Umugore wagurishije umukobwa we yakatiwe gufungwa burundu

Urukiko Rukuru rwa Afurika y’Epfo rwakatiye Racquel “Kelly” Smith, w’imyaka 35, igihano cyo gufungwa burundu nyuma yo guhamwa n’icyaha cyo gucuruza umwana we w’imyaka 6, Joshlin Smith, waherukaga kuboneka tariki ya 19 Gashyantare 2024 mu gace ka Saldanha Bay. Abafatanyacyaha be babiri, Jacquen Appollis (umukunzi we) na Steveno van Rhyn (inshuti yabo), na bo bakatiwe igifungo cya burundu. Bose uko ari batatu banakatiwe imyaka 10 y’igifungo ku cyaha cyo gushimuta, igihano kizahuzwa n’icya mbere.

Ubushinjacyaha bwagaragaje ko Kelly Smith yagurishije umukobwa we ku muvuzi gakondo (sangoma) ku mafaranga angana na 20,000 rand (ahwanye na miliyoni 1.5 FRW), kugira ngo akoreshwe mu bikorwa by’ubupfumu, by’umwihariko amaso n’uruhu rwe. Abatangabuhamya barenga 30 batanze ubuhamya bw’uko Smith yari amaze igihe avuga ko ashobora kugurisha abana be ku mafaranga make, rimwe na rimwe akavuga 5,000 rand kuri buri mwana.

Kubera uburemere bw’uru rubanza n’inyungu rusange, urubanza rwasomwe mu kigo cy’imyidagaduro cya White City Multipurpose Centre i Diazville, kugira ngo abaturage babashe kurwitabira. Umucamanza Nathan Erasmus yavuze ko abaregwa bagaragaje uburyarya n’ubugome, ndetse nta kwicuza na guke. Yagize ati: “Nta kintu na kimwe nshobora kubona cyatuma mbakatira igihano gito.”

Nubwo abaregwa bakatiwe, Joshlin Smith ntaraboneka. Polisi ya Afurika y’Epfo ikomeje ibikorwa byo kumushakisha, harimo no gukoresha imbwa zifite ubushobozi bwo guhiga, indege zitagira abapilote (drones), ndetse n’ubufatanye n’abaturage. Hari n’igihembo cya miliyoni 1 y’amafaranga y’ama-rand cyatanzwe ku muntu wese watanga amakuru y’aho Joshlin yaba aherereye.

Amanda Smith-Daniels, nyirakuru wa Joshlin, yavuze ko ibura ry’umwuzukuru we ryashenguye umuryango wose. Yagize ati: “Sinumva ko igihano icyo ari cyo cyose bazahabwa kizatuma umwuzukuru wanjye agaruka.”

Abaturage bo muri Saldanha Bay bakomeje ibikorwa byo kwibuka Joshlin, harimo n’amasengesho rusange n’ibikorwa byo kumushakisha. Umuyobozi w’ako gace, Andre Truter, yavuze ko abaturage bose bafatanyije mu gushakisha Joshlin.

Iyi nkuru ibabaje yerekana ikibazo gikomeye cy’icuruzwa ry’abantu muri Afurika y’Epfo, aho imibare yerekana ko mu mwaka wa 2023/2024 habayeho izamuka ry’icyaha cyo gushimuta, aho habaruwe abantu barenga 17,000 bashimuswe.

Nubwo abakoze ibi byaha bakatiwe, urugendo rwo gushaka no gusubiza Joshlin mu muryango we rurakomeje.