SHEILA MHLONGO
NgoLwesihlanu lomhlaka-20 Juni 2025, uMengameli uCyril Ramaphosa uncome iNkantolo yoMthethosisekelo ngeqhaza layo elibalulekile ekufakazeni ubulungiswa, amalungelo abantu nobumbano lwesizwe eminyakeni engu-30 selokhu yasungulwa.
Ekhuluma emcimbini wokugubha iminyaka engu-30 yasungulwa inkantolo, uMengameli uthe le nkantolo ayiyona nje kuphela into yezomthetho, kodwa iyisibonakaliso esihle sentando yeningi, esakhiwe phezu kwezinsalela zentambo yobushokobezi (i-Old Fort Prison).
Wagcizelela ukubaluleka koMthethosisekelo owamukelwa ngo-8 Juni 1996, owaba umfanekiso wesi “isitifiketi sokuzalwa kwesizwe” esisha.
UNgqongqoshe ukhumbule izahlulelo ezibalulekile zale nkantolo ezifana ne-S v Makwanyane (eyaqeda isigwebo sentambo), iGrootboom (mayelana nelungelo lokuhlala), kanye ne-Minister of Health v Treatment Action Campaign (ngelungelo lokwelashwa kwe-HIV/Aids).
Wavuma ukuthi izinselelo zisekhona, ikakhulukazi eziphathelene nokuhlinzekwa kwamalungelo omphakathi njengokuhlala, impilo nokufinyelela ezinsizeni, wathi kusekhona ukuhlukana phakathi kwezithembiso zoMthethosisekelo nempilo yangempela yabantu.
UMengameli uphinde waqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kukahulumeni ekuhlonipheni ukuzimela kwezinkantolo kanye nokusiza ngezimali, izakhiwo, nezinsiza.
Wahlonipha oJaji bokuqala beNkantolo yoMthethosisekelo, kufaka phakathi u-Albie Sachs no-Kate O’Regan, nabasebenze enkantolo ngeminyaka yayo yokuqala.
Ephetha, uRamaphosa uthe iNkantolo yoMthethosisekelo iyisiqondiso sentando yeningi futhi kufanele iqhubeke nokuba yinsika yobulungiswa, ubuntu nokuziphendulela eminyakeni ezayo.SANEWS.gov.za
