I-Apartheid Museum eJohannesburg: Indawo Ekhumbuza Ubuhlungu, Iqinisa Ithemba

I-Apartheid Museum eJohannesburg yavulwa ngo-2001, begodu yamukelwa njengeMnyuziyamu eveleleko ephasini ekhuluma ngomlando weSewula Afrikha wamakhulu amabili.

Ehliziyweni yayo kunendaba ye-Apartheid, etjengisa indlela umthetho wokuhlukanisa wabumba ngayo ipilo yabantu, kanye nendlela abantu abanengi abalwisana ngayo nawo.

Ngesikhathi se-Apartheid (1948–1994), ukuphulwa kwamalungelo wabantu kwaba kukhulu.

I-United Nations yamemezela i-Apartheid njengecala eliphikisana nobuntu, ngalokho umzabalazo lo waba ngewomhlaba woke—owalwela amalungelo wabantu, ikululeko, nentando yenengi.

Umqondo we-UNESCO nawo wavela: “njengombana izipi zithoma emicabangweni yabantu, nokuvikelwa kokuthula kufuze kwakhiwe emicabangweni leyo.”

Ngo-1995, uRhulumende weSewula Afrikha waqala indlela yokunikelwa kwama-licence wamakhasino nge-Gambling Board, wafuna amabhidi atjengise ukuthi azokukhuthaza ukuvakatjha, ukukhulisa umnotho, nokwenza imisebenzi.

Iqoqo elibizwa nge-Akani Egoli (Gold Reef City) laphumelela ngebhidi elalithembisa ukwakha imnyuziyamu.

I-Gold Reef City Casino yakhiwa, indawo eseduze yanikelwa imnyuziyamu, begodu iindleko zokwakha ezimalunga nama-R80 miliyoni zahlawulwa yi-Gold Reef City.

Imnyuziyamu ibhaliswe njenge-Section 21 company (engenze inzuzo), inebhodi labaphathiswa elizijameleko eliholwa ngu-Dr John Kani.

Ihlukene ne-Gold Reef City, kodwana iqatjhiselwe yona isikhathi se-licence yekhasino.

Ngalokho ithembele kumadonetjhini eminikelweni nakubaseki.

Umklamo wayo owenziwa yi-architectural consortium estendini esimahektara ailitjhumi nekhomba? Aowa, ezi-7, uhlanganisa isikhala, umhlaba nomuzwa oqinileko.

Iindawo zokubukisa ezima-22 zisa iimvakatjhi endleleni ethinta imizwa, zitjengisa ihlelo lombuso elakhelwe ekuhlukaniseni ngokwemihlobo yabantu kanye nokuphikiswa kwalo.

“Nanyana ngubani ofuna ukuzwisisa nokuzwa ukuthi i-Apartheid South Africa beyinjani, ukuvakatjhela i-Apartheid Museum kuqakatheke khulu.”

Indawo le yaziwa njengebhekhoni lethemba.

Yabuye yaba yindawo yomnyanya ka-2 Ntaka 2026 lapho uNgqongqotjhe uMmamoloko Kubayi athula khona ukugidingwa kweminyaka ema-30 yoMthethosisekelo; uNelson Mandela wasayina Mthethosisekelo lo ngomhlaka 10 Nobayeni 1996.

Wathoma ukusebenza ngomhlaka Mhlolanja  1997, begodu iNyanga yamaLungelo wabantu ikhumbula abama-69 ababulawa eSharpeville Massacre.