IZimbabwe, umnotho wayo osubhidlikile, iphupha izigidi zamarandi ezivakashi ngisho nokuvakashela izihlabani zebhola zamazwe ngamazwe uma kufika iNdebe yoMhlaba eNingizimu Afrika ngonyaka ozayo. Umhloli wamazwe waseScotland uDavid Livingstone kuthiwa wabhala ngemva kokubona iVictoria Falls okokuqala ngo-1855: “Emibonweni emihle njengalona, kumelwe ukuba izingelosi zindiza zigqolozele.”
Lezi zimpophoma ezinhle bezingenye yezindawo eziheha izivakashi ezinkulu e-Afrika, kodwa udlame lwezombusazwe kanye nokuwohloka komnotho eZimbabwe kwenze izivakashi zanensa lapha nakwezinye izindawo ezikhangayo zezwe. Imali etholwa abavakashi yehle isuka ku-$360 million ekuphakameni kwayo ngo-1999 yaya ku-$29 million ngonyaka odlule.
Ukugcwala kwabalandeli bakanobhutshuzwayo ngaphambi noma ngemuva kwalo mqhudelwano kungaba yisibusiso kuleli zwe elake laphumelela futhi ukuhambela kwamaqembu afana neBrazil, Germany noma i-England kunganikeza umfutho ongajwayelekile ezigidini zabalandeli bebhola abahlwempu kodwa abahlanya.
Ukubona uDavid Beckham emangala eVictoria Falls noma egoba i-free kick enkundleni yasendaweni kungaba ukuketula umbuso okukhulu esizweni esilwa nokuzama ukususa isithombe saso somfana omubi.
Izikhulu zezokuvakasha zikholelwa ukuthi iZimbabwe ingase ithole imali efika ku-$100 million ngeNdebe yoMhlaba, okuwumoya ovunguzayo kuhulumeni ophukile futhi osaqhubeka nokuhoxiswa ngabaxhasi bakwamanye amazwe.
Izwe libe sematheni omhlaba ngenxa yazo zonke izizathu ezingalungile kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, kusukela ekushaqweni okunodlame kwamapulazi aphethwe abamhlophe, kuya kodlame okhethweni kanye nengcindezelo yezombusazwe kuya ezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu emhlabeni lokunyuka kwamandla emali.
“Leli kungaba yithuba elihle kakhulu lokubukisa ngakolunye uhlangothi lweZimbabwe ngokukhuculula isithunzi sethu kanye nokukhombisa umhlaba ukuthi kuningi esikunikezayo ikakhulukazi kubavakashi,” kusho ingcweti kwezomnotho uJohn Robertson.
IPHUPHO ELINGEMPELA?
Kodwa nakuba iphupho licishe lihehe kabuhlungu kubantu baseZimbabwe asebeke bahlupheka, lingase lingenzeki.
Amaqembu afuna ukuqeqeshwa ezindaweni eziphakeme ukuze ajwayelane neNdebe Yomhlaba kaJuni 11-Julayi 11 angase azizwe enethezekile emazweni afana ne-Angola, iBotswana, iNamibia neZambia, angenawo umthwalo womnotho oyincithakalo kanye nohulumeni omusha wokwabelana ngamandla. lokho namanje akukaziwa kabanzi.
Iminyaka eyishumi yenhlekelele ibhidlize ingqalasizinda, okuhlanganisa izinkundla zebhola kanye nemigwaqo.
Inkundla yezemidlalo ehlala abantu abangu-55,000 XNUMX eHarare isilungisiwe okweminyaka emibili edluleyo kungabonakali ukuthi izolunga ngesikhathi.
Yinye kuphela enye inkundla esisazoqalwa kanti izinhlelo zokwakha ezintsha zayekwa ngonyaka odlule.
“Uma ubheka isimo senkundla (enkundleni kazwelonke), siyadabukisa. Sikhathazekile kancane ngezinga okwakhiwa ngalo,” kusho uHenrietta Rushwaya, isikhulu esiphezulu seZimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA).
IZimbabwe idinga u-$2 billion ukulungisa ingqalasizinda ebolayo, ngokusho kukaNgqongqoshe wezeMisebenzi yoMphakathi u-Theresa Makone, futhi isimo esiyingozi semigwaqo ebhidlikayo ngesinye isikhalo esikhulu.
Kodwa ohulumeni baseNtshonalanga, abangamethembi uMengameli Robert Mugabe, babambe iqhaza ekunikezeni usizo oluqondile njengoba kusalinde izinguquko kwezepolitiki nezomnotho.
UPaul Matamisa, umxhumanisi wesikhungo sezokuvakasha ngo-2010, naye ubalule inethiwekhi yezokuxhumana engasebenzi kahle, ukuthuthukiswa kancane kwezikhumulo zezindiza kanye nesimo esibi sokulahlekelwa yi-Air Zimbabwe.
Isikhumulo sezindiza iVictoria Falls sincane kakhulu ukuthi singathwala izindiza ezinkulu, nakuba iZimbabwe iqhele ngemizuzu engu-90 kuphela ukusuka eGoli, okuyisizinda semidlalo yeNdebe yoMhlaba ngonyaka ozayo.
Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule cishe izindiza zezindiza eziyishumi nambili zandizela eZimbabwe kodwa ezine kuphela ezisasele emzileni.
"Lezo yizinto okumele iZimbabwe ibhekane nazo uma sithi sesikulungele ukwamukela izivakashi zethu kwiNdebe yoMhlaba ka-2010," kusho uMatamisa etshela iReuters.
Kunokukhathazeka okujulile ngezinsizakalo zezempilo zezwe ngemuva kokuqubuka kwekholera enkulu kunazo zonke e-Afrika ezikhathini zamuva nje kushiye abantu abangaphezu kuka-4,200 beshonile futhi abasondele ku-100,000 XNUMX abangenwe yileli gciwane.
ODDS
Kodwa nakuba isimo sibonakala siminyana ngeZimbabwe, izikhulu azikapholi maseko ngokunqoba indondo yeNdebe yoMhlaba. Banikeze mathupha uMengameli waseBrazil uLula da Silva isimemo salabo asebengompetha bomhlaba amahlandla amahlanu ukuyozilolonga eZimbabwe.
I-ZIFA isimeme ngokusemthethweni inhlanganiso ye-English FA njalo isalinde impendulo.
IPremier League ilandelwa ngesasasa eZimbabwe, njengeningi lase-Afrika yonkana, futhi ukube i-England yamukela ngeke nje ijabulise izinkulungwane zabalandeli kodwa izothuthukisa kakhulu ubudlelwano bomphakathi eHarare, uma kubhekwa umbusi wangaphambili wamakoloni ephikisa uMugabe ngamandla.
IZimbabwe iphinde yamema iGermany kanye neMelika - zombili esezisusile izixwayiso zokuhamba - kanye namanye amaqembu ambalwa e-Afrika nase-Asia.
“Le ndawo yinhle kakhulu futhi angiboni muntu ongafuni ukuza lapha,” kusho u-Anne Nielsen, isivakashi saseDenmark esineminyaka engu-29 esibizwa ngokuthi iVictoria Falls, eyaziwa endaweni ngokuthi yiMosi-oa-Tunya noma “Intuthu Edumayo” kubhonge emva kwakhe.
Ngaphandle kwezimpophoma, iZimbabwe inganikeza ukuzingela kwe-safari, ezinye zeziqiwi ezinkulu zase-Afrika, izindawo zokungcebeleka ezinhle kanye namanxiwa asendulo e-Great Zimbabwe, okungenye yezindawo ezibaluleke kakhulu zemivubukulo ezwenikazi.
Ummeli weGermany u-Albrecht Cronze uthe ulethemba lokuthi iqembu lesizwe lakhe kanye labasekeli bakhe bazavakatshela eZimbabwe lapho besiya kweleSouth Africa.
"Manje sibona ikusasa eliqhakazile eZimbabwe futhi njengoba silungiselela u-2010, silindele ukuthi abadlali bebhola baseJalimane nabalandeli bangagcini nje ngokubona iVictoria Falls kodwa izilwane zaseHwange (indawo yokulondoloza izilwane) kanye nemvelo enhle ezweni lonke," kusho uCronze. umagazini wezokuvakasha wendawo.
