IQEMBU lezivakashi ezivakashile lihlukunyezwe ngeSonto.
Abavakashi bebengabanye bamakhulu abafike kuleli begibele isikebhe sezivakashi iStatendam ngeSonto.
Iqembu lathathwa lapho livakashelwa endaweni yomlando ye-Bloody Ridge eningizimu yenkundla yezindiza i-Henderson kodwa lavinjwa lapho libuya.
Iqembu lihlangabezane nesivimbamgwaqo.
Iveni abebehamba ngayo yama njengoba kubekwe ugodo olukhulu lukakhukhunathi ngaphesheya komgwaqo.
Indoda ebizifihle ubuso engaziwa ehlome ngommese wasehlathini (osesithombeni) iqhamuke otshanini obude yafuna imali.
Umsolwa uphunyuke ngemuva kokuba omunye wabavakashi emnikeze u-US$40 (SB$296).
Isigameko esihlobene nalesi senzeke ebhilidini i-Anthony Saru lapho kuphunyuke khona umfana ongaphansi kweminyaka engu-12 nesikhwama nekhamera.
Cishe izivakashi eziyi-1200 zifike kuleli ngeSonto zigibele isikebhe sezivakashi sisuka eNew Zealand siya eJapan sidlula eSolomon Islands nasePapua New Guinea.
I-Destination Solomons ihlele uhlelo lwasendaweni lwabagibeli, oluhlanganisa ukuvakashelwa kwezindawo zeMpi Yezwe Yesibili.
Umqondisi Ophethe Wendawo okuyiwa kuyo uSolomons Wilson Maelaua uzisole kakhulu lezo zenzo zobugovu nezobugebengu.
“Njengesivakashi sendawo, ngiyasigxeka isenzo esifana nalesi sentsha engazi ngomthelela walokhu kuziphatha,” kusho uMnu Maelaua.
Uthe lesi yisigameko esibuhlungu kakhulu okumele sinqandwe uma sifuna ukwandisa abafikayo ogwini lwethu.
UMnu Maelaua unxuse imiphakathi eshiya izindawo zomlando ukuthi izibandakanye ngokubamba iqhaza ekugcinweni, ekugcinweni nasekuvikelekeni kwazo zonke lezi zindawo.
“Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi singazuza sonke uma sizibandakanya ngendlela eyakhayo,” kusho yena.
Abantu abaningi bendawo bahlomule ngokuvakasha kwangeSonto. Ngisho nabantu bendawo ababehamba emigwaqweni ababesiza ekuqondiseni izivakashi bathola ukheshi.
“Ikusasa lalolu hlobo olukhulu lisezandleni zethu ngakho-ke asisebenzeni sonke ukukhulisa lo mkhakha wezomnotho obaluleke kakhulu,” kusho uMnu Maelaua.
Omunye umuntu wakule ndawo okhulume noJosses Hirusi uthe yisigameko esihlazisa kakhulu eSolomon Islanders.
“Ngikhuthaza intsha yakuleli ukuthi ihloniphe izivakashi zakusasa njengoba isiko lethu limayelana nenhlonipho, ikakhulukazi izivakashi,” kusho uMnu Hirusi.
Khonamanjalo, uMnu Maelaua uthe udaba selubikiwe emaphoyiseni ukuze aluphenye.
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