By Esona Magawana.
Kwingxelo yakhe ePalamente, uMphathiswa wezoKhuselo eMzantsi Afrika uAngie Motshekga ubhengeze ukuba iLungu eliPhezulu loMkhosi woMzantsi Afrika, uRudzani Maphwanya, akazukujongana noluleko kulandela amazwi awawathethayo kuhambo lwakhe lwase-Iran.
Izimvo zika Maphwanya, zibonakalise ubambiswano lukarhulumente ne-Iran kwaye nezithembisa ngokuqinisa amaqhina omkhosi, zitsale ingqwalasela yehlabathi kwaye zadala ingxoxo.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, iOfisi kaMongameli yaluchaza olu hambo ‘njengelungacetyiswanga,’ kodwa uMotshekga wacacisa kwiseshoni yepalamente yangoLwesithathu ukuba olu hambo lwenziwe ngemvume yakhe.
“Utyelelo lukaMaphwanya eTehran yayililinge lesithathu emva kokufumana imvume yam kunyaka ophelileyo,” ucacise watsho.
Phakathi kweminxeba ephuma kwiDemocratic Alliance (DA) yokucela umkhosi wasenkundleni, uMotshekga ugxininise ukuba amazwi kaMaphwanya awaphambanisi nezopolitiko okanye angqubana nomgaqo-nkqubo karhulumente.
“Ukuba la ezintetho zazenziwe kwilizwe iFrance, bekungekhe zibangele esi sanxwe. Ingxaki ivela ngenxa yokuba zenziwe e-Iran, ngexesha elibuhlungu lezoPolitiko yeNdawo yoMhlaba” watsho.
Uye wakhankanya noluvo lwakutsha nje lwesithethi soMkhosi wezoKhuselo uRear Admiral Prince Tshabalala, eqinisekisa ukuba oko akophuli mida yezopolitiko okanye yomthetho.
“Ngokwesikhundla sakhe, akukho kuphikisana kwizimvo zakhe,” wongeze watsho uMotshekga. Ngaphaya koko, umphathiswa wabalaselisa indima yamagosa asemkhosini amiswe kwimishini yamazwe angaphandle ukukhokela intsebenziswano yezozakuzo, ebonisa ukuba akukho qeqesho longezelelweyo lwabasebenzi luyimfuneko kulo mxholo.”