
Arthur Greene
Ihhovisi lenxusa lase-Russia eNingizimu Afrika libonge abantu baseNingizimu Afrika “ngokubaseka” kwabo ekulweni nalokho okubizwa ngobuphekula e-Ukraine.
“Baxhasi bethu abathandekayo, sithole inqwaba yezincwadi zobumbano ezivela kubantu baseNingizimu Afrika kanye nezinhlangano. Siyakwazisa ukusiseka kwenu futhi [siyajabula] ngokuthi ninqume ukuma nathi namuhla, njengoba i-Russia, eminyakeni engu-80 edlule, ilwa nobu-Nazi e-Ukraine!” kubhala inxusa ku-Twitter. UNgqongqoshe wezokuThutha uFikile Mbalula uphinde wakubhala kabusha lokhu.
Umbono wokuthi i-Russia ilwa ne-Nazi ungamanga. UbuNazi wuhlobo lokucwasa ngokwedlulele nokugunyazwa kwepolitiki, eyaqala kudala yiqembu likaHitler lama-Nazi elaholela iJalimane eMpini Yezwe Yesibili.
Esimemezelweni sakhe sokuhlasela i-Ukraine ngomhlaka-24 kuNhlolanja, uMengameli wase-Russia uVladimir Putin uthe bekuwukuzoqeda “ubu-Nazi”.
Eqinisweni, iqembu lobuzwe lase-Ukraine elingakwesokudla liwine u-1.6% kuphela wamavoti okhethweni lobuMengameli lwango-2019. UMengameli uVladimir Zelensky naye ungumJuda.
Umbhalo wenxusa lase-Russia ku-Twitter udonse impendulo enamandla evela ehhovisi lenxusa laseJalimane eNingizimu Afrika.
“Uxolo, kodwa ngeke sikwazi ukuthula kulokhu,” kubhalwe i-tweet. “Kuwukudelela nje. Okwenziwa [i-Russia] [e-Ukraine] ukuhlasela izingane ezingenacala, abesifazane namadoda ukuze kuzuze yona”.
“Akukokhona neze ‘ukulwa nobu-Nazi’. Siyabazwela abakholwa yilokhu. (Ngokudabukisayo, singochwepheshe bobu-Nazi.)”
Lo mbhalo waku-Twitter uvuselele isicelo sokuthi uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika acacise ukuthi umi kuphi mayelana nokuhlasela kwe-Russia.
UMnyango wezokuXhumana kwamaZwe kanye nokuBambisana (iDirco) wenze isitatimende ngemuva kokuhlasela ufuna ukuthi i-Russia ihoxise amasosha ayo e-Ukraine, kodwa wahluleka ukuyigxeka.
INingizimu Afrika iphinde yagodla ivoti loMkhandlu Wezokuphepha weNhlangano Yeziz ukugxeka i-Russia ngokuhlasela ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto.
UTodd Haskell, iNxusa laseMelika eNingizimu Afrika, usenxuse uhulumeni ukuthi akhulume ngokumelene nalokhu kuhlasela.
Ecaphuna okwashiwo u-Archbishop Desmond Tutu ongasekho, uthe “Empini ephakathi komcindezeli nocindezelwe, ukukhetha ukungathathi hlangothi kuwukuthatha uhlangothi lomcindezeli”.