(eTN) - I-United Nations Education and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) ivume i-Rainforest Cafe eyakhiwe ekungeneni kwehlathi lemvula laseVictoria Falls, uNobhala osisigxina kwiSebe lezoKhenketho kunye noShishino lwezoBundwendwe, uGqr Sylvester Maunganidze, uthe . Uphuhliso luthetha ukuba iSimo seLifa leHlabathi kwihlathi elinemvula alikho phantsi kwesoyikiso sokucinywa.
UGqr Maunganidze uthe ukuvunywa kwale ndawo yokutyela kulandela isigqibo se-UNESCO sokuthumela iphulo eliyimfihlo kweli lizwe, athe alifumananga nto igwenxa kweli ziko.
I-Rainforest Cafe ivaliwe isithuba esingangenyanga emva kokuba iiMyuziyam zeSizwe kunye neZikhumbuzo (i-NMMZ) zithathele ecaleni ngokuzimeleyo ulawulo lwamahlathi ashinyeneyo kubaphathi bexesha elide, iNational Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (NPWMA). Kwangaxeshanye, abagcini beepaki nabo bagxothwa emsebenzini. La maqumrhu amabini karhulumente alwela ukulawula indawo yokungena kwenye yeSeven Wonders of the World, erhola malunga ne-7,000 yeedola zaseMelika yonke imihla, kwaye le ndawo yokutyela yabanjwa kuqhushululu.
Kudliwano-ndlebe kwidolophu ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide iVictoria Falls, uGqr. Maunganidze uthe iUNESCO ibize intlanganiso eLivingstone, eZambia, ukuze kuxutyushwe inkqubo yolondolozo eVictoria Falls phakathi kweminye imiba. Uthe: “U-UNESCO ukhethe kumajelo eendaba ukuba kukho imilo ejikeleze le ndawo yokutyela ne-NMMZ ibanga ukuba indawo leyo ayifanelanga ukuba ibekho njengoko yaphula umthetho olandelwayo weUNESCO kwaye iphazamisa indlela eziwa ngayo.
“Kule ntlanganiso, i-UNESCO yathumela uthumo oluyimfihlo ngoMvulo ukuya kubona indawo yokutyela, kwaye i-mission kamva yabika ukuba akukho nto iphosakeleyo, yongeza ukuba ayiphazamisani ne-WHS.
“UUNESCO naye akazange akhalaze ngale ndawo yokutyela njengoko amanye amajelo osasazo asekhaya nawamazwe ngamazwe ayebanga. UUNESCO ude wacaphula umbutho wasekuhlaleni ongenanto yakwenza norhulumente owawuphakamisa uthuli, kwaye omnye umangalisekile ukuba babenyusa uthuli egameni likabani na. Ngapha koko, iUNESCO yagqiba kwelokuba le ndawo yokutyela yayilongeza ixabiso kwiingxangxasi.”
Wongeze ukuba i-UNESCO kunye nenkonzo yakhe ayinamaza malunga nokusebenza kwendawo yokutyela eqaphela ukuba umyalelo ka-Vice-President Nkomo wokuba imeko yendawo yokuhlala kufuneka ilandelwe.
“Inkonzo yam inike umsebenzisi, i-Shearwater Adventures, ilayisenisi yokusebenza kwaye iza kuqinisekisa ukuba iphinda ivule ngokukhawuleza. Lo mba ndiwusa kuSekela Mongameli uNkomo othe wayalela kwinyanga ephelileyo ukuba imeko ihlale kumahlathi ashinyeneyo,” utshilo. Ingxaki yaqala xa i-NMMZ izama ukulawula amahlathi emvula eVictoria Falls ngokubetha ngengqiniba abaphathi bexesha elide, iNPWMA. I-NMMZ iphinde yanyanzela iRainforest Cafe ukuba ivale.
Nangona kunjalo, urhulumente wathatha isigqibo sokuba ulawulo lwamahlathi ashinyeneyo lubuyele kugunyaziwe weepaki. Idabi lokulawula ihlathi elinemvula beligquba emva kweengcango ezivaliweyo ngaphezu kweminyaka elishumi.
Lo mmandla wabhengezwa njengesikhumbuzo sesizwe ngo-1932 kunye nepaki yesizwe ngo-1957 ngaphambi kokuba i-UNESCO iyibize njengeNdawo yeLifa leMveli yeHlabathi ngo-1989.
