Umkhankaso kazwelonke uzogqugquzela abantu ukuba bagqoke okumnyama njalo ngoLwesihlanu ngo-Okthoba njengophawu olubonakalayo lokumelana nodlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane, ngaphambi kwezinsuku eziyi-16 zokulwa nodlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane nezingane.
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – I-SPAR inxusa abantu baseNingizimu Afrika ukuba bagqoke okumnyama njalo ngoLwesihlanu kule nyanga ka-Okthoba ukukhombisa ubumbano nabesifazane namantombazane abathintekile ngenxa yodlame olubhekiswe kwabobulili obuthile (GBV).
Lo mkhankaso uhlose ukuguqula isenzo esilula sokugqoka okumnyama sibe wuphawu olubonakalayo ezweni lonke lokumelana nenkinga yodlame eqhubeka nokuhlukumeza imindeni nemiphakathi.
Kusukela mhla zi-2 kuya kumhla zingama-30 ku-Okthoba 2026, i-SPAR izogqugquzela abasebenzi bayo, abanikazi bezitolo, amakhasimende, abalingani kanye nemiphakathi ezweni lonke ukuba bagqoke okumnyama njalo ngoLwesihlanu, baphinde bakhuthaze nabanye ukuba benze okufanayo.
Lesi sinxuso senziwa ngesikhathi iNingizimu Afrika isaqhubeka nokubhekana nenkinga enkulu yokubulawa kwabesifazane ngenxa yodlame. Ngemuva kwesihloko ngasinye sezindaba kanye nezibalo kunomuntu – indodakazi, umama, udadewethu, umngani, umuntu esisebenza naye noma ilungu lomphakathi – obekufanele aphile futhi abe nekusasa.
Kwa-SPAR, ukugqoka okumnyama kuzoba yindlela yokuhlonipha labo abalahlekelwe yizimpilo zabo, ukweseka abasinde odlameni kanye nalabo abathintekile ngenxa ye-GBV, nokugcina ukunaka komphakathi kugxile kule nkinga okungafanele ivunyelwe ukuba ishabalale ezingqondweni zabantu.
“Wonke umuntu ufanelwe ukuzizwa ephephile futhi ehlonishwa. Baningi kakhulu abesifazane abasaqhubeka nokuhlukunyezwa, kanti miningi kakhulu imindeni nemiphakathi esaqhubeka nokuphila nemiphumela ebuhlungu yalolu dlame,” kusho uMpudi Maubane, oyi-Group Head: PR, Communications & Sponsorships kwa-The SPAR Group.
“Ngokugqoka okumnyama njalo ngoLwesihlanu ngo-Okthoba, sicela abantu baseNingizimu Afrika ukuba bakhombise ngokusobala ubumbano lwabo. Yisenzo esilula, kodwa uma sisibamba ngokuhlanganyela, sithumela umyalezo onamandla wokuthi udlame olubhekiswe kwabobulili obuthile ngeke silwamukele njengento ejwayelekile empilweni yansuku zonke.”
Lesi sinxuso sokugqoka okumnyama sakhela phezu komsebenzi osunesikhathi we-SPAR womkhankaso we-EndGBV, ogxile ekuvimbeleni udlame, ekwesekeni abasinde kulo kanye nasekwenzeni kube lula ukuthola izinsiza ezibalulekile kulabo abathintekile.
Ngokubambisana ne-LifeLine, i-SPAR yeseka izinsiza zokwelulekwa ngokwengqondo ezinikeza abantu abathintekile ngenxa yodlame usizo oluyimfihlo.
I-SPAR iphinde yasebenzisana ne-National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) ukweseka ama-Thuthuzela Care Centres ezweni lonke, ngokuhlinzeka abasinde odlameni ngamaphakethe ezidingo, izinto zokuzihlanza kanye nokudla ngesikhathi lapho besengozini enkulu futhi bedinga ukwesekwa.
Ukuzibophezela kwe-SPAR kuphinde kufinyelele nasekuqiniseni ukufinyelela ezinsizeni ezeseka abasinde odlameni. Nge-Build it, le nkampani yeseka ukwakhiwa kwe-Thuthuzela Care Centre entsha eJozini, KwaZulu-Natal, ezohlinzeka ngendawo ephephile lapho abasinde odlameni bezokwazi ukuthola khona izinsiza ezibalulekile.
Njengoba i-SPAR iqonda ukuthi ukuqeda i-GBV kudinga nokuvimbela udlame lungakenzeki, yeseka izinhlelo zemfundo ezibandakanya abantu abasha ezingxoxweni ngokulingana kobulili, ukuziphatha okulimazayo, kanye nokubona nokubika ukuhlukunyezwa.
Ngokuhlanganyela, lezi zinhlelo zikhombisa inkolelo ye-SPAR yokuthi ukubhekana nodlame olubhekiswe kwabobulili obuthile kudinga izinyathelo eziqhubekayo – kusukela ekuvimbeleni nasekufundiseni kuya ekwesekeni abasinde odlameni nasekubasizeni ukuba bathole ubulungiswa.
GQOKA OKUMNYAMA NJALO NGOLWESIHLANU NGO-OKTHOBA
Umkhankaso ka-Okthoba uzonikeza abantu baseNingizimu Afrika indlela elula yokufaka amazwi abo kulesi sibophezelo.
Ngomhla zi-2, 9, 16, 23 kanye nama-30 ku-Okthoba, i-SPAR inxusa abantu ezweni lonke ukuba bagqoke okumnyama emsebenzini, emakhaya, ezitolo nasemiphakathini yabo.
Inhloso wukuthi lesi senzo singagcini nje ngezingubo abantu abazigqokayo. ULwesihlanu ngalunye luzoba yithuba lokuqala izingxoxo nge-GBV nangendima engadlalwa ngabantu ngabanye, imindeni, izindawo zokusebenza kanye nemiphakathi ekulweni nemibono nokuziphatha okuvumela udlame ukuba luqhubeke.
Lesi sinxuso sibhekiswe kuwo wonke umuntu. I-SPAR ikhuthaza ikakhulukazi amadoda ukuba nawo abambe iqhaza futhi ame nabesifazane, kugcizelelwe ukuthi ukuqeda udlame olubhekiswe kwabobulili obuthile kuwumsebenzi wethu sonke.
Lo mkhankaso ka-Okthoba uzophinde wakhe umfutho obheke emkhankasweni wezinsuku eziyi-16 wokulwa nodlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane nezingane, oqala mhla zingama-25 kuNovemba.
Nakuba lo mkhankaso waminyaka yonke uyithuba elibalulekile lokugxilisa ukunaka kwezwe kwi-GBV, i-SPAR ikholelwa ukuthi umsebenzi wokubhekana nodlame olubhekiswe kwabesifazane awukwazi ukwenziwa kuphela phakathi nalezi zinsuku eziyi-16.
“Ukugqoka okumnyama kuwuphawu, kodwa lokho olumele khona kukhulu kakhulu,” kwengeza uMaubane.
“Kuwukuzibophezela ekukhumbuleni labo esilahlekelwe yibo, ukuma nalabo abasinde odlameni kanye nokwenqaba ukuthula uma kukhulunywa ngodlame olubhekiswe kwabobulili obuthile.”
