Harare — IZimbabwe isingathe umhlangano weSadc wokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha oqala namuhla njengoba lesi sifunda sizama ukwakha izindlela zokuthi singahlomula kanjani ngokusingathwa kweNingizimu Afrika iNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2010.
Umsekeli kamongameli uNkosikazi Joice Mujuru uzakwethula inkulumo eqakathekileyo yokuvula okusemthethweni umcimbi wezinsuku ezimbili eRainbow Towers eHarare. Le ngqungquthela ibanjwe ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi “Technical Meeting on Culture, Tourism and Development”.
I-Sadc, ngokubambisana neNhlangano Yamazwe ase-Afrika kanye ne-United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, ihlele le ngqungquthela yezinsuku ezimbili. Ibamba likaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha uFrancis Nhema kanye noNgqongqoshe wezeMfundo, ezeMidlalo, ezobuCiko namaSiko uDavid Coltart nabo bazohambela.
Ithimba leSadc elinamalungu angu-70, eliholwa nguMnuz Stephen Sianga onguMqondisi weSocial and Human Development ehhovisi likaNobhala weSadc likuleli kule ngqungquthela. Wonke amazwe eSadc athumele onobhala bawo abaqashwe ngokugcwele beminyango eyahlukene ukuba beze engqungqutheleni.
Ziyi-130 izithunywa ezivela eZimbabwe, phakathi kwazo okukhona neNxusa laseSweden eZimbabwe uMnuz Sten Rylander, nazo zizobamba iqhaza kulo mcimbi omkhulu wezokuvakasha. Izikhulumi kule ngqungquthela zizokwethula amaphepha anendikimba ehlukene yezobuciko namasiko ahambisana nokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha. Izihloko ezinendikimba okuzoxoxwa ngazo zihlanganisa Amathuba ENdebe Yomhlaba Ye-Fifa Yezokuvakasha Kwezamasiko, Amasu Okuxhumana Okuthuthukisa Ezokuvakasha Kwamasiko kanye Nesu Lokumaketha Nokumaketha Lokuthuthukisa Ezokuvakasha Kwamasiko phakathi kwezinye eziningi.
Izithunywa zizoqoqwa ukuze kuxoxiswane ngezindaba ezinendikimba eyahlukene bese kuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi zibuyele esigcawini ukuze zethule futhi zicubungule nokunye okutholwe emsebenzini weqembu. Ekhuluma efika esikhumulweni sezindiza iHarare International Airport uMnumzana Sianga uthe lesi sifunda sifuna ukulungiselela imidlalo ezayo yomhlaba, ikakhulukazi eyeNdebe yoMhlaba kanye ne-Africa Cup of Nations ngonyaka ozayo.
“Size ukuzothamela ingqungquthela ukuze silungisele isifunda ngemicimbi ezayo yomhlaba efana neNdebe yoMhlaba kanye ne-African Cup of Nations. ISadc izobe imatasa ngalesi sikhathi njengoba izokwamukela inqwaba yezivakashi, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa ukuthi iNdebe yoMhlaba isifike okokuqala e-Afrika emlandweni. “Uma sizilungiselele kangcono sizokwazi ukukhombisa ngamasiko ethu ngakho sizokwazi ukuheha izivakashi eziningi.
“Ingqungquthela le iyinkundla yokudingisisa amaqhinga atshiyeneyo okuthi singabumba njani inhlanganiso zokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha kwezamasiko kuSadc,” kutsho uMnu Sianga. Isikhulumeli seZTA uMnumzana Sugar Chagonda uthe ukuthuthuka kwezobuciko kanye lezamasiko kuqakathekile nxa kucatshangelwa ukuthi kuyinsalela yesikhathi esidluleyo esiqakathekileyo ekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha esigabeni seSadc.
“Uma singabelana ngamasu okuthi singathuthukisa kanjani ezobuciko namasiko sizokwazi ukwenza kahle kwezokuvakasha,” kusho uMnu Chagonda.
