Zukile Majova
Sekuwudaba lomhlaba wonke okungekho muntu ofuna ukukhuluma ngalo: njengoba inqwaba yezinsizwa zase-Eastern Cape zishona kabuhlungu futhi kungenasidingo ezikoleni zokusoka.
Futhi cishe konke lokhu kushona kwezinsizwa bekungaba yinto abangayigwema.
Nakulo nyaka inqwaba yomama esifundazweni izolahlekelwa abafana, kanti labo ababulala lezi zinsizwa abakaze bashushiswe.
Nasesimeni esicacile njengokushona kukaBabalo Xuluba obeneminyaka eyi-18 ophoqwe ukuthi abhukude emfuleni yize eke washo phambilini ukuthi akakwazi ukubhukuda.
Ezimweni eziningi, laba abasoka abafana baya esikoleni sokusoka ngaphandle kwesitifiketi kanye nemvume yokwelashwa noma bahlolelwe i-Covid-19.
UXuluba wayengumqemane, futhi ephumelele zonke izivivinyo nokuhlolwa kwakhe emasontweni andulela ukuya kosoka.
NgoMgqibelo mhla ziyi-11 kuZibandlela le nsizwa iphoqwe ukuba ingene emfuleni ngumqaphi wayo uLubabalo Njemla, waphoqa uXuluba ukuthi abhukude nezinye izinsizwa kanye nabanye abaqaphi.
Umbiko osemthethweni kahulumeni ngokushona kukaXuluba uthe: “Kubikwa ukuthi uphoqwe uLubabalo Njemla ukuthi abhukude nezinye izinsizwa. Kuthiwa uveze ukuthi akakwazi ukubhukuda wanqaba nokubhukuda. Laba abakade beyosoka babika ukuthi uNjemla uhlukumezekile.”
Ukushona kukaXuluba bekungokokuqala ngqa kumasipala i-King Sabatha Dalindyebo kanye nokushona kwabanye abayi-19 e-Eastern Cape.
Ngalo lolo suku, endaweni eqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-200 ukusuka eMthatha, edolobheni elincane lase-Whittlesea, ngase-Queenstown, uSibusiso Ndubelele naye ulahlekelwe impilo yakhe.
Uhulumeni uthe imbangela yokushona kwakhe ibingakatholakali, kodwa “kubikwe ukuthi ukhale ngamadolo abuhlungu futhi avuvukele”.
“Kunezinsolo zokuthi ubebona izinto ezingekho. Ngokuqhubeka nophenyo, bathole ukuthi amanzi abakade benikwa wona bebekalelwa,” kusho isitatimende sikahulumeni wesifundazwe.
UNdubelele naye ubengumqaphi osemthethweni owahlolelwa izimpawu ze-COVID-19.
Abanye abashonile kubalwa uViwe Mnqayana, wase-Joe Gqabi, oshone ngemuva kokuphelelwa umoya, ekhwehlela ngisho igazi, kodwa wangaphuthunyiswa esibhedlela.
Okunye ukushona okubuhlungu okwa-Anathi Joja obeneminyaka eyi-15 e-Bizana oshone ngemuva kokukhala ngezinhlungu esifubeni nokuphefumula kanzima.
Baningi abanye, kodwa okukhathaza kakhulu ukushona kwalezi zinsizwa kungenasidingo futhi imindeni yazo ingabutholi ubulungiswa.