- I-African Tourism, Isimo Sezulu sasiyingxenye yombono kamongameli owasungula. Lalela ingoma ayethule egubha iPeace Through Tourism.
- Umsunguli waseZambia ushonile, eneminyaka engama-97. Ubonwa njengeqhawe lesizwe, isishoshovu sombuso, umpetha hhayi weZambia kuphela ayewuthanda kakhulu kodwa e-Afrika yonkana.
- I-African Tourism Board iveze ukuzwelana kwayo noHulumeni kanye nabantu baseZambia kanye nomndeni wakwaKaunda ngokudlula emhlabeni kukaMongameli wangaphambilini waseZambia uKenneth Kaunda ngezitatimende ezikhishwe nguMongameli kanye noSihlalo we-ATB.
Iqhawe laseZambia kanye nomongameli owasungula futhi okholelwa kwezokuvakasha njengomshayeli wokuthula emhlabeni, udlule emhlabeni eLusaka namuhla. UKaunda wayenguMongameli waseZambia kusuka ngo-1964 kuya ku-1991.
NgoMeyi 2011, uMongameli wokuqala waseZambia, uKenneth Kaunda, wethula inkulumo emcimbini wokuvulwa kwe IIPT (Isikhungo se-International Institute for Peace Through Tourism) eLusaka. Wethule umbono wakhe ngeZambia nethi Peace Through Tourism ngengoma.
Cuthbert Ncube, onguSihlalo we Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika, uthumele umyalezo othi, “i-Afrika ilahlekelwe yisikhulu sombuso, iPan-Africanist - UDkt Kenneth Kaunda - ubaba weZambia. Sengathi angaphumula ngokuthula. Futhi siyaqhubeka nokulwela i-United Africa ngokusebenzisa ezokuVakasha njengomkhakha ohlanganisa. ”
“OwayenguMengameli uKaunda wayengumlandeli wokuqina kwezokuvakasha eZambia nase-Afrika yonkana. Ubengummeli odabeni lokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, kanjalo nePeace Through Tourism, ”kusho yena World Tourism Network Usihlalo uJuergen Steinmetz, naye othathe i-video kamengameli ongasekho ecula engqungqutheleni ye-IIPT ngo-2011.
“Ngibe nenjabulo kanye nelungelo lokuhlangana noMongameli uKaunda ezikhathini eziningi emisebenzini yami ehlukene yokusebenza njengoNgqongqoshe waseSeychelles obhekele ezokuVakasha. Wayengumuntu wabantu, futhi ngenkathi ephakamisa iduku lakhe elimhlophe njengophawu lwentengiso yakhe, wagijimela ezingqungqutheleni zesikhulumi sezikhulumi njalo ngomusa nokuthobeka okufanayo. Izingxoxo zethu nge-Afrika nomoya wePan-Africanism bezihlala zikhanyisela futhi zivuza uqobo, ”kusho u-Alain St.Ange. uMongameli weBhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika.
UMongameli uKaunda uhlangane noMongameli we-ATB u-St. Ange e-International Peace Park e-Livingstone ngesikhathi somcimbi wokutshala izihlahla ze-IIPT ukuphawula UNWTO Umhlangano Jikelele wama-20 owawuhlelwe ngokuhlanganyela yiZambia neZimbabwe.
U-Louis D'Amore, uMsunguli kanye noMongameli we-International Institute for Peace ngokusebenzisa ezokuVakasha (IIPT) batshele eTurboNews namuhla: “I-IIPT izisola kakhulu ngokudlula komngane omkhulu we-IIPT nobaba waseZambia.” I-IIPT yanikeza uMongameli uKaunda i-Peace Price ngo-2008 e-Zambia futhi futhi ngo-2013 ngosuku lokuvula umhla zingama-20. UNWTO General Assembly eZambia naseZimbabwe.
Watshala isihlahla sakhe sokuqala sokuthula noDkt. Taleb Rifai, UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele ngaleso sikhathi.
Ngenxa kaMongameli ongasekho, bekungokwesithathu iZambia iba seCentre of Peace Through Tourism ngo-2013. Ngemuva kokusingatha imicimbi emibili yamazwe omhlaba ye-International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT), nangemuva kokunikezela iVictoria Falls njengePark Park 3 Eminyakeni eyedlule, iZambia iqinile ekuzibophezeleni kwayo ukuxhasa ukuthula nezokuvakasha.
UWalter Mzembi, owayenguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eZimbabwe, ubhale kuTwitter: “Izithombe Zombhishobhi, UBaba Ongumsunguli, U-Statesman, Umkhululi, I-Humanist & Philanthropist! Besifuna i-100, kodwa sibonga uNkulunkulu uSomandla ngesibusiso owaba naso iminyaka engu-97. Izulu lizuze ukulahlekelwa kwethu okungenakulungiseka.”
Uphawu lwentengiso kaMengameli uKaunda lapho ephuma ehlangana nabantu baseZambia bekuzozulisa iduku lakhe elimhlophe.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- I-African Tourism Board iveze ukuzwelana kwayo noHulumeni kanye nabantu baseZambia kanye nomndeni wakwaKaunda ngokudlula emhlabeni kukaMongameli wangaphambilini waseZambia uKenneth Kaunda ngezitatimende ezikhishwe nguMongameli kanye noSihlalo we-ATB.
- Wayengumuntu wabantu, futhi lapho ephephezelisa iduku lakhe elimhlophe njengophawu lwakhe lokuthengisa, wagijimela ezingqungqutheleni eziya epulatifomu yezikhulumi njalo ngomusa ofanayo nokuzithoba.
- Ngemva kokusingatha imicimbi emibili yamazwe ngamazwe ye-International Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT), futhi ngemva kokunikezelwa kweVictoria Falls njenge-Peace Park eminyakeni emi-3 edlule, iZambia iqinile ekuzibophezeleni kwayo ekusekeleni ukuthula nezokuvakasha.