I-Patriot eyiqiniso: Lowo owayengungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha uWalter Mzembi waboshwa kodwa wanikezwa ibheyili

“Konke sekuphelile ngoWalter Mzembi. Bangamakhamera amaningi kakhulu lapha. Lokhu kusezingeni eliphezulu futhi kuphathelene nezepolitiki kakhulu, ”kusho owayemi lapho etshela i-eTN engaphandle kweHarare Court Room lapho uMzembi ayelalele khona ibheyili ngoMgqibelo ekuseni. Ibheyili yanikezwa ngo-10.45 ekuseni ngoMgqibelo ekuseni futhi yabekelwa u- $ 400.00. Usuku lokuquliswa kwecala likaMzembi kuhlelwe ukuba lungoJanuwari 22, 2018.

Usabhekene nejele, owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eZimbabwe uWalter Mzembi usolwa yiZimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC). UMzembi uboshwe eHarare ngoLwesihlanu ekuseni. Ukukholelwa ohlelweni nasezweni lakhe ngisho nangemva kokushintshwa kwamandla kagesi muva nje uMzembi uvele watshela i-eTN ukuthi: “Kwakungekho okumele kwesatshwe eZimbabwe.”

Ohlonishwayo phakathi kongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha abavela emhlabeni wonke, abathandwayo nabafunde kakhulu futhi ababonwa njengomholi womhlaba wonke futhi phakathi kwabantu abangaphakathi kweNhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba, WTTC kanye nezinye izinhlangano eziningi zezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa. UWalter Mzembi wayesaziwa njalo ebonwa ngumuntu wonke njengomuntu owayethwele ifulegi leZimbabwe phezulu njalo ezigqaja. Umele izwe lakhe ngenhlonipho njengongqongqoshe wezokuvakasha kusukela ngoFebhuwari 13, 2009 ngokuzigqaja nangesithunzi ngaphansi kukahulumeni nomengameli owayengathandwa ezindaweni eziningi zomhlaba.

Ube nesandla ekuletheni UNWTO I-General Assembly ngo-August 2013 eZimbabwe. Umcimbi ubuhanjelwe yiZimbabwe neZambia kanti usathathwa njengeminye yemicimbi eyimpumelelo nehamba phambili UNWTO eke yaphetha.

Ngo-2017 uMzembi wayengenele ukhetho lwe-African Union esikhundleni sikaNobhala-Jikelele we-2018 Tourism we-World Tourism Organisation futhi wehlulwa okwesibili kuZurab Pololikashvili waseGeorgia. Abaningi bathi bekungekhona ukufanelekela kukaMzembi kanye nombono wakhe weWorld Tourism okwamlahlekisela ngokhetho, kepha ukuhlangana nezwe ayelimele.

UMzembi wakhonza ngaphansi kwesikhundla sikaMugabe njengongqongqoshe wezokuvakasha kusukela ngoFebhuwari 13, 2009. Lokhu kwakungewona umsebenzi olula kodwa kwenziwa kahle ngaphansi kwesimo ababebhekene naso.

Ilinde kubonakale uma UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele u-Zurab Pololikashvili osanda kuqala isikhathi sakhe ezinsukwini ezingu-5 ezedlule uzosebenzisa amandla akhe amasha ukusiza uMnu Mzembi.

Okwamanje UNWTO Umhlangano omkhulu obuseChengdu, eChina, uMzembi umenywe esiteji wabonakala egona uZurab Pololikashvili ezomhalalisela ngemuva kokulwa kabuhlungu kulesi sikhundla.

UMzembi waqokwa njengoNgqongqoshe wezangaPhandle eZimbabwe nguMongameli Mugabe owayegula futhi wasebenza emasontweni ayisithupha kuphela ngaphambi kokuba uhulumeni aguquke kuleli lizwe lase-Afrika ngoNovemba 6.

UMzembi wayebazi kahle ubungozi bokuthi angashiyi iZimbabwe, kodwa njengomuntu okhonze ukushisekela izwe futhi ekholelwa entandweni yeningi entsha wahlala. UMzembi uzame ukuhlangana no-Emmerson Mnangagwa, umengameli omusha. Uchithe usuku lonke ehhovisi lakhe ngoDisemba kodwa akakwazanga ukuxhawula.

UMzembi waya eNingizimu Afrika ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi neNew Year eyofuna umsebenzi kodwa wabuyela ezweni lakhe ngoLwesihlanu ekuseni ngesikhathi eboshwa.

"Kunzima ukukugwinya ukwazi ukuthi uWalter Mzembi ulithanda ngempela izwe lakhe", kusho umuntu osondelene noMzembi etshela i-eTN. Amacala enkohlakalo ayamangaza ngandlela thile. Ukusabela kokuqala kulezi zinsolo: “Ufuna sikukholwe lokhu? Iqiniso lizonqoba futhi iqiniso elizobeka Mzembi mahhala. ”

“Sengitsheliwe ukuthi leli cala libuthaka. Bafuna ukuphoxa uWalter ngoba uyathandwa ngabantu abaningi futhi kusobala ukuthi kuhlobene nokulungiselela ukhetho ngonyaka ozayo. ”

Ummeli kaMzembi uMnu uJob Sikhala uthe ikhasimende lakhe libhekene nezinsolo zokunikela ngezinhlelo zethelevishini emasontweni. Uhulumeni waseZimbabwe wathenga ama-TV ngenhloso yokunyusa iNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2010. Ngemuva kweNdebe yoMhlaba, owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha uWalter Mzembi unikele ngama-TV amane ama-4 emasontweni. Lokhu bekuholwa abaholwa ngu-Emmanuel Makandiwa, Walter Magaya kanye noMbhishobhi Mutendi Lokhu kube yindlela esemthethweni nesizathu sokuboshwa kwakhe.

Ummeli wakhe uJob Wiwa Sikhala ubengomunye wabaholi abaphikisayo eZimbabwe. Wayaziwa ngokugxeka kwakhe ngokuqinile u-Robert Mugabe owayehola iqembu le Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. Ungowesivuno sokuqala sabaholi beqembu eliphikisayo ababenomthelela ekubunjweni kweMovement for Democratic Change.

UJob Sikhala udume kakhulu e-Afrika ngemuva kokuthi athi wahlukunyezwa umbuso kaMugabe. UJob, owayeyilungu lePhalamende leMovement for Democratic Change uthe kumele abekezelele ukuhlukunyezwa kanzima ngemuva kokuboshwa ngoJanuwari.

Kuboshwe nalowo owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezamandla Namandla kagesi uSamuel Undenge. U-Undenge kusolwa ukuthi wasisebenzisa kabi isikhundla sakhe sokuba nguNgqongqoshe Wezamandla Namandla Ukuthuthukisa i-ZESA ukuthi ikhiphe amathenda ngokungemthetho kulawo okungenzeka ayewathanda.