Cyamunara iteganijwe muri Amerika yibintu bigera kuri 70 by’intwari yo muri Afurika yepfo yo kurwanya ivanguramoko Nelson Mandela, Gusa iyi cyamunara irashobora guhagarikwa kubera ko guverinoma y’Afurika yepfo yatanze ikirego mu rukiko kugira ngo ibuze kubigurisha.
Ikigo gishinzwe umutungo ndangamurage muri Afurika y’Epfo (Sahra), urwego rushinzwe kurinda amateka n’umuco by’igihugu, ruvuga ko “rwatanze ubujurire bwo guhagarika iri igurishwa” mu Kuboza.
Nk’uko ibitangazamakuru byabitangazaga, cyamunara itavugwaho rumwe muri Amerika, ubu iteganijwe ku ya 22 Mutarama n’umukobwa mukuru wa Mandela, Makaziwe Mandela nawe arimo, muri iyo mitungo harimo ibyuma bifasha kumva, indangamuntu, impano z’abayobozi b’isi ndetse n’imyambaro y’intwari ya apartheid (yari gahunda yo gutandukanya amoko yashyizweho muri Afurika y’Epfo no muri Afurika y’Epfo (ubu ni Namibiya) kuva mu 1948 kugeza mu ntangiriro ya za 90).
Inzu ya cyamunara ya Guernsey ikorera mu mujyi wa New York yamaze kubashyira ku rutonde ko igurishwa bavuga ko ishati ishobora kugurishwa agera ku 70.000 by’amadolari naho ibikoresho byo kumva bikagera ku 20.000. Ariko ibintu bifatwa nkumurage wigihugu ntibishobora gukurwa mugihugu hakurikijwe amategeko ya Afrika yepfo.
Minisitiri w’imikino, ubuhanzi n’umuco muri iki gihugu, Zizi Kodwa, yatangaje ko minisiteri ye ishyigikiye uru rubanza “hagamijwe gukomeza umurage ukungahaye ku gihugu”. Mu magambo ye, Kodwa yongeyeho ati: “Ni ngombwa rero ko tuzigama umurage w’uwahoze ari Perezida Mandela kandi tukareba niba ubuzima bwe mu buzima bwe buguma mu gihugu ibisekuruza bizaza.”
Mu Kuboza, Urukiko Rukuru muri Pretoria, umurwa mukuru w’umukororombya wahaye Madamu Mandela uburenganzira bwo kugurisha ibyo bintu, bivuguruza ingingo leta ivuga ko ari umurage w’igihugu mbere yuko Sahra atanga ubujurire.
Guverinoma yari yarwanyije bwa mbere cyamunara igihe yatangazwa mu 2021, ivuga ko ibintu byasabwe kugurishwa mu by’ukuri ari ibihangano by’igihugu. Cyamunara itavugwaho rumwe, yateguwe icyo gihe mu 2022, yahise ihagarikwa, bivamo intambara y’imyaka ibiri.
Mandela, umurwanashyaka urwanya ivanguramoko akaba n’umunyapolitiki wamaze imyaka 27 muri gereza yabaye perezida wa mbere wa Afurika y’Epfo kuva mu 1994 kugeza 1999. Yabaye umukuru wa mbere w’abirabura muri iki gihugu kandi ni we watowe bwa mbere mu matora ya demokarasi ahagarariye.