nguKathy Kelly, uJanuwari 1, 2018, Imfazwe yiCalulo.
Abantu abahlala ngoku kwisixeko sesithathu ngobukhulu eYemen, iTa'iz, baye banyamezela iimeko ezingacingelekiyo kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo. Abemi boyika ukuphumela ngaphandle hleze badutyulwe ngumcuphi okanye banyathele kwisigcayiseli. Omabini amacala emfazwe yamakhaya eqatselayo asebenzisa iiHowitzers, iiKaytushas, iintsimbi zodaka kunye neminye imijukujelwa ukushenxa isixeko. Abahlali bathi akukho ngingqi ikhuseleke ngakumbi kunenye, kwaye amaqela alwela amalungelo abantu axela ukunyhashwa okumanyumnyezi, kuquka nokungcungcuthekiswa kwabathinjwa. Kwiintsuku ezimbini ezidlulileyo, ibhombu ekhokelwa yi-Saudi yabulala abantu abangama-54 kwindawo yentengiso exineneyo.
Phambi kokuba kuphuhliswe imfazwe yamakhaya, esi sixeko sasithathwa njengekomkhulu lenkcubeko esemthethweni yaseYemen, indawo apho ababhali kunye nezifundiswa, amagcisa kunye neembongi bakhetha ukuhlala khona. UTa'iz wayelikhaya kumbutho wolutsha oludlamkileyo, oluyilayo ngexesha lemvukelo yase-Arab Spring ka-2011. Amadoda nabafazi abancinci baququzelela uqhanqalazo olukhulu bekhalazela ukutyeba kwabantu abakumgangatho ophezulu njengoko abantu abaqhelekileyo bezabalazela ukuphila.
Aba baselula babebhenca iingcambu zeyona ntlekele inkulu ehlabathini namhlanje.
Babekhwaza ngokuhla kweetafile zamanzi nto leyo eyenza kube nzima ukugrunjwa kwamaqula kwaye kuqhwalelisa uqoqosho lwezolimo. Babecinezelekile ngokufanayo ngenxa yokungaqeshwa. Xa amafama nabelusi abalambileyo befudukela ezixekweni, abantu abaselula babenokubona indlela ukwanda kwabemi ababeya kucinezela ngayo inkqubo esele ingenakwanela yogutyulo, ugutyulo nokuhanjiswa kwezempilo. Bakhalazela ukurhoxiswa kukarhulumente wabo izibonelelo zamafutha kunye nokunyuka kwamaxabiso okubangele. Bakhalazela ukuba kuphinde kugxilwe kumgaqo-nkqubo kude nabantu abazizityebi kunye nokudalwa kwamathuba emisebenzi kwabaphumelele kwizikolo zamabanga aphakamileyo nabaseyunivesithi.
Phezu kwayo nje inkxwaleko yabo, ngokuthe nkqi bakhetha umzabalazo ongaxhobekanga nongenabundlobongela.
UGqr. Sheila Carapico, umbhali-mbali oyilandele ngokusondeleyo imbali yale mihla yaseYemen, waphawula amazwi asetyenziswa ngoqhanqalazo eTa’iz naseSana’a, ngo-2011 athi: “Ukuhlala Uxolile Lukhetho Lwethu,” nelithi “Uxolo, Uxolo, Akukho Kwimfazwe Yamakhaya.”
UCarapico wongeza ngelithi abanye babiza iTa'iz ngoyena ndoqo woqhankqalazo oludumileyo. “Iqela labafundi besixeko esifunde bakwizizwe ngezizwe belisonwabisa abo bathatha inxaxheba ngomculo, iiskits, iicaricatures, iigraffiti, iibhenela kunye nezinye izinto zobugcisa. Izihlwele zafotwa: amadoda nabafazi kunye; amadoda nabafazi ngokwahlukeneyo, bonke bengaxhobanga.”
NgoDisemba ka-2011, abantu abangama-150,000 bahamba malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-200 ukusuka eTa'iz ukuya eSana'a, bekhuthaza ikhwelo labo lokutshintsha ngoxolo. Phakathi kwabo kwakukho abantu bezizwe ababesebenza kwiifama nakwiifama. Babengafane bahambe ekhaya bengaphethe oombayimbayi, kodwa babekhethe ukubekela bucala izixhobo zabo bazibandakanye nolu mngcelele woxolo.
Nangona kunjalo, abo balawula iYemen iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu, ngokusebenzisana nobukhosi obusebumelwaneni baseSaudi Arabia obuchasa ngokukrakra iintshukumo zedemokhrasi naphina kufutshane nemida yayo, bathethathethana ngelungiselelo lezopolitiko elinenjongo yokukhetha ukuchasa ngelixa lingabandakanyi uninzi lweYemenis kwimpembelelo kumgaqo-nkqubo. . Abazange bazihoye iimfuno zotshintsho olunokuthi luvakalelwe ngabantu baseYemenis abaqhelekileyo kwaye endaweni yoko baququzelele ukutshintshana kobunkokeli, besusa uMongameli u-Ali Abdullah Saleh onguzwilakhe kunye no-Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, usekela-mongameli wakhe, njengomongameli ongakhethwanga waseYemen.
I-US kunye ne-petro-monarchies engabamelwane baxhasa i-elites enamandla. Ngexesha apho i-Yemenis yayidinga kakhulu inkxaso-mali ukuze ihlangabezane neemfuno zezigidi ezilambileyo, abazange bazinanze izibongozo zolutsha olunoxolo olufuna utshintsho lokunganyangeki, kwaye bathululela inkxaso-mali "kwinkcitho yokhuseleko"-umbono olahlekisayo obhekiselele ekuqhubekeni kokwakhiwa komkhosi, kubandakanya nokubamba izixhobo. yabaxumi oozwilakhe ngokuchasene nabantu babo.
Kwaye emva koko iinketho ezingenabundlobongela zaphela, kwaye kwaqala imfazwe yamakhaya.
Ngoku unxunguphalo lwendlala nezifo olwalulindelwe lulutsha olunoxolo luye lwaba yinyani eyoyikekayo, kwaye isixeko salo saseTa'iz siguqulelwe ekubeni lithafa ledabi.
Yintoni esinokuyinqwenelela uTa'iz? Ngokuqinisekileyo, ngekhe sinqwenelele ukuba isibetho soloyiko sokuqhushumba kwebhombu emoyeni sibangele ukufa, ukwenzakala, ukutshatyalaliswa kunye nokwenzakala okuphindaphindiweyo. Ngekhe sinqwenele ukutshintsha imigca yedabi ukuba inabele kuso sonke isixeko kunye namabhodlo kwizitrato zaso ezinegazi. Ndicinga ukuba uninzi lwabantu base-US abanakunqwenela ukoyikeka okunjalo kulo naliphi na uluntu kwaye abafuni ukuba abantu baseTa'iz bakhethelwe ukubandezeleka ngakumbi. Endaweni yoko singakha amaphulo amakhulu sifuna umnxeba wase-US wokuba kupheliswe umlilo ngokusisigxina kunye nokupheliswa kwayo yonke intengiso yezixhobo kulo naliphi na iqela elilwayo. Kodwa, ukuba i-US iyaqhubeka nokuxhobisa umfelandawonye okhokelwa yi-Saudi, ukuthengisa iibhombu kwi-Saudi Arabia kunye ne-UAE kunye ne-refueling ibhomu yase-Saudi ephakathi ukuze baqhubeke nokubulala kwabo, abantu baseTaiz nakwi-Yemen baya kuqhubeka bebandezeleka.
Abantu abanxungupheleyo eTa'iz baya kulindela, yonke imihla, isithonga esigulisayo, ukugqabhuka kweendlebe okanye ukugqabhuka kwendudumo okunokukrazula umzimba womntu othandekayo, okanye ummelwane, okanye umntwana wommelwane; okanye bajike amakhaya abo abe yintabalala yamanxuwa, baguqule ubomi babo kude kuse ephakadeni, okanye baphelise ubomi babo phambi kokuba kuphele imini.
Kathy Kelly (kathy@vcnv.org) uququzelele iiNyunithi zoLwazi lokuShatshazwa koLuntu (www.vcnv.org)
