(eTN) – I-United Nations Education and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) igunyaze iRainforest Cafe eyakhiwe emnyango wehlathi lemvula laseVictoria Falls, kusho uNobhala Jikelele woMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha, uDkt. Sylvester Maunganidze, kusho . Lokhu kuthuthukiswa kusho ukuthi Isimo Samagugu Omhlaba samahlathi emvula asisongelwa ngokususwa ohlwini.
UDkt Maunganidze uthe ukugunyazwa kwendawo yokudlela kulandela isinqumo se-UNESCO sokuthumela umkhankaso oyimfihlo ezweni, athe awutholanga lutho olungalungile kulesi sikhungo.
I-Rainforest Cafe ivaliwe isikhathi esingangenyanga ngemva kokuba iNational Museums and Monuments (NMMZ) ithathe izintambo zokulawula ihlathi kubaphathi asebenesikhathi eside, iNational Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (NPWMA). Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abaqaphi basepaki nabo baxoshwa emsebenzini. Izinhlaka ezimbili zikahulumeni zilwela ukulawula indawo yokungena kwenye yeZimangaliso Eziyisikhombisa Zomhlaba, engenisa imali elinganiselwa ku-US$7,000 nsuku zonke, kanti le ndawo yokudlela yabanjwa wumlilo.
Engxoxweni eyenzelwa edolobheni leVictoria Falls, uDokotela Maunganidze uthe iUNESCO ibize umhlangano eLivingstone kwele Zambia, ukuze kukhulunywe ngohlelo lwezokongiwa kwemvelo eVictoria Falls phakathi kokunye. Uthe: “I-UNESCO ikhethe kwabezindaba ukuthi bekunezimpi endaweni yokudlela ne-NMMZ bethi lesi sikhungo akumele sibe khona ngoba sephula umthetho olandelwayo we-UNESCO futhi siphazamisa ukubonakala kwalezi zimpophoma.
“Ngakho-ke kulowo mhlangano, i-UNESCO yathumela ithimba eliyimfihlo ngoMsombuluko ukuyobona le ndawo yokudlela, futhi umkhankaso wabika kamuva ukuthi akukho lutho olungalungile, wengeza ngokuthi wawungaphazamisi i-WHS.
“I-UNESCO nayo ibingakaze ikhononde ngendawo yokudlela njengoba bekushiwo abezindaba bakuleli nabakwamanye amazwe. I-UNESCO yaze yacaphuna nenhlangano yakuleya ndawo okungezona ezikahulumeni eyayisusa uthuli, kanti omunye uyamangala ukuthi babesusa uthuli egameni likabani. Eqinisweni, i-UNESCO yaphetha ngokuthi indawo yokudlela yayinezela inani lezimpophoma.”
Wengeze ngokuthi i-UNESCO kanye nomnyango wakhe abanakho ukungabaza ngokusebenza kwendawo yokudlela wathi umyalelo kaSekela Mongameli uNkomo wokuthi lesi sikhungo siqhubeke kufanele silandelwe.
“Inkonzo yami yanikeza inkampani, i-Shearwater Adventures, ilayisense yokusebenza futhi izoqinisekisa ukuthi ivula kabusha maduze. Udaba ngiludlulisela kuPhini likaMengameli uNkomo owakhipha umyalelo ngenyanga edlule wokuthi isimo siqhubeka sihlala ehlathini,” usho kanje. Uhlupho lwaqala lapho iNMMZ izama ukulawula ihlathi leVictoria Falls ngokugeqa abaphathi besikhathi eside, iNPWMA. I-NMMZ iphinde yaphoqa ukuthi iRainforest Cafe ivalwe.
Nokho, uhulumeni wathatha isinqumo sokuthi ukuphathwa kwehlathi lemvula kubuyele kwabaphethe amapaki. Impi yokulawula ihlathi lemvula isineminyaka engaphezu kweshumi iqhubeka ngaphandle kweminyango evaliwe.
Le ndawo yamenyezelwa njengesikhumbuzo sikazwelonke ngo-1932 kanye nepaki kazwelonke ngo-1957 ngaphambi kokuba i-UNESCO iyiqoke njengeNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ngo-1989.
