Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika bathi abakhathazekile nakancane ngesinqumo senganekwane yomculo waseMali, uSalif Keita, sokuhoxa kwiMangaung African Cultural Festival (MACUFE) ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngodlame athi lubhekiswe kubantu bokufika base-Afrika.
UKeita umemezele ukuthi ngeke esakwazi ukucula emcimbini, ethi imibiko ngodlame olubhekiswe kwabokufika base-Afrika imenze wangakwazi ukuqhubeka nezinhlelo zakhe zokudlala eNingizimu Afrika.
Kodwa lesi sinqumo sihlangabezane nemibono ehlukene kubantu baseNingizimu Afrika. Abanye bathi bayasihlonipha isinqumo sakhe, kodwa abanye bamtshela ngokusobala ukuthi ukungabibikho kwakhe ngeke kuyimise impilo yezwe.
Ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, abanye abantu baseNingizimu Afrika babuze ukuthi kungani uKeita ethathe isinqumo sokuhoxa, bethi izwe linezinkinga ezinkulu mayelana nokungena nokuhlala kwabantu ngokungemthetho, futhi ukukhuluma ngalezi zinkinga akumele kuhlale kuchazwa njengenzondo yabokufika.
Abanye bavele bangazihluphi nhlobo, bethi uKeita ukhululekile ukukhetha ukuthi uza noma akazi, kodwa abantu baseNingizimu Afrika bazoqhubeka nezimpilo zabo kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyafika yini ukuzocula noma cha.
Kwabanye, lolu daba ludlula ekubeni ngumculi oyedwa. Bathi iNingizimu Afrika inelungelo lokuqinisa nokusebenzisa imithetho yayo yokufika kwabantu kanye nokuvikela izinsiza zezwe, ngesikhathi esifanayo ilahla udlame olubhekiswe kubantu bakwamanye amazwe.
UKeita yena uthi isinqumo sakhe sisuselwa ekuphikisaneni kwakhe nodlame nenzondo ebhekiswe kwabokufika base-Afrika.
Lo mculi owaziwa emhlabeni wonke unobudlelwano obude neNingizimu Afrika futhi wake wakhuluma ngomzabalazo wezwe wokulwa nobandlululo, kanye nokubaluleka kobumbano lwama-Afrika.
Ukuhoxa kwakhe sekuphinde kwavusa impikiswano enkulu nge-xenophobia, ukufika kwabantu ngokungemthetho kanye nobumbano lwama-Afrika.
Kodwa kubantu abaningi baseNingizimu Afrika, umyalezo ucacile: uKeita unelungelo lokunquma ukuthi uyacula yini eNingizimu Afrika, kanti nabantu baseNingizimu Afrika banelungelo lokuqhubeka nempilo yabo ngaphandle kwakhe.
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