By Wandile Bomela
Ngomhla we-13 kuSeptemba 2024, ukruthakruthwano luye lwaqatsela njengoko uMphathiswa weMfundo esiSiseko weDemocratic Alliance (DA) uGqirha Siviwe Gwarube, evakalise esidlangalaleni ukuchasa kabukhali ukutyikitywa koMthetho osaYilwayo we-Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA). UMongameli Cyril Ramaphosa uwutyikityile lo mthetho namhlanje nangona iDA kunye nabanye bekhaba ngawo omane.
Iinkxalabo zikaGqr. Gwarube zigxininisa kumgaqo-siseko walo Mthetho, ngakumbi izibonelelo ezidlulisa amagunya okwenza izigqibo ngokwamkelwa kwabafundi nemigaqo-nkqubo yolwimi ukusuka kumabhunga olawulo ezikolo (SGBs) ukuya kwiintloko zamasebe amaphondo. I-DA ithi eli nyathelo lingajongela phantsi iindima zabazali kwaye libeke emngciphekweni imfundo yolwimi lwenkobe lwesiBhulu eMzantsi Afrika, ngakumbi kwizikolo ezazifudula ngokocalucalulo.
Inkokeli yeDA, uJohn Steenhuisen, ukhuphe ingxelo ehambelana noluvo lukaGwarube, elumkisa ngelithi ukutyikitya lo Mthetho kungabeka emngciphekweni uRhulumente woManyano lweSizwe (GNU). USteenhuisen ugxininise ukuba lo Mthetho uyawophula umthetho kunye nomoya weNgxelo yeNjongo edibeneyo ye-GNU kwaye iinkxalabo zeDA malunga nokufundiswa ngolwimi lwenkobe kunye nokuphunyezwa ngezigaba kweBanga R akukhange kusonjululwe ngokwaneleyo. Ucele ukuba uMongameli awubuyisele lo Mthetho uYilwayo ePalamente ukuze uqwalaselwe ngokutsha kwaye uhlonyelwe ukuthintela imingeni yomgaqo-siseko.
Ngokwahlukileyo koko, i-Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) iwuxhase ngokuqinileyo uMthetho oYilwayo we-BELA, incoma ukugxila kwayo ekupheliseni ukungalingani kwezemfundo. I-EFF iyayibethelela into yokuba ukutshintshwa kwemigaqo-nkqubo yokwamkelwa kwabafundi kuya kuthintela ikakhulu izikolo zabamhlophe ekusebenziseni ukuzimela kwazo ukukhuphela ecaleni abafundi abaNtsundu.
Inkulumbuso yaseRhawutini uPanyaza Lesufi naye uzibandakanye neqela, egxeka iqela eliphikisayo leDA. ULesufi uye kwiqonga lonxibelelwano u-X esithi makutyikitywe lo mthetho usayilwayo ngoko nangoko, esithi ukuchasa kwe-DA kubangelwa “yintiyo yendalo yomntwana wase-Afrika.”
Phakathi kwesi saqhwithi sezopolitiko, i-ofisi kaRamaphosa ithe gqolo ukuzinza kwisigqibo sayo sokuqhubeka nokutyikitya, ixoxa ngelithi lo Mthetho uYilwayo uza kuphucula ulawulo kwicandelo lezemfundo kwaye uqinisekise ukufikelela kwimfundo esemgangathweni kubo bonke abafundi, ingakumbi kuluntu oluhlelelekileyo.