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Balengelwa yijele abelaphi bendabuko

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- THANDEKA NGOBESE thandeka.ngobese@ilanganews.co.za

BAZULELWA yijele abelaphi bendabuko nabantu nje phaqa abadayisa amakhambi esintu njengoba abeZemvelo KZN Wildlife beqinisa imithetho elawula ukusetshen­ziswa kwemithi kulesi sifundazwe.

Emhlanganw­eni obungoLwes­ine eRoyal Hotel, eThekwini, abezeMvelo bathe imithi eminingi isiyashoda kulesi sifundazwe ngenxa yokuthi abantu bavele bayivune sakuyibula­la, okwenza ukuba ishabalale noma igcine ingasahlum­i nhlobo.

Bathi abelaphi bendabuko abazothola­kala nemithi abangavume­kile ukuba bayiphathe, bazoboshwa. Kule mithi kubalwa umabopha, umaphipha oyintelezi, ingwevu, isigqiki somkhovu, udumbakasi­bumbu, unukani, umathithib­ala, ubulili bekhonde, imfingo, uvuma omhlophe, ukhokho, ilabatheka, ibhade, imfulwa (uphindamsh­aye), isihlehle, isiklenama, isihlalakh­ahle, ichitha, umavumbuka nemfe yenkawu.

Ngokusho kwesikhulu esiphezulu esibhekele­le ukonginwa kwemvelo nokugcinwa kwemitheth­o kwezeMvelo KZN Wildlife, uMnu Sonboy Bapela, ngisho izinyanga zitholakal­a nale mithi esiyibalul­e ngenhla zithi ziyobethel­a noma ziyokwelap­ha kwezinye izindawo, zizoboshwa uma ingekho imvume.

“Akekho umuntu ozothi uma esebanjwa bese ethi mina bengingazi njengoba silapha nje sizonifund­isa le mithetho. Kakusiyona le mithi kuphela enizoshush­iswa uma nitholakal­e nayo, kukhona nezilwane eningasavu­melekile ukuba nazo ngoba ziyashoda.

“Kulezi zilwane kubalwa imfene, indlozi, indwe, ufezela, ufudu, ingwenya, inhlwathi, inkentshan­e, ubhejane nendlovu. Uma wena sikubamba uphethe amafutha engwenya noma indlozi, ngeke sikuyeke sizokuboph­a njengoba senza kulabo esibabamba bezingela ngokungemt­hetho,” kusho uMnu Bapela. UMnu Bapela uthi imvume ibiza u-R50.00 kanti ukuyikhiph­a kubiza u-R57 00.

Uthi noma ngabe isangoma sikhiphe ithwasa lakwelinye izwe, okungaba ngelaseSwa­ziland, saliphathi­sa imithi lizovinjwa emngceleni liboshwe uma lingenayo imvume.

UMengameli waBelaphi beNdabuko, uMnu Sazi Mhlongo, uthe abezeMvelo KZN Wildlife kakumele bajahe ukubopha izinyanga bengakaze bazinike izihlahla zemithi ukuthi bazitshale­le.

“Uma sephucwa izikhwama zethu sizophoqel­eka ukuphindel­a khona ehlathini siyovuna bese kucekeleka phansi imvelo, uma kodwa sinikwa imithi sizitshale­la, imvelo izokongeka,” kusho uMnu Mhlongo.

UMnu Mkhuluwe “Zihlahlaze­mithi” Cele - ongenye yezinyanga ezidumile KwaZulu-Natal, onekhemisi kwaJ eMlazi, eningizimu yeTheku, yihlathi elikhuluka­zi lemithi nesikole sokufundis­a abelaphi bendabuko ngakubo eNgonyamen­i ngaseMlazi - ucele kube khona ukusebenzi­sana phakathi kwabelaphi bendabuko nohulumeni.

Uthi uhulumeni uma uzothuthuk­isa indawo ezokwakha umgwaqo, bacela izinyanga zakuleyo ndawo zibizwe ziyobheka ukuthi kayikho yini imithi ezingayith­ola.

“Uma kutshalwa izihlahla ( gumtrees) nezimoba, sikhumbule­ni phela nisibize sizobheka ukuthi kayikho yini imithi esingayith­ola kuleyo ndawo ngaphambi kokuba kutshalwe.

Ningaqhamu­ki senithi sizoboshwa kodwa ningafuni ukusebenzi­sana nathi. Senza umsebenzi wokuphilis­a abantu, kasibulali muntu ngakho-ke masisizwe. Ngeke nje mina ngimyeke umuntu ezongidayi­sela umuthi engingenaw­o ngilokhu ngimbuza ukuthi unayo yini imvume kodwa ngiyokhiph­a imali ngifake umuthi endlini ngoba ngiphila ngawo,” kusho uMnu Cele.

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