Abantu bomphakathi basale bedumele ngemuva kokuba iSilo samaZulu uMisizulu kaZwelithini singabonakalanga emcimbini wokugubha uMkhosi Welembe eSam Ntuli Stadium eThokoza, empumalanga yeGoli.
Ingxenye yesibili yoMkhosi Welembe ibihlonipha ifa likaShaka Zulu, iNkosi yokuqala yamaZulu, owabulawa ngo-1828.
Ekhuluma egameni leNkosi uMisizulu kaZwelithini, ummeli womndeni wasebukhosini uSimphiwe Zulu uqinisekise abantu ukuthi iNkosi inikeze imvume yokuthi umcimbi uqhubeke. Nokho, uZulu akazange adalule izizathu ezicacile zokungabikhona kweSilo nakuba mibiko ithi besivele sikhona esifundazweni saseGauteng.
“Abahleli balo mcimbi bayazi ukuthi kukhona okungahambanga kahle ekuhlelweni. Ngibeka icala kuHulumeni waseGauteng ngokungabikho kweSilo. I-Silo silapha eGoli, kodwa ngenxa yezizathu ezithile asikwazanga ukuza,” kusho uZulu.
Ngokuvamile, uMkhosi Welembe ugujwa minyaka yonke eKwaDukuza, ogwini olusenyakatho lweKwaZulu-Natal. Lo mcimbi unwetshiwe wafika naseGauteng ngoba abantu abaningi bakhona kulesi sifundazwe ngenxa yamathuba emisebenzi angcono.
Okhulumela iMidlalo, uBugcisa, uMasiko kanye noKuvakasha, uChina Mashinini, uthe lesi sifundazwe siqhenya ngokwamukela zonke izindlela zamasiko.
“Isifundazwe sethu siyikhaya labantu abavela kuzo zonke izindawo zaseNingizimu Afrika, okusenza sibe isibonelo esiphelele sokwehlukahlukana kwesizwe sethu. Ngokubamba lo mcimbi eGauteng, simemezela ukuqonda phakathi kwamasiko, sigcina ifa lase-Afrika futhi sifundisa intsha yethu.”
Okhulumela uMnyango Wezemidlalo, uBugcisa neZokungcebeleka esifundazweni saseGauteng, uNomazwe Ntlokwane, uphinde wathi imicimbi enjengoMkhosi Welembe inika abantu abasha ithuba lokufunda ngomlando wabo futhi bazigqaje ngezimpande zabo.
“Sihlose ukukhuthaza ubumbano lwezenhlalo kanye nokwakhiwa kwesizwe. Kodwa futhi kumayelana nobunikazi bethu, lapho esivela khona nalapho siya khona. Sinethemba lokuthi imicimbi enjengale isinika ithuba lokuhloniphana ngamasiko ethu, njengoba sihluka ngemvelaphi.”
Ayikho into emangazayo ngesenzo salensizwa, futhi kuningi ukuphoxeka isizwe esisazohlangabezana nakho ebuholini beSilo esibusayo. Ubukhosi ba-KwaZulu buyashabalala.