Abacukuzi 14
bakoraga ubucukuzi bw’ubukorikori bapfuye, nyuma y’uko igice cy’ikirombe
cyatawe gisenyutse mu ijoro ryo ku wa Mbere hafi y’umujyi wa Rustenburg, ku
birometero hafi 130 uvuye i Johannesburg, muri Afurika y’Epfo. Abandi bantu
umunani bakomeretse, nk’uko polisi yabitangaje ku wa Kabiri.
Ibikorwa byo
gushakisha byahise bitangira kugira ngo hamenyekane niba hari abandi bantu
bashobora kuba bagwiriwe n’ibitaka cyangwa abandi bahitanywe n’iyo mpanuka.
Mu makuru ya
mbere yari yatanzwe, byavugwaga ko umwobo w’ikirombe ari wo wari waguye. Ariko
polisi y’Afurika y’Epfo yaje gusobanura ko atari umwobo w’ikirombe, ahubwo ko
ari ahantu hacukurwa ku mugaragaro.
Jenerali
Majoro Arthur Adams, komiseri wa polisi mu Ntara ya North West, yavuze ko
iperereza rizareba impamvu y’isenyuka ndetse n’ibikorwa bitemewe byakorerwaga
muri ako gace.
Yagize ati: “Turimo
gukora iperereza ku mpamvu y’isenyuka ndetse n’ibikorwa bitemewe byakorerwaga
muri iki kirombe. Amakuru ya mbere yavugaga ko umwobo w’ikirombe waguye, ariko
ubu twemeza ko atari umwobo. Ni ahantu hacukurwaga ku mugaragaro ku cyahoze ari
ahajugunywa ubutaka, maze inkuta z’ibirundo by’ubutaka zirasenyuka.”
Iyi mpanuka
yongeye kugaragaza ikibazo gikomeye cy’ubucukuzi butemewe muri Afurika y’Epfo.
Abacukuzi
benshi bakorera mu birombe bya zahabu na platine byatawe cyangwa byafunzwe.
Bazwi cyane ku izina rya “Zama Zama”, kandi akenshi bakorera mu bihe bishyira
ubuzima bwabo mu kaga.
Bamwe muri
bo bakorera mu matsinda afitanye isano n’imitwe y’ibyaha byateguwe, ibintu
bituma ikibazo cy’ubucukuzi butemewe kiba ikibazo cy’umutekano n’ubukungu,
atari ikibazo cy’akazi gusa.
Iyi mpanuka
ibaye nyuma y’izindi mpanuka zikomeye zagiye zihitana abacukuzi bakora mu buryo
butemewe.
Mu mpera za 2024,
abantu barenga 80 bapfiriye mu kirombe cya zahabu cyari cyakikijwe na polisi,
mu gihe cy’umwiryane wamaze amezi menshi hagati y’abacukuzi n’inzego
z’umutekano.
Ibyo
byatumye ikibazo cy’ubucukuzi butemewe gikomeza gushyirwa ku murongo w’ibibazo
byihutirwa igihugu kigomba gukemura.
Perezida Cyril
Ramaphosa yashyizeho ingabo muri uyu mwaka mu rwego rwo gushyigikira ibikorwa
bimara umwaka bigamije guhangana n’ibyaha byateguwe.
Ubucukuzi
bw’amabuye y’agaciro butemewe ni kimwe mu byibandwaho muri ibyo bikorwa, kubera
ko butera igihombo ku gihugu, bugahungabanya umutekano ndetse bukaba intandaro
y’impfu nyinshi.
Ku ruhande
rw’abaturage, ikibazo gikomeje kuba gikomeye: abantu benshi binjira muri
ibirombe bishaje bashaka amaramuko, ariko bakabikora nta bikoresho bihagije
by’umutekano bafite.
Nyuma
y’isenyuka ry’aho bacukuraga hafi ya Rustenburg, inzego z’umutekano n’abatabazi
baracyashakisha kugira ngo bamenye niba hari abandi bantu bagwiriwe n’ibitaka.
Polisi kandi
irimo gukurikirana abantu n’amatsinda ashobora kuba yari afite uruhare mu
bikorwa by’ubucukuzi butemewe byaberaga muri ako gace.