AmsterdamImeya yokuqala yesifazane ifuna ukuvikela abaqwayizi abadumile emhlabeni wonke kuleli dolobha ezixukwini zezivakashi ezingalawuleki - ngokuvimbela noma ukuvimbela umkhuba wokubukisa abathengisa ngomzimba emafasiteleni ezindlwana zokuthengisa.
IMeya uFemke Halsema, umsekeli okhululekile nowaziwayo we amalungelo abasebenzi ngocansi, iveze uhlelo lokulungisa kabusha isifunda samalambu abomvu edolobha, oluhlanganisa ukunqanda ubugebengu, ukuphinda kutholwe ezinye izikhungo ukuze kuncishiswe ukugcwala kwezivakashi, nokunciphisa isibalo sezindawo zokuqwayiza ezinamafasitela ezikhangisa abaqwayizi bazo emigwaqweni yomphakathi - noma ukubuqeda nya.
“Ezivakashini eziningi, abadayisa ngomzimba sebefana nje nokukhangwa ukubukwa. Kwezinye izimo lokhu kuhambisana nokuziphatha okuphazamisayo kanye nesimo sengqondo sokungahloniphi abadayisa ngomzimba emafasiteleni,” kusho ihhovisi likaHalsema esitatimendeni, lengeza ngokuthi ukudayisa ngomzimba okungekho emthethweni komshoshaphansi sekuphinde kwaqala kabusha.
U-Halsema uphinde wagcizelela isidingo sokuvikela ukuhweba ngocansi ekushushumbisweni kwabantu, wathi uzohlangana nabathengisa ngomzimba nabanye abathintekayo ukuze baxoxe ngeziphakamiso zakhe ngasekupheleni kwale nyanga.
Ukuphila kwasebusuku e-Amsterdam kwaziwa njengokungalawuleki, njengoba u-ombudsman wedolobha u-Arre Zuurmond exwayisa ngonyaka odlule ukuthi ezinye izindawo ezithandwa yizivakashi zishintsha zibe “ihlathi lasemadolobheni” ngemva kokuhwalala, lapho amaphoyisa ekhungethwe ukuhweba kwezidakamizwa okuchumayo kanye nokweba okusabalele, phakathi kwamanye amacala.
UZuurmond usole inqubomgomo kahulumeni waseNetherlands ngezinkinga eziningi zase-Amsterdam, athe ihlose ukugqugquzela ezokuvakasha kuleli dolobha ngezizathu zomnotho.
Lesi sinyathelo esisha akusona okokuqala idolobha lizama ukubhekana nezinkinga osekunesikhathi eside zikhona esifundeni salo sokukhanya okubomvu, esithatha ingxenye encane kuphela ye-Amsterdam. Ngonyaka odlule izikhulu zedolobha zethula izinguquko eziningi ukuze kuxazululwe udaba lwemigwaqo egcwele abantu abaningi, okuhlanganisa nokukhipha izinkumbi zabantu kanye nokukhipha inhlawulo lapho khona lapho ngamacala anjengokulahla udoti nokuchama emphakathini. Lo mzamo uphinde wehla nenani lezindawo zokuqwayiza ezinamafasitela edolobheni, nakuba zingaphezu kuka-300 ezisele.
Abantu ababalelwa ku-7,000 basebenza ekuhwebeni ngocansi e-Amsterdam, ngokwezibalo ezisemthethweni, cishe izingxenye ezintathu kwezine zabo ziya edolobheni zisuka emazweni anemali ephansi. Umsebenzi wocansi wavunyelwa ngokomthetho eNetherlands ngo-2000.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Mayor Femke Halsema, a liberal and well-known supporter of sex worker rights, has outlined a plan to overhaul city's red-light district, which includes cracking down on crime, re-locating some establishments to reduce tourist crowding, and reducing the number of windowed brothels that advertise their prostitutes on public streets – or eliminating them altogether.
- In some cases this is accompanied by disruptive behaviour and a disrespectful attitude to the sex workers in the windows,” Halsema's office said in a statement, adding that illicit underground prostitution has seen a major resurgence.
- The new initiative is not the first time the city tried to address the longstanding issues in its red light district, which occupies only a small part of Amsterdam.
