I-Afrika inakho konke ngaphandle kobuholi

UNGQONGQOSHE waseBarbados, uMia Mottley, wethula inkulumo ebabazekayo engqungqutheleni esanda kuphela ye-United Nations COP26 ebiseGlasgow, eScotland. Abantu abaningi base-Afrika emhlabeni wonke bebengakujabulela ukubona ubuholi obuqinile kangaka.

Ezicini eziningi, wanikeza abantu abamnyama izwi. U-Mottley akayena nje isikhulumi esinekhono, kodwa futhi uletha etafuleni ukucaca okuncomekayo komcabango, isici esiyivelakancane kulezi zikhathi ezinezinkinga lapho amaqili ezombusazwe egujwa njengomesiya. Enkulumweni ekhuthazayo – eyethulwa yi-ex tempore – ukhombe ngobuhlakani inkinga ephakathi kwenhlekelele yesimo sezulu, wasabalalisa isihloko ezingxenyeni zaso ezingenalutho futhi wanikeza isixazululo.

Kuyinto eyodwa ukuchaza inkinga, kodwa enye into ukutusa ikhambi elibumbene. Konke lokhu wakwenza ngendlela ecacile, eqinisekayo, ngokungangabazeki eheha izisulu eziningi zenhlekelele yesimo sezulu ezingxenyeni ezincishwe amathuba omhlaba, ikakhulukazi e-Afrika naseCaribbean. Bekuyizinga eliphezulu ebuholini.

Okubaluleke nakakhulu, kwakuyikhwelo lokuvusa abaholi base-Afrika abehluleka kakhulu ukuhlinzeka ngobuholi obukhuthazayo. Uma ubheka isivuno samanje sabaholi base-Afrika, yimuphi kubo ongakwazi ukubamba ikhandlela kuMottley?

 Akayena usanta, kunjalo – akekho umuntu – kodwa isinqumo sakhe asinakuzitshwa. Nawu umsebenzi olula: hlola isimo sezwe lase-Afrika namuhla bese ukhomba umholi onikeza ubuholi obukhuthazayo. Kunesikhathi lapho uNdunankulu wase-Ethiopia u-Abiy Ahmed enza isithembiso esikhulu; kodwa phakathi neminyaka embalwa eshaqisayo uye wasuka kumzuzi weNobel Peace waya kubasolwa ngokuphula amalungelo abantu kanye nomgqugquzeli wokufudumala.

UMengameli waseKenya u-Uhuru Kenyatta wake wakhombisa inhlansi yobukhulu. Phela ungumlandeli womsunguli waseKenya uJomo Kenyatta. Ngeshwa, ubuholi obukhulu abudluliswa ngofuzo.

Njengoba kwembulwe yiPandora Papers – uphenyo oluhlangene lobuntatheli lwesikhathi sethu – i-Uhuru isiphenduke omunye nje umholi ojwayelekile wase-Afrika ofihla ingcebo yakhe eyimfihlo kunethiwekhi enkulu yamachweba aphesheya kwezilwandle. ENingizimu Afrika, okuyizwe ebelikade liyisibani sethemba kubo bonke abantu abansundu emhlabeni, akukho okubhalela ekhaya.

Iqembu elibusayo i-African National Congress seliphelelwe ubuholi obukhuthazayo kangangokuthi izigidi zabavoti baseNingizimu Afrika abadangele bavele balahla ukuzibandakanya kwezombusazwe. Kunengozi enkulu yokuthi i-ANC, okuyinhlangano endala yenkululeko kuleli zwekazi, isiphelelwa amandla. Imiphumela yokhetho lomasipala lwakamuva igcizelela lelo phuzu.

IBotswana neNamibia, amazwe akule ngxenye yomhlaba asale ezinzile olwandle lwesiphithiphithi, agweme kakhulu ezinye zezingibe ezilimaza kakhulu zokuphatha kwangemva kobukoloni. Kodwa-ke, la mazwe womabili awanawo amandla adonsela phansi – ezingeni lobuholi obuqavile kanye nenqwaba ebucayi – ukuthonya ngempela ukuziphatha kwabaholi base-Afrika abangenalwazi. Asinakulokotha sisho amazwe afana neZimbabwe ne-Uganda, amazwe ayisibonelo esihle sokubusa kwe-Afrika okuyinhlekelele.

Lezi zizwe zinazo zonke izithako ezidingekayo zokuchuma – ngaphandle kobuholi. Lapho abagqugquzeli bobandlululo bezimisele ngokusakaza umbono wokuthi abantu abansundu abakwazi ngokwemvelo ukuzibusa ngendlela ephucuzekile, bavame ukucaphuna amazwe aphukile anjalo njengezibonelo eziphelele.

UMengameli waseZambia osanda kukhethwa u-Hakainde Hichilema unezimpawu ezidingekayo zobukhulu, kodwa ikhadi lakhe lamaphuzu lesikhathi eside lizoncika ekuzibophezeleni kwakhe ukuqhubeka nesifundo.

 Kumele alethe uguquko kwezomnotho kulelo zwe, ngesikhathi ebuyisela inzuzo yentando yeningi yaseZambia eyatholwa kanzima.

Useyisinyathelo esifanele: izandla ezihlanzekile, ukwenyanya umbuso wentando yeningi, amakhono aqinile okuphatha, isimo sengqondo sokungasho lutho kanye nomuzwa wokuthobeka omenza ahlale ephila emathembeni nasezifisweni zezakhamuzi. I-Afrika ayidingi isisa; idinga ubuholi.