. Akufanele sivumele isiphithiphithi kanye nesiyaluyalu lapho abafuna ukuphephela khona ukuze benze buthaka ukuzimisela kwethu noma basikhiphe endleleni.

Isinqumo seNkantolo yoMthethosisekelo noma ukuphelelwa yithemba kwabakhohlakele akufanele kusilinge ukuthatha izindlela ezinqamulelayo. Ngoba leyo yindlela yokuvumela ubuthi bamandla, okuholela kulabo abasemandleni ukuthi bakholelwe ukuthi bangaphezu komthetho.

Isifundo esibukhali sokwakha intando yeningi yethu ukuthi uma umuntu ehluleka ukusebenzisa kahle amandla, umuntu ungena endleleni eshelelayo eya enkohlakalweni kanti ivele ibe uhlelo olusebenzayo, noma ubushiqela, noma kokubili.

Lesi akusona isimemo esilula futhi esisodwa esenziwe nguRamaphosa ukuthi abambe isandla esiqinile kunzima. Umuntu ngamunye uneqhaza okufanele alibambe kulo mzabalazo. Njengabantu kanye nezakhamizi kufanele sithwale umthwalo wezinqumo nezenzo zethu futhi senze okuhambisana nomthethosisekelo.

Ulwazi lomthethosisekelo wethu kufanele lube yisisekelo semfundo yezenhlalakahle kuyo yonke imisebenzi yethu yomphakathi kanye nakosopolitiki bethu. Ngale ndlela sizokwakha isiko nemvelo ezohlinzeka ngemihlahlandlela yokuvikela kulabo esibanika amandla ukuthi bangaweli ezilingweni zamandla.

Umonakalo odaleke lapho inkohlakalo iba uhlelo ngokungenakulinganiswa. Kunomzabalazo onzima ongaphambili. Ukuthi umzabalazo ufinyelele ezingeni lokuguquka kufanele kusinike isibindi. Sinomthethosisekelo ongenakuqhathaniswa ngokuba semthethweni kwawo. SinoMthethosisekelo obeka phambili ukufunwa umphakathi osungulwe ekulinganeni kanye nasekuhlonipheni komuntu enkabeni yemizamo yethu.

Isikhathi sokuzibophezela ndawonye ngesisekelo sokuthi ukwethembeka kwethu kumthethosisekelo wethu kuchaza ukuthanda izwe lethu.

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