Imikhosi esemthethweni, ngokwendalo yayo ivame ukuba buthuntu. Umcimbi wokusayina i-KAZA eVictoria Falls wawufanela kahle umthethosivivinywa. Kodwa ukusayinwa kwenziwa, futhi kungesinye isinyathelo esikhulu sokuqhubekela phambili kweTransfrontier Conservancy Area (TCA) yakamuva nenkulu kunazo zonke e-Afrika.

I-Peace Parks Foundation yasungulwa ngo-1998 ukuze kube lula ukwakhiwa kwamapaki e-Transfrontier. Kusukela lapho, isize ngezivumelwano ezimbili eziyimpumelelo ezakha i-|Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, exhumanisa iNingizimu Afrika neNamibia; neKgalagadi Transfrontier Park, exhumanisa iNingizimu Afrika neBotswana.

Ngokwamazwi kaNelson Mandela, omunye wabasunguli be-Peace Parks: “Akukho nhlangano yezombangazwe engiyaziyo, ayikho ifilosofi, ayikho imibono, engavumelani nomqondo wamapaki okuthula njengoba siwubona uphumelela namuhla. Kungumqondo ongamukelwa yibo bonke. Ezweni elikhungethwe izingxabano nokuhlukana, ukuthula kungenye yezinsika zekusasa. Amapaki okuthula ayisakhiwo sokwakha kule nqubo, hhayi esifundeni sethu kuphela, kodwa okungenzeka emhlabeni wonke.”

I-Peace Parks isebenzela izivumelwano zokwakhiwa kwamanye amapaki/izindawo zokongiwa kwemvelo, i-Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) okuyiyona nhloso yawo enkulu. I-KAZA idinga isivumelwano phakathi kohulumeni abahlanu baseZambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia,a kanye ne-Angola futhi ithatha indawo engaphezu kuka-280,000 square kilometers. Isivumelwano sokusebenzisana phakathi kwabo bonke ohulumeni abahlanu sasayinwa ngo-2006. I-Zambian Integrated Development Plan (IDP) yasayinwa ngoJuni 2008, futhi manje i-IDP yaseZimbabwe nayo isisayiniwe.

Usuku lomhlaka 19 Nhlolanja 2010, lapho kusayinwe khona uhulumende weZimbabwe, luqale ngehola lesitshiyagalolunye ekuseni lapho abeVIP befika eDabula Jetty Site, eVictoria Falls Town. Bekuyindawo ekahle yomhlangano onjalo, osebeni loMfula iZambezi, oyingxenye yezindlela zokusiza i-KAZA Conservation Area. Amatafula nezihlalo kwakuhlelwe ngaphansi kwesisese esikhulu esimhlophe esinomunyu, esasingenisa ukukhanya, sivimbele noma iyiphi imvula, futhi sisibekele umthunzi elangeni. Empeleni besingenamvula nalanga, kodwa umuntu kufanele azihlelele lezi zimo ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka.

Izinkulumo ziqale ngemuva kokuculwa kweculo lesizwe, kwabonakala kimina sengathi azisoze zaphela. Sibe nezinkulumo ezivela kumeya, umbusi, uDG weNational Parks, induna, nezinye eziningi, sagcina siphethe uqabane uFrancis Nhema, ungqongqoshe wezemvelo.

Ngenhlanhla izinkulumo eVictoria Falls bezihlangene loMC, obehlekisa kakhulu, kanye lokuzithokozisa kumaqembu akuleli. Iqembu elingcono kakhulu lalivela eDete, eduze kwaseHwange National Park, futhi sasigigitheka sonke silingisa izilwane.

Ngezithuba zabo-12:00 emini, i-IDP yasayinwa ngungqongqoshe wezemvelo, i-DG of Parks, kanye ne-CEO ye-Peace Parks.

Bekuwusuku olukhetheke ngempela futhi kuphawula enye ingqopha-mlando ekufezekeni kweqiniso le-KAZA.