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INkantolo eNkulu yase-Namibia ngoLwesihlanu ichithe imithetho emibili yenkathi yamakoloni egunyaza ukuthi kube yicala ukwenza izenzo zobulili obufanayo phakathi kwabesilisa, okuholele ekunqobeni okukhulu nokubalulekile emphakathini we-LGBTQ ezweni.
Lesi sinqumo size ngemuva kokuthi isishoshovu sase-Namibia uFriedel Dausab, esekelwa yi-NGO ezinze e-UK i-Human Dignity Trust, ephonsele inselelo le mithetho.
UDausab uzwakalise ukujabula kwakhe, wathi lolu wusuku oluyisikhumbuzo e-Namibia, njengoba ukuthanda umuntu wobulili obufanayo ngeke kusaba yicala, kubika i-Reuters.
Nakuba ukugwetshwa ngaphansi kwale mithetho kwakungavamile kangako, kwaba nesandla ekubandlululweni komphakathi we-LGBTQ futhi kwafaka ukwesaba phakathi kwabesilisa abangongqingili.
I-Namibia yazuza le mithetho ekutholeni inkululeko eNingizimu Afrika ngo-1990, nakuba izenzo zobulili obufanayo phakathi kwabesilisa zaqala ukuthathwa njengobugebengu ngaphansi kombuso wamakoloni.
INingizimu Afrika yenze inqubekelaphambili ebonakalayo ngokuqeda ubandlululo ngezenzo zobulili obufanayo kanye nokunikeza amalungelo afana ne-adoption, ukushada, kanye nezinyunyana zomphakathi kwabashadile be-LGBTQ, kubika izindaba ze-SABC.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Uganda isanda kusebenzisa omunye wemithetho eqinile emhlabeni emelene ne-LGBTQ, ohlanganisa nesigwebo sentambo “sokuba ngungqingili.” Lesi sinyathelo sikaMengameli wase-Uganda uYoweri Museveni sibhekane nokugxekwa kakhulu ngamazwe aseNtshonalanga nokungase kuholele ekutheni izwe lishaywe indiva ekutholeni usizo oluvela emazweni angaphandle.
I-Uganda isebenzise imithetho eqinile emelene ne-LGBTQ, okuhlanganisa nesigwebo sentambo, yize ibhekene nokugxekwa emhlabeni jikelele.
E-Burundi, inkulumo kaMengameli u-Evariste Ndayishimiye eyindida ekhuthaza ukukhandwa ngamatshe kwabantu abangongqingili kulelo zwe iveze ukukhathazeka ngokwanda kwemizwa emelene ne-LGBTQ esifundeni saseMpumalanga ne-Afrika nangale kwayo.
Nakuba izitatimende zikaNdayishimiye zingenasisindo esingako ngokomthetho, kodwa zinesandla esimweni esinobutha obubhekene nabantu be-LGBTQ emazweni amaningi ase-Afrika lapho udlame, ukuhlukunyezwa, kanye nokucwaswa emphakathini kusalokhu kuyizinselele ezinkulu.
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