BULAWAYO —
Lanxa ele Zimbabwe lilemithetho yokujezisa ukudlwangula kwalabo abatshadileyo ngomkabo, i Marital Rape, abesifazana balokhu besathandabuza ukuwusebenzisa lumthetho kulandela imbiko evela emapholiseni eveza ukuba amacala aloluhlobo athethwa emithethwandaba ngomnyaka engaphansi kwetshumi.
Umthetho we Criminal and Codification (Law and Reform) kusahluko sesithathu ukhuluma ngokudlwangulwa okugoqela ukudlwangulwa ngulowo okuthetheyo ukuti kuyafana nje lokubanjwa ngumuntu ongamaziyo lapho sokukhangelwa ukuthethwa kwalelicala lokujeziswa kwalo.
Umthetho we Sexual Offences Act owabekwa ngomnyaka ka 2001 lawo uyabekwa izinqumo zokujezisa lelicala.Lanxa sokwaba leminyaka edlula itshumi wabekwa lumthetho bakhona abalokhu besithi awuhambelani lesintu ngoba ngokwesiko owesifazana uvelwe ugoqela intando yowa kwakhe.
Lumcabango awutholakali eZimbabwe kuphela kodwa lakwamanye amazwe okutshengiswa ngamazwi womunye wabomantshi be India owazithezela olulenkume ngokuthi abesifazana basebenzisa umthetho lo ukwethusela, ukujezisa lokuhlukumeza omkabo kungela cala abalenzileyo.
Abasebenza ukulaya lokuxoxisana lalabo abafuna ukutshada, bathi izizatho ezenza abathatheneyo bazithole bexabana ngendaba zemacansini kusukela ekusweleni inhlonipho kanye lokungathembani abantu behlezi bonke.
Lokhu kubikwa kusukela ekuthini abantu abanengi batshada ngenxa yezizatho ezingayisizo ikakhulu labo abadinga imali kumbe umuntu wokubagcina, besebekhohlwa ukuthi umtshado utsho ukuthi lo nguye osuzimisele ukuya emacansini laye ukhohlwe ngabanye.
Lanxa uzulu elokhu exoxisana ngalolu daba inhlanganiso yomanyamo wamazwe omhlaba iUnited Nations kumthetho we Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women eyomnyaka ka 1993, uthi loluhlobo lokudlwangula licala lalo ngoba lithathela owesifazane ilungelo lakhe lokutsho ukuba akafuni loba uyafuna ukuya ecansini.
Okwamanje amazwe angaphezu kwekhulu emhlabeni wonke jikelele-110, se abeka imithetho yokujezisa ukudlwangulwa kwabesifazana ngomkabo.
Umthetho we Criminal and Codification (Law and Reform) kusahluko sesithathu ukhuluma ngokudlwangulwa okugoqela ukudlwangulwa ngulowo okuthetheyo ukuti kuyafana nje lokubanjwa ngumuntu ongamaziyo lapho sokukhangelwa ukuthethwa kwalelicala lokujeziswa kwalo.
Umthetho we Sexual Offences Act owabekwa ngomnyaka ka 2001 lawo uyabekwa izinqumo zokujezisa lelicala.Lanxa sokwaba leminyaka edlula itshumi wabekwa lumthetho bakhona abalokhu besithi awuhambelani lesintu ngoba ngokwesiko owesifazana uvelwe ugoqela intando yowa kwakhe.
Lumcabango awutholakali eZimbabwe kuphela kodwa lakwamanye amazwe okutshengiswa ngamazwi womunye wabomantshi be India owazithezela olulenkume ngokuthi abesifazana basebenzisa umthetho lo ukwethusela, ukujezisa lokuhlukumeza omkabo kungela cala abalenzileyo.
Abasebenza ukulaya lokuxoxisana lalabo abafuna ukutshada, bathi izizatho ezenza abathatheneyo bazithole bexabana ngendaba zemacansini kusukela ekusweleni inhlonipho kanye lokungathembani abantu behlezi bonke.
Lokhu kubikwa kusukela ekuthini abantu abanengi batshada ngenxa yezizatho ezingayisizo ikakhulu labo abadinga imali kumbe umuntu wokubagcina, besebekhohlwa ukuthi umtshado utsho ukuthi lo nguye osuzimisele ukuya emacansini laye ukhohlwe ngabanye.
Lanxa uzulu elokhu exoxisana ngalolu daba inhlanganiso yomanyamo wamazwe omhlaba iUnited Nations kumthetho we Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women eyomnyaka ka 1993, uthi loluhlobo lokudlwangula licala lalo ngoba lithathela owesifazane ilungelo lakhe lokutsho ukuba akafuni loba uyafuna ukuya ecansini.
Okwamanje amazwe angaphezu kwekhulu emhlabeni wonke jikelele-110, se abeka imithetho yokujezisa ukudlwangulwa kwabesifazana ngomkabo.
