Lamuhla iZimbabwe yenza ukhetho lukamongameli kanye ledale lephalamende ngoMvulo lapho abancintisayo ababili, uMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa kanye lomkhokheli omkhulu webandla eliphikisayo uMnu Nelson Chamisa, bethembise ukuvuselela umnotho ngaphansi kokubusa kukaRobert Mugabe okweminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lasikhombisa.

Ukuba nokhetho okokuqala ngqa ngaphandle kukaRobert Mugabe esikhundleni kuwushintsho izizukulwane eziningi zaseZimbabwe esezilujwayele.

Kumele kwethenjwa ukuthi ozanqoba, kungaba ukuhlakanipha ukusebenzelana lamathalenta wonke eZimbabwe ukuze labo abalolwazi bavumeleke ukuthi bafake isandla. Kudingeka abaholi nokuvuleleka ukuze bakhiphe leli lizwe ekubhidlikeni komnotho.

Kungaba isinqumo esiphusile ngomengameli wakusasa ukuthi amemezele ushwele ojwayelekile kanye nesiqalo esisha sawo wonke umuntu. IZimbabwe kumele ibhekane lekusasa hatshi okwedluleyo. Ngokunokwenzeka, imboni yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha izoba nengxenye enkulu kuyo.

Owake waba ngumholi waseZimbabwe, uRobert Mugabe, oneminyaka engu-94 ubudala, wenqabile ukweseka lowo ozongena esikhundleni sakhe sekusele usuku olulodwa kuvotwe okuyingqophamlando namuhla. UMugabe wethule inkulumo yakhe yesizwe okokuqala selokhu ehle esikhundleni ngoLwezi waveza ukuthi “angisoze ngivotele labo abathathe izintambo ngokungekho emthethweni.

IZimbabwe inabavoti ababhalisele ukuvota abangu-5.7 million okulindeleke ukuthi bavote ezikhungweni zokuvota eziyi-10,985 ezitholakala emazweni aseningizimu ne-Afrika.

Abavoti bakhetha ngokuqondile umongameli, amalungu ephalamende angama-210 kanye namakhansela angaphezu kuka-9,000. Abesifazane abangamashumi ayisithupha bazoqokwa ngokumelwa ngokulinganayo eNdlu Yesishayamthetho kanti abantu abangama-60 bazoqokwa kundlunkulu yeSenate ngendlela efanayo.

Ukuvota kuqale ngo-7 ekuseni kuzophela ngo-7 ebusuku. Ukubalwa kwamavoti nokubalwa kuqala ngokushesha ngemva kokuvalwa kwamavoti futhi imiphumela yomkhandlu, iphalamende kanye nomongameli ibekwe ngaphandle kwesiteshi sokuvota ngasinye.

Ikhomishini ebona ngezokhetho eyeZimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) izamemezela abaphumelele edale lephalamende ezigabeni zabo, kuthi impumela kamongameli izamenyezelwa esigodlweni salikhomishini eHarare kungakapheli amalanga amahlanu kuvotiwe.

Umuntu ozokhethwa njengomongameli udinga amaphesenti angu-50 kanye nevoti elilodwa ukuze aphumelele. Uma kungekho othola lokho, umqhudelwano uzobanjwa ngomhlaka-8 Septhemba phakathi kwabaqhudelana ababili abaphezulu.

Kuze kube manje ukhetho luqhubeka ngokuthula, futhi imigqa emide phambi kwezikhungo zokuvota yinto evamile.

Izwe lidinga ukwelashwa ngokushesha. Kubukeka sengathi ukuzingelwa kwabaholi bakudala, ubunzima bezomnotho kanye nentukuthelo kwenza ukuhola lesi sizwe saseNingizimu Afrika kungenzeki.