UMongameli uCyril Ramaphosa ubagxekile abenzi bokuxhatshazwa kwabasetyhini abazama ukuzithethelela izenzo zabo.
URamaphosa ubethetha kwisikhumbuzo soSuku lwaBasetyhini sango-1956 kwiZakhiwo zoMdibaniso ngeCawa umhla wesithoba (9) kweyeThupha, apho amawaka abasetyhini ahlanganisene kwiminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe (70) eyadlulayo ukuze babhikishe imithetho yocalucalulo ngamapasi.
Inxalenye enkulu yentetho kamongameli igxile kwizibophelelo zokuphelisa isibetho sobundlobongela obusekelwe kwisini (GBV), apho uRamaphosa ebongoza uluntu ukuba luyeke ukungayihoyi.
“Hayi indlela abafazi abanxiba ngayo okanye indlela abaziphatha ngayo – oko akunakuba sisizathu. Hayi kuba benikwa uncedo oluthile, hayi kuba beshiya ubudlelwane, kwaye kungekhona kuba bengumqeshwa ophantsi.”
Okwangoku, iqela lokukhuthaza iSouth African Women Fight Back licele ukuba umyalezo wabelwane ngawo namapolisa kumaziko e-GBV.
UDeepashini Naidoo weqela, osebenza ngokusondeleyo nabasindileyo, uchaze iimeko zokutyholwa kwamaxhoba ngamapolisa angaqeqeshwanga.
“Ungena apho, into yokuqala abafuna ukuyazi kuwe kukuba, ‘Wenze ntoni?’… Ndiye kwinkonzoyamapolisa, uyazi, bandixelela ukuba mandiye ekhaya ndiyokulungisa loo nto, okanye ukuba yingxaki yomyeni nomfazi, okanye ukuba isipolisa ibizelwe ukuba ibangele ukuphazamiseka ekhaya, amaxhoba axelelwa ukuba, ‘Uyazi, yilungise. Asiyi kuvula ityala. Ngomso uza kulivala ityala,’ loo nto. Amaxhoba okudlwengulwa! Ungandiqalisi kwaphela ngaloo nto.”
