U-Mackenzie uxolisa ngokuvikela u-Renaldo Gouws kwelenkulumo enenzondo

Usomabhizinisi ophinde abe ngusopolitiki uGayton Mackenzie usekhiphe isixoliso emphakathini ngokuvikela kwakhe lowo owayeyilungu lePhalamende leDemocratic Alliance (DA) okusolwa ukuthi unobandlululo, uRenaldo Gouws, kulandela ukuvela kwenye i-video okusolakala ukuthi inamazwi anokucwasa ngokwebala.

UMackenzie ubhale kuTwitter ezwakalisa ukuzisola, wathi, “Abanye benu bajwayele ukulandela abaholi abazikhukhumezayo, bazi bonke abaholi abasuka emaphutheni baye emaphutheni ngaphandle kokuxolisa. Benginephutha kakhulu abt @RenaldoGouws. Ukuxolisa kwami kuqotho, bengicabanga ukuthi ukhandwa ngamatshe ngevidiyo eyodwa yeminyaka engu-16 edlule kodwa ayanda ama-video aphumayo.”

Lokhu kuxolisa kuza ngemuva kwe-video esanda kutholwa okuthiwa ikhombisa uGouws ekhuluma amazwi alulazayo abhekiswe kubantu abamnyama. Le vidiyo, eqale yafakwa esiteshini sakhe se-YouTube ngaphambi kokuba isuswe, kubikwa ukuthi ithwebula uGouws ethi, “Bulalani ama-f*ing kffirs, bulalani bonke abenzi bobubi.”

Ividiyo yasakazwa ngokushesha ku-inthanethi, yabangela ukulahlwa okusabalele futhi idinga ukuziphendulela. Le mpikiswano yakamuva ihlanganisa ukugxekwa kwangaphambilini okuqondiswe ku-Gouws mayelana namazwi adlule obuhlanga nokucwasa abantu bobulili obufanayo.

Phambilini, umholi we-DA uJohn Steenhuisen wayevikele uGouws, ethi ukuphawula kwakhe phambilini kwakuhlobene nobusha nokungaphenduleki. Kodwa-ke, ukuvela kwale vidiyo entsha kubuyise ukubhekisiswa kokuziphatha kukaGouws kanye ne-DA esingethe lesi simo. USihlalo we-DA uHelen Zille uqale wangabaza ngobuqiniso bevidiyo, wathi ingase ibe yi-AI.

Noma kunjalo, umhlaziyi wemithombo evulekile u-Andrew Fraser ukuqinisekisile ukuba semthethweni kwayo, ekhomba ukuba khona kwengobo yomlando ku-Internet Archive Wayback Machine ehlehlela emuva ku-2011. Ukusabela ekukhaleni okukhulayo komphakathi, isicelo esiku-inthanethi sokuthi uGouws asuswe ePhalamende sesizuze lukhulu, sahlanganisa abantu abacishe babe ngu-50,000 abasayiniwe. Ongoti bezomthetho baveze ukuthi kungenzeka kube nobugebengu uma izinsolo ezibhekiswe kuGouws zinobufakazi.

UGouws uqobo ukuphike ngesibindi ukuthi wayenesandla ekudaleni le vidiyo engundabuzekwayo, eyibiza ngokuthi umkhankaso wokuhlambalaza. “Anginawo umongo ogcwele kodwa … lokhu kubonakala sekufinyelele ezingeni eliphezulu,” kuphawula uGouws esitatimendeni ekhuluma ngengxabano ekhulayo.

Njengoba lo mbango uqhubeka, izinhlaka zezepolitiki okubalwa kuzo iDA namanye amaqembu kulindeleke ukuthi zikhiphe ezinye izitatimende. I-African National Congress (ANC) nayo ithintwe ukuze iphendule ngalezi zigameko ezenzekayo.

Imiphumela yalesi sihlava sakamuva kungenzeka iphinde ibuyele esimweni sezepolitiki saseNingizimu Afrika, ilolonge izinkulumo zomphakathi futhi ibe nomthelela ekushintsheni kokhetho esikhathini esizayo.