Joseph Chirume
Ukushona kwakamuva kukaMemory Machaya oneminyaka eyi-14 kushukumise ummeli wase-Zimbabwe ukuba abeke eceleni izingubo zakhe, athathe ishisela lakhe, abaze isithombe semishado yezingane.
UMachaya ushone ngenyanga edlule ngesikhathi ebeletha, ngemuva kokuphoqelelwa ukuba ashade nendoda endala.
UDavid Ngwerume uthathe isinqumo sokusebenzisa ithalente lakhe lokuqopha amatshe ukuthumela umyalezo ngesihlava sokudlwengulwa nemishado yezingane ezweni.
Oneminyaka engama-40 unethemba lokuthi umsebenzi wakhe wobuciko uzosiza izinkantolo zase-Zimbabwe ukuthi zibone ukushada kwezingane njengecala futhi ziqede lo mkhuba.
Esihloko esithi-“Halt Child Marriage,” Umfanekiso wakhe wendoda endala enentshebe ende emhlophe, ephethe induku yase-Apostolic Church egone intombazanyana ebonakala ikhungathekile, ububhalwe isihloko esithi-“Halt Child Marriage”.
UNgwerume uchaze wathi: “Imishado yezingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka ingamabhizinisi angaqediwe ezweni lethu nakwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba. Bekulokhu kuqhubeka kusukela kudala. Kuleli khulu lweminyaka engama-21, asikwazi ukuba nabesilisa abakhohlisa izingane abasebenzisa inkolo ukufaka amantombazane amancane emishadweni”.
UNgwerume uthe ubuciko bunamandla okukhuthaza umphakathi.
UMemory Machaya ushone ngoNtulikazi ngemuva kokubelethela ethempelini lesonto. Kubikwa ukuthi wakhishwa esikoleni waphoqwa ukuba ashade nendoda endala kakhulu.
Kuthiwa ingane uyibelethiswe ngabesifazane abasebenza esontweni, futhi ngaphandle kosizo lwabezokwelapha abaqeqeshiwe.
Umndeni kaMachaya uthe ingane yaphila ngenkathi ibelethwa futhi isesimeni esikahle, kubika abezindaba bendawo.