EKAPA, eMzantsi Afrika: IKapa liyifumene kwakhona intaba yalo kubaphangi.
Emva kweenyanga zezihange eziphethe iimela eNtabeni yeTafile zixhwila izipaji nezihloko, abasemagunyeni bathe cwaka baqinisekile ukuba basendleleni yokubuyisela umfanekiso obethwayo womkhenkethi wamazwe ngamazwe ngokuthatha izaphuli-mthetho.
Intaba encochoyi umcaba enyuka ngaphezulu kweKapa ikubantu baseMzantsi Afrika into eyi-Eiffel Tower kumaFrentshi okanye iSitatimende seNkululeko kubantu baseNew York, kwaye ukuhlaselwa kwentaba kuthathwa njengokunyelisa isizwe. IiPaki zeSizwe zaseMzantsi Afrika, amapolisa kunye nabaphathi bezokhenketho baye banyanzelwa ukuba basebenze emva kweziganeko zokuphangwa kunyaka ophelileyo - ezili-15 kwiintsuku ezininzi kweyeThupha - zibangele ukuba kubizwe umkhosi.
Abasemagunyeni bayeka ukuya emkhosini. Kodwa baye banyusa inani labalindi entabeni ukuya ngaphezu kwe-50 - ukusuka kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo - ixhaswe yinombolo engachazwanga yamapolisa, iyunithi yezinja, iikhamera zokujonga kunye - kakhulu - i-helicopter kwincopho. ixesha labakhenkethi ngoFebruwari.
Abaphangi abane abaphanga isibini saseJamani kufutshane neKirstenbosch Botanical Gardens babanjwe ekuqaleni kwale nyanga emva kokubaleka iiyure ezintathu kumhlaba onamatye kunye nohlaza olushinyeneyo. Umrhanelwa wesihlanu wasweleka ngenxa yokuphelelwa ngamanzi emzimbeni kunye nokudinwa bubushushu. Yayikukubeka iliso kwinqwelo-ntaka eyayivumela amagosa epaki kunye namapolisa ukuba abone iindlela, iindawo zokufihla intloko kunye neendlela zokuphuma kwimiwonyo kunye nemifula eyayiza kuhlala ingabonakali.
UPaddy Gordon, ongomnye wabaphathi beeNtaba zeTafile, uqinisekile ukuba abantu abaninzi baya kubanjwa ngenxa yolwazi olufunyenwe yile nqwelo-ntaka, nesele ngoku ibuyele kumsebenzi wayo wesiqhelo wokuhlola izilwanyana zasendle eKruger National Park.
“Umyalezo esifuna ukuwuthumela ngowokuba ulwaphulo-mthetho eTable Mountain alubhatali,” utshilo uGordon.
“Kukho into ekhethekileyo malunga neTable Mountain kangangokuba abantu baseKapa naseMzantsi Afrika baziva bengabanikazi bayo,” utshilo. "Kufuneka sibonise ukuba kukho into esiyenzayo ukuyikhusela."
Isithethi samapolisa uRandall Stoffels uthi linyukile inani lababanjwayo - abathandathu kwisithuba seeveki ezimbini - kwaye lehle kakhulu inani labaphangi xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka ophelileyo, nangona engazukukhupha amanani. UGordon kunye neqela lakhe emhlabeni bayavumelana.
Kodwa intaba inkulu. Ilele embindini wesixeko kwaye ifikeleleka lula kwizikrelemnqa zangaphantsi komhlaba. Abakhenkethi kwimo yeholide yokungakhathali, iikhamera zezemidlalo ezixabisa kakhulu kunye neeselfowuni, zixhoba elilula.
Iindlela eziseSkeleton Gorge - uhambo oludumileyo kumda weegadi zezityalo ezidumileyo zehlabathi - yayiziindawo ezishushu - nangona abasemagunyeni benethemba lokuba ukubanjwa kwamva nje kuya kuyiphucula imeko.
Amapolisa aphanda ukuba ngaba la madoda aphanga esi sibini saseJamani awabandakanyekanga na kuhlaselo lukagqirha waseNew York kwakwindawo enye ekupheleni kwenyanga ephelileyo. UDouglas Girlings wayesihla entabeni esiya kwizitiya zebhotani xa wakhatshwa ngamadoda aphethe iimela.
“Basika ubhaka wam baza bathatha iwotshi yam neringi yam yomtshato,” utshilo uGirlings kwiCape Times. “Ukuba ukhuseleko beluphuculwe bendingathanda ngakumbi ukutyelela iTable Mountain kwakhona kodwa andizukuphinda okwangoku, ngokusekelwe kwindlela endiziva ngayo.”
Umkhenkethi waseBelgium waphangwa kwangoko ngoFebruwari kwindawo enye - nangona amapolisa ambamba ngokukhawuleza umrhanelwa.
ISebe leLizwe laseUnited States licebisa zonke iindwendwe ezityelela kwiNtaba yeTafile ukuba “ziphaphe, zihambe ngokwamaqela, zingathwali izinto ezixabisekileyo,” isilumkiso esabethelelwa yiOfisi Yezangaphandle yaseBritani.
Akukhange kubekho ziphangi zixeliweyo kufutshane nesiseko semoto kunye nezikhululo eziphambili, apho uninzi lwabakhenkethi luhlanganisana khona ukuze lubone umbono omangalisayo we-360-degree yesixeko kunye noLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki ukusuka phezulu.
UTony Gordon-James, oneminyaka engama-65 ubudala waseLondon, uthe wayesoloko elukhumbula ukhuseleko xa ekwiholide eMzantsi Afrika, emva koko acinge ukuba ayisuse na iwotshi yakhe yegolide.
Kodwa ngewayengayiphosi iNtaba yeTafile.
“Ikuluhlu lwabakhenkethi. Kuyafuneka, ”utshilo ngelixa wayetyelele ngosuku oluhle lokuqala lukaMatshi.
Abakhenkethi abamalunga ne-1.6 yesigidi, abatsalwa ngamalwandle acocekileyo, iindawo ezintle ezimangalisayo kunye nezilwanyana zasendle ezimangalisayo, bandwendwele iKapa kulo nyaka uphelileyo baza bachitha malunga ne-12 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi (i-US$1.5 yebhiliyoni, i-€1 yebhiliyoni), besenza ukhenketho lube yeyona nxalenye ibalulekileyo kuqoqosho lweli. Abasemagunyeni banethemba lokuba oku kuya kuba phezulu kwizigidi ezi-3 zabatyeleli ngo-2010 kwaye abanako ukuvumela uloyiko malunga nolwaphulo-mthetho luphazamise.
Ngokubanzi, amazinga olwaphulo-mthetho eKapa angaphantsi kakhulu kunombindi wezoqoqosho waseMzantsi Afrika iRhawuti, apho kukho umkhwa oxhalabisayo wamaqela olwaphulo-mthetho alandela abatyeleli ababuyela kwihotele yabo kwaye bayabakhuthuza.
Kodwa iKapa lixhoba lokuthandwa kwalo malunga nokwazisa uluntu, utshilo uGordon.
“Ukuba abantu abalishumi bayakhuthuzwa eRhawutini, lenza iphepha lesi-10 lephephandaba, ukuba kuseKapa kwiphepha lesi-5,” utshilo. “Ukuba yiTafile Mountain yindaba ephambili.”
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