Lubhalwe ngu-Anita Dangazele
I-DA e-Eastern Cape ibe nemashi ngoLwesibili eGraaff-Reinet iphikisana nezinhlelo zokuqamba kabusha leli dolobha eliyingqophamlando namanye aseKaroo.
NgoNcwaba ka-2023, izakhamizi zacasuka ngesikhathi zithola ukuthi lezi zindawo okubalwa iGraaff-Reinet, i-Aberdeen, i-Adendorp, ne-Nieu-Bethesda zingase ziqanjwe kabusha.
Amagama amasha aphakanyisiwe nguRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe noma uFred Hufkie eGraaff-Reinet, kwaMseki Bishop Limba e-Adendorp, iCamdeboo e-Aberdeen, kanye neKwaNoheleni e-Nieu-Bethesda.
Kwabanjwa imihlangano yomphakathi, kwafakwa incwadi yezikhalazo eyasayinwa abangu-8 000 ephikisana nalezi zinguquko.
UGayton McKenzie, uNgqongqoshe omusha wezemiDlalo, ubuCiko, namaSiko, useshilo ukuthi amadolobha ngeke aqanjwe kabusha.
Nokho uChristian Martin, onguSihlalo we-Eastern Cape Provincial Geographical Names Committee, uthe kusengenzeka izinguquko.
I-DA ithe izolwa kanzima ukunqanda izinguquko, ithi amagama anomlando obalulekile futhi kufanele agcinwe.
ILungu lePhalamende le-DA kanye nePhini likaNgqongqoshe kaGesi nezaMandla, uSamantha Graham-Maré, ukhulume nesixuku, wathi amagama amasha awawuvezi umlando wamadolobha noma abantu.
“Bekunezingqinamba eziningi mayelana nokuthi iningi labantu kulezo zingxoxo zomphakathi belingahambisani nokushintshwa kwamagama kwaba nempendulo egculisayo kubantu bendawo yokuthi bangawashintshi amagama,” kusho yena.
“Isicelo sakhe sokutshintshwa KwaMseki Bishop Limba ku-Adendorp angeke siphumelele ngoba wake wasebenza njengomphathi wezimpahla esikhungweni saseCamdeboo eminyakeni eminingi edlule,” kusho uGraham-Maré. “E-Nieu-Bethesda, babefuna ukushintsha idolobha libe negama lesiXhosa, kodwa akekho okhuluma isiXhosa edolobheni,” engeza.
I-Pan Africanist Congress kuphela eyeseka ukuqanjwa kabusha kweGraaff-Reinet ngoba uSobukwe wazalelwa khona.
E-Adendorp, iBantu Church of Christ yaletha abalandeli baseGqeberha ukuzosekela ukushintshwa kwegama kube ilelo lombhishobhi owasungula ibandla.
I-DA manje isebenzela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uhlelo lokushintshwa kwamagama lunobulungiswa futhi luhambisana nentando yeningi.
Esithombeni esingenhla: ILungu lePhalamende le-DA kanye nePhini likaNgqongqoshe wezaMandla kaGesi nezaMandla, uSamantha Graham-Maré, ekhuluma emcimbini wangoLwesibili woSuku Lwamagugu eGraaff-Reinet.
Umthombo: Sithunyelwe