IVirunga National Park ayizukuphinda ivulele ukhenketho emva kokubulawa komgadi, kubanjiwe iindwendwe

U-Chief Warden waseVirunga National Park ukhuphe le leta ilandelayo emva kwesehlo esibuhlungu se-11 kaMeyi, apho omnye wabalondolozi epaki wabulawa khona, kwaye abantu abathathu, kubandakanya iindwendwe ezimbini, babanjwa, emva koko bakhululwa:

Mawethu othandekayo,

Ukhuseleko lwabatyeleli bethu luya kuhlala lulolona phawu luphambili kuthi, ngenxa yeso sizathu sithathe amanyathelo abalulekileyo. Siphanda ngesehlo kwaye sivavanya onke amanyathelo ongezelelweyo ekufuneka ethathiwe ukubonelela ngesiqinisekiso esinamandla sokuba onke amanyathelo afanelekileyo athathiweyo ukugcina iindwendwe zethu zikhuselekile. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, siqeshe ifemu yokhuseleko eyincutshe ehlonitshwa lihlabathi jikelele ukuba iphicothe amanyathelo ethu okhuseleko ukuze senze uhlolo olulungeleleneyo nolungqongqo lokhuseleko lwabatyeleli. Sikwaqesha abasebenzi bokhuseleko abongezelelekileyo, ngaphakathi nangaphandle, ukomeleza iqela lethu kunye nemithetho yethu yokhuseleko.

Nangona kunjalo, kucace gca ukuba ummandla weVirunga uchatshazelwa kakhulu kukungakhuseleki kwaye oku kuya kuhlala kunjalo kangangexesha elithile. Ukuze iVirunga ityelelwe ngokukhuselekileyo, kufuneka amanyathelo omelele ngakumbi kunangaphambili. Oku kuya kufuna utyalo-mali olubalulekileyo, kwaye kwenza ukuba singakwazi ukuphinda sivule ukhenketho kulo nyaka.

Esi ibe sisigqibo esinzima kakhulu kum, kwaye sihamba nokuphoxeka okukhulu kubo bonke, kubandakanywa nani, nityale ithemba elinjalo kwimpembelelo engaqhelekanga ukhenketho ebenalo kubomi babantu kwiVirunga. Ikwabonisa uxinzelelo olukhulu lwezemali kule paki, kodwa siqinisekile ukuba sesona sigqibo sinoxanduva esinokusenza phantsi kweemeko zangoku.

Siyaxolisa kakhulu ngokuphazamiseka okubangelwe, kodwa sihlala sizinikele ngokunzulu kumbono wokuphuhlisa indawo yokhenketho ekumgangatho wehlabathi eVirunga. Siza kuphinda siqalise le projekthi ingaqhelekanga, kodwa sikwisikhundla esomelela kakhulu, kwaye sinethemba elinyanisekileyo lokuba nawe kunye nathi kolu hambo. Iqela lethu, elikhokelwa nguJulie Williams, liza kuhlala likhona, kwaye linokuthenjwa ukuba lilungise nayiphi na imiba efuna ukuqwalaselwa.

Sinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngomonde nenkxaso eniyenzileyo kula maxesha anzima.

Ngokuhle okuphuma entlizweni eshushu

UEmmanuel de Merode
Umphathi oyiNtloko, iPaki yeSizwe iVirunga