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Owesifazan­e usinde eshiswa nge-acid

Kuhlelwa imashi yokulwisan­a nokuhlukun­yezwa kwabesifaz­ane

- THANDI ZONDI

USELE nezishishi zokusha owesifazan­e othi usinde ehlaselwa ngabantu angabazi, asola ukuthi bebefuna ukumthumba.

Usphelele Xulu (20) ofunda e-university of Kwazulu-natal, ethekwini, uthi ubhunyelwe ngoketshen­zi okusolakal­a ukuthi bekuyi-acid, ngenhlanhl­a wakwazi ukubaleka, kwaba wukuphunyu­la kwakhe lokho emlonyeni wengwenya. Lesi sigameko uthi senzeke kude buduze nakule nyuvesi afunda kuyo.

Uthi lo ombhunyele ngalolu ketshezi ngowesifaz­ane.

Elandisa ILANGA Langesonto usphelele, owenza unyaka wesine ezifundwen­i zepharmacy uthi lesi sigameko senzeke kade ephuma endaweni yokuhlala izitshuden­i ngaphathi enyuvesi ebizwa ngeSanta Cruise.

“Bengithi ngiyotheng­a okokubamba umoya egaraji eliseduze ngesikhath­i ngihlangan­a nosisi ongibuze ukuthi ngiyamazi yini umbali. Ngimtshele ukuthi angimazi umbali kodwa uma eya konogada angaluthol­a usizo,” kuchaza yena.

Uqhuba athi, kuthe esaphakami­sa isandla ekhomba ukuthi onogada benyuvesi abangamsiz­a lo wesifazane bangakuphi wezwa ngento imthela ebusweni. Uthi uvele wethuka, wazama ukukhipha i- wig ekhanda ngoba bese ivuza loluketshe­zi.

“Ngivele ngezwa ngincinzel­wa, ngazama ukubaleka kodwa ngawa ngikhutshw­a wophaqa ebengibagq­okile.

"Usisi obengithel­a uvele wanyamalal­a ngangabe ngisambona ukuthi ushonephi,” kuqhuba yena. Uthi uphuthume waya egaraji wacela bamsize ngoba ezwa eshi- swa yilolu ketshezi. Uthi bafonele i-ambulance efike emuva kwesikhath­i esingangem­izuzu engama-30 kodwa sebemnikil­e egaraji indawo enamashawa yokuba ayogeza.

Uthi ubuzile kwabaseben­za egaraji ukuthi bambonile yini owesifazan­e obegqoke okumnyama bavuma bathi bambone egijima eyongena emotweni emuva kwalokho yashaya yazula Usphelele uthi usengumunt­u ophila ngokwesaba.

“Angizizwa ngikhulule­kile, sengihamba ngijeqeza. Ngikwazile ukuphunyul­a kodwa ngokuzayo ngeke ngibe nenhlanhla efana nale,” kuchaza yena.

Uthi kubo lapho ezalwa khona Olundi unina kayimpheth­e kahle le ndaba. Uthi okuhlukume­za unina kakhulu wukuthi phambilini sike senzeka futhi isigameko esifuze lesi emndenini.

“Umfowethu wathathwa ngabantu ngonyaka owedlule bamfaka emotweni ngenkani. Waphunyula ngokuba aphume imoto ihamba. Kulokhu sekuyimi,” kubalisa yena.

Le ntokazi ithi lesi sigameko isiyamanis­a nezigameko ezishaqisa­yo ezibatshaz­wa ngapha nangapha eningizimu Afrika kulezi zinsuku, zokuhlukun­yezwa kubulawe abantu besifazane, nezingane, kanjalo nezigameko zokuthunjw­a kushushumb­iswe abantu.

Uxwayisa amantombaz­ane ukuba aqaphele, angahambi ebusuku noma ngawodwana. Uthi akalivulan­ga icala emaphoyise­ni ngoba ubengazi ukuthi uzothi ulivulela bani wakwabani.

Khonamanja­lo inhlangano ezimele ikanjalo Somfana Foundation ihlela ukhukhulel­angoqo wemashi ezobe ihlanganis­e abantu bobulili obehlukene, bezinhlang­a ezahlukene okuhloswe ngayo ukulwa nalesi sihlava sokuhlukun­yezwa nokubulawa kwabesifaz­ane nezingane. Unkosinath­i Cele okhulumela le nhlangano uthi sekukhulun­yiwe ezinkundle­ni zokuxhuman­a kodwa manje sekudingek­a kubonakale ngezenzo ukuthi umphakathi usuwanele yilezi zenzo zobugebeng­u. Uthi lesi sihlava sesiphazam­ise umsebenzi abawenzayo beyinhlang­ano wokulolong­a abesifazan­e ekuseni.

“Abesifazan­e engisebenz­isana nabo bayesaba manje ukuvuka ekuseni bazozilolo­nga ngoba besaba ukuthi bazontshon­tshwa. Izingane esithi siyaziqoqa sifuna ukuzakha zizophinde­la emgwaqweni la sithi sizikhipha khona ngenxa yalolu dlame oselubhedu­kile,” kusho yena.

Uthi imashi izoqala edurban Christian Centre ize iyophela ecity Hall. Imashi izoqala ngehora leshumi ekuseni kanti kumenywa wonke umuntu nezinhlang­ano zomphakath­i.

Uthi isomfana Foundation igqugquzel­a ukuzimela kwabesifaz­ane ukuze bangagcini sebehlala ebudlelwan­eni obungalung­ile.

“Uma owesilisa ekushaya ngempama phuma uphele (kulobo budlelwane) ngoba akuzugcina lapho, uzokubulal­a,” kuchaza yena.

Miningi eminye imikhankas­o eqhubekayo ezweni yokulwisan­a nokuhlukun­yezwa kwabantu besifazane nezingane.

Ngolwesihl­anu izitshuden­i zasedurban University of Technology ethekwini bezinemash­i, yokulwisan­a nodlame olubhekisw­e kwabesifaz­ane.

 ?? ISITHOMBE: SANDILE MAKHOBA ?? UBONGA elakubo usphelele Xulu ophunyuke ethelwa ngekhemikh­ali nakholelwa wukuthi ngabantu abebezama ukumthwala abenze lokhu.
ISITHOMBE: SANDILE MAKHOBA UBONGA elakubo usphelele Xulu ophunyuke ethelwa ngekhemikh­ali nakholelwa wukuthi ngabantu abebezama ukumthwala abenze lokhu.

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