Iintloko zamazwe ezivela kumalungu angamalungu oMbutho woPhuhliso lwaMazwe aseMazantsi e-Afrika (i-SADC) bajonge ukuhlangula iZimbabwe kwizohlwayo kwintlanganiso yabo ebise mpelaveki eTanzania.
Abaphathi bamazwe be-SADC ngaphambili bavakalise ukuzibophelela kwabo kwezopolitiko ukukhulula iZimbabwe kwizigwebo zoqoqosho ezabekwa yi-Bhritane, i-European Union kunye ne-United States.
Isohlwayo sanikwa esi sizwe sase-Afrika kwiminyaka eli-18 eyadlulayo njengoqhankqalazo lokunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu, ukucinezelwa kwenkululeko yamajelo eendaba nokujongela phantsi inkqubo yedemokhrasi phantsi kwalowo wayesakuba nguMongameli Robert Mugabe.
Umphathiswa Wezangaphandle waseTanzania uNjingalwazi Palamagamba Kabudi uthe kwikomkhulu lezorhwebo laseTanzania iDar es Salaam kule veki, ukuba iNdibano yeeNtloko zamaSizwe ezingama-39 ze-SADC ezakubanjelwa apha ziyakunyanzelisa ukuba kususwe ezi zifundo, ukunceda iZimbabwe iphumelele kuphuhliso lwayo kwezentlalo nezoqoqosho.
Amaphulo awenziwa ngamanye amazwe ase-Afrika ukukhulula iZimbabwe kwiingxaki ezinzulu zoqoqosho ezijamelene neli lilungu le-SADC ziye zasasazwa ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ngoomongameli abaliqela base-Afrika.
UMongameli woMzantsi Afrika uCyril Ramaphosa, uMongameli waseKenya u-Uhuru Kenyatta kunye noMongameli waseNamibia uHage Geingob beze ngaphambili beqhuba amaphulo okukhusela iZimbabwe malunga nezohlwayo zoqoqosho, bekhusela ulawulo lukaMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa kwi-ajenda yayo yohlengahlengiso.
UMongameli Mnangagwa uthe izohlwayo ezabanjelwa iZimbabwe kwiminyaka eli-18 eyadlulayo ibenzakalisa abantu abaqhelekileyo.
“Sizabalaza ngokuchasene nezohlwayo ezibekwe yiNtshona ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, yi-European Union kunye ne-United States. Ezi sanctions zisekhona, azikasuswa, ”utshilo.
Isohlwayo sanyanzelwa yi-EU kunye ne-US ngo-2001 ukohlwaya iZimbabwe emva kokuba eli lizwe liqale ngenkqubo yokubuyiselwa komhlaba ukulungisa ukungalingani obekuko kubunini.
Izohlwayo zaye zandiswa zanyanzelisa iZimbabwe ukuba itshintshe imeko yayo yezopolitiko phantsi kweqela elilawulayo iZANU-PF ukuvumela unyulo olungenamkhethe phantsi kwenkqubo yokuvota ephikisayo, inkululeko yokuthetha kunye nokunye, impatho engenabuntu kubantu baseZimbabwe abachasa inkqubo yobunkokheli yalowo wayesakuba nguMongameli Mugabe.
Ebutsheni bale nyanga, i-United States ibeke unozakuzaku wase-Tanzania e-Tanzania, u-Anselem Sanyatwe, owayesakuba yintloko yomgcini kamongameli kuluhlu lwezohlwayo ngokubandakanyeka kwakhe ekwaphuleni amalungelo oluntu.
Urhulumente waseMelika wathi owayesakuba ngumphathi-mkhosi wase-Zimbabwe, ngoku ongummeli wase-Zimbabwe e-Tanzania wayekwoluhlu lwezohlwayo malunga nokubulawa kwabantu abathandathu ngexesha loqhanqalazo olwalandela unyulo luka-Mongameli wonyaka ophelileyo apho u-Emerson Mnangagwa waphumelela khona.
Amajoni avulela ngemipu ngo-Agasti 1, 2018 kubaqhankqalazi abangaxhobanga bemasha ngokuchasene nokulibaziseka kokupapashwa kweziphumo zonyulo lukamongameli ophumeleleyo ngu-Emmerson Mnangagwa. Abantu abathandathu baphulukene nobomi babo kwaye abangama-35 benzakele, itsho i-US kwingxelo yayo.
"Isebe linolwazi oluthembekileyo lokuba u-Anselem Nhamo Sanyatwe uyabandakanyeka kuhlaselo olunxamnye nabantu baseZimbabwe abangaxhobanga ngexesha loqhanqalazo lwasemva konyulo ngo-Agasti 1, 2018 olukhokelele ekufeni kwabantu abathandathu," latsho iSebe likaRhulumente kwingxelo ebisekuqaleni kwale nyanga.
Umnumzana Sanyatwe kamva wathatha umhlala-phantsi emkhosini ngoFebruwari waze wachongwa njenge-ambassador eTanzania.
Kwisikhumbuzo sokubulawa kwabo, uMmeli waseMelika eZimbabwe uBrian Nichols uthe impendulo enzima yomkhosi iyirhintyele iinzame zaseHarare zokuphelisa ukuzikhetha kwilizwe langaphandle.
“Ukubulawa kwabantu abathandathu kunye nokwenzakala kwabangama-35 ngabezokhuselo ngala mini kuseyingxaki enkulu eZimbabwe phambi koluntu,” utshilo uMmeli wase-US.
Amaqela olungelo loluntu athi amajoni adubula abulala abantu abali-17 kwaye adlwengula uninzi lwamabhinqa ngexesha lokuhlaselwa.
"Kusafuneka ndifunde ngejoni elinye okanye ilungu lezomkhosi elinoxanduva lokusweleka kwabahlali njengoko ingxelo yayigunyazisile ngokucacileyo," yongeze uMmeli wase-US.
Ngelishwa, i-inki yayome kancinane kule ngxelo phambi kokuba abezokhuseleko baphinde basebenze bengenzanga nto ngokubulala abantu abaninzi ngoJanuwari 2019 ”, utshilo.
Inengxaki yezoqoqosho enzima ukusukela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-2000, iZimbabwe ikhokelwe ukusukela ngasekupheleni kuka-2017 nguMongameli Mnangagwa, owangena ezihlangwini zobuzwilakhe uRobert Mugabe kulandela ukubhukuqwa komkhosi.
Ngaphandle kwezithembiso zokuvuleleka, urhulumente omtsha waseZimbabwe phantsi kukaMongameli Mnangagwa usatyholwa ngokucinezela onke amazwi aphikisayo.
USanyatwe ngummi wokuqala waseZimbabwe owahlwaywa yiMelika ukusukela oko kwawa uMugabe.
Kukho amaziko ali-141 kunye nabantu eZimbabwe okwangoku abaphantsi kwezohlwayo zase-US, batsho amagosa ase-US.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Isohlwayo sanyanzelwa yi-EU kunye ne-US ngo-2001 ukohlwaya iZimbabwe emva kokuba eli lizwe liqale ngenkqubo yokubuyiselwa komhlaba ukulungisa ukungalingani obekuko kubunini.
- “Ukubulawa kwabantu abathandathu kunye nokwenzakala kwabangama-35 ngabezokhuselo ngala mini kuseyingxaki enkulu eZimbabwe phambi koluntu,” utshilo uMmeli wase-US.
- The American government said that the former Zimbabwe army general, now the Zimbabwean ambassador to Tanzania was on the sanctions list over the killing of six civilians during protests that followed last year's disputed presidential elections of which President Emerson Mnangagwa won.
