Annastacia Ndlovu
Abantu abanengi bathe gwaqa ngosuku lukazibuse enkundleni yeWhite City Stadium koBulawayo lapho uNkosikazi Angeline Masuku, umphathintambo wedolobho leli, owele phansi esanda kuqeda ukubala umbiko kaMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa.
UNkosikazi Masuku uphele amandla wahlolwa ngamadokotela kwasekubika uNkosazana Thokozani Ncube, ongumqondisi wakoBulawayo, ukuthi ubengaphathekana kahle emzimbeni.
Kasenelisanga ukukhuluma loNkosikazi Masuku ngokugula kwakhe.
Omunye wabantu abahambe emkhosini lo nguMnu. Edward Nare, owalwa impi yenkululeko, othi luqakathekile usuku lukazibuse lobanje ukuwa kuka Nkosikazi Masuku kudanise abantu abanengi.
Omunye njalo obesenkundleni yeWhite City, uNkosazana Nokuthula Mlilo, uthi ilanga likazibuse selaguquka kudala ngitsho lemaphandleni kwakulikhefu elijabulelwa ngumuntu wonke kodwa kulezi insuku sokwehlukile.
Ezinye izakhamizi zakoBulawayo zithi ilanga likazibuse lokunanza uzibuse lusuku nje oluveza ukuthi sekwedlule imnyaka phose engamatshumi amane kungela kukhululeka elizweni leZimbabwe.
Lokhu kuphume emhlanganweni oqhutshwe yinhlanganiso elwela ilungelo loluntu eye Bhetshulikazulu ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi ‘38 years of Independence Without Freedom’. Umgcinisihlalo wenhlanganiso le, uMnu. Melusi Sibanda, uthe umhlangano lo bawenze ngemva kokunanzelela ukuthi ilizwe lathola uzibuse kodwa uzulu kakhululekanga.
Omunye wezikhulumi emhlanganweni lo, uMnu. Joshua Mhambi, uthe njengesizwe kumele kusetshenzwe gadalala ukuthi uzulu weZimbabwe amanyane.
UMnu. Matthew Sibanda, obemele ibandla leZAPU, uthe ilizwe lathathwa ezandleni zombuso wabamhlophe kodwa uhlupho yikuthi akula nkululeko elizweni, ikakhulu emhlubulweni weMatabeleland.
Osakhulayo obesemhlanganweni lo, uMnu. Lizwilenkosi Ndlovu, uthe ilizwe leli liyindalo yabamhlophe abahlanganisa iMashonaland leMatabeleland. Uthe izabelo zeMatabeleland kazikatholi inkululeko.
Isakhamuzi sakoBulawayo, uMnu. Reason Mpofu, uthe inkululeko yokuchelesa ayikabikhona laloba uzibuse watholakala kudala.
