Lobanje kusanda kubonakala izehlakalo zokuhlaselwa kwabakwamanye amazwe kweleSouth Africa, uMeya wedolobho leJohannesburg uMnumnzana Herman Mashaba, osolwa ngabanengi abathi inkulumo zakhe yizo ezaba yimbangela, usephinde wethule enye inkulumo njalo esola abakwamanye amazwe ngokugcwala kakhulu edolobheni le Johannesburg.
Ekhuluma lomsakazo weBloomberg liviki kweleSouth Africa, uMashaba usole abakwamanye amazwe ikakhulu abangena elizweni ngokungekho emthethweni esithi bagcwala kakhulu eJohannesburg.
Lokhu uthi kwenza kube nzima ukuthi athuthukise lelidolobho alenze lihlanzeke njalo linothe okwedlula wonke emazwe e Africa.
Ubuye waphinda njalo ukwethesa abakwamanye amazwe laba umlandu wokuthatha izitezi ngodli behlale kuzo ngokungekho emthethweni.
“Sesivumele ilizwe lethu labalemingcele evuzayo. Lokhu sekwenze ukuthi ubone izitezi sezithathwa yizigebenga ngodli, sekuthengiswa izidakamizwa lezocansi. Iqiniso yikuthi idolobho leJohannesburg ngeke ligcine abantu abangelancwadi ezisemthethweni kungakhathalekile ukuthi bavela ngaphi.”
UMashaba utshele iBloomberg ukuthi usola njalo logatsha lwendaba zasekhaya ngokwekela abakwamanye amazwe laba bezingenela santando emingceleni.Uthi aluba kuyenzeka idolobo leJohannesburg belizakuba lamajele alo lodwa.
Nyakenye umnumnzana Mashaba uthe abakwamanye abangelamvumo yokuba selizweni abasedolobheni leJohannesburg yizigebenga okufanele zibotshwe zibuyiselwe kubo. Lamazwi alandelwa yizehlakalo zokuhlaselwa kwabakwamanye amazwe eJohannesburg lePretoria.
Umphathintambo wendaba zasekhaya umnumnzana Malusi Gigaba, waphumela obala esola inkulumo le esithi lobanje uhulumende engavumelani lokuthi abantu bangene elizweni ngokusemthethweni, akulunganga ukwethula inkulumo ezingatshotshozela ukuhlaselwa kwabo.
La ngamazwi uGigaba abuye wawethula futhi emhlanganweni osanda kuqhutshwa obukhangela imithetho yezokungena elizweni emitsha efuna ukwethulwa nguhulumende.
“Loba siphakathi kokufuthelana kwemimoya esikubone kusenzakala phakathi kwezizalwane zakuleli lezakwamanye amazwe, silungisa loludaba ngendlela eqondileyo hatshi ukuyilungisa ngendlela elombono omfitshane, leyokufuna ukubukwa njengalokho inengi lezinye inkokheli zombusazwe ezifuna ukwenza ngayo.”
Kulezinkulungwane zezizalwane zeZimbabwe ezihlala eJohannesburg. Inengi labo yibo abahlala ezitezi emalokitshini eHilbrow, Berea, Yeoville lenzikini yedolobo lapho ababhadala khona amaqubaquba emali yomthelo wezindlu.
Umgcinisihlalo weZimbabwe Community in South Africa, uMnumnzana Ngqabutho Mabhena, uthi kusobala ukuthi inkulumo kaMeya ayilabufakazi njalo ngeyomuntu uzonde ngenhliziyo yakhe yonke abakwamanye amazwe.
“Thina siyamangala into ekhulunywa nguMashaba uMeya weJohannesburg, ngoba eqinisweni kasibazi abantu baseZimbabwe aba hijacker ama buildings. Into esiyaziyo yikuthi manengi amazulu a hijacker amabuildings edolobheni leGoli, so lokhu ukuthi bese kuthiwa abantu ababuya ngaphandle yibo aba hijacker amabuildings akuqondanga.”
Kusenjalo, inhlanganiso eziphikisana lexenophobia sezihlele ukutshengisela eJohannesburg kuyonale inyanga besola izehlakalo zokuhlaselwa kwabakwamanye amazwe ezenzakale ngo 2008, 2015 lalonyaka.
