Amapolisa kunye noMkomishinala woLwaphulo-mthetho kaSurrey Lisa Townsend ukwamkele ukusungulwa kothethwano malunga nomthetho omtsha kraca oza kuphucula inkxaso kumaxhoba eNgilani naseWales.
Izicwangciso zoMthetho wamaXhoba wokuqala zijolise ekuphuculeni uthethathethwano namaxhoba olwaphulo-mthetho ngexesha lenkqubo yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho kwaye zibandakanye iimfuno ezintsha zokubamba ii-arhente ezifana namapolisa, iNkonzo yoTshutshiso loTshitshi kunye neenkundla ukuba ziphendule ngakumbi. Olu thethwano luza kubuza nokuba inganyuswa kusini na indima yamaPolisa nabaKomishinala boLwaphulo-mthetho njengenxalenye yokubonelela ngolongamelo olungcono kuyo yonke inkqubo yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho.
UMthetho uza kwandisa amazwi oluntu kunye namaxhoba olwaphulo-mthetho, kuquka nemfuneko ecace ngakumbi yokuba abatshutshisi bahlangabezane kwaye baqonde ifuthe letyala kumaxhoba phambi kokuba bamangalele aboni. Umthwalo wolwaphulo-mthetho uya kujoliswa kubaphuli-mthetho, kubandakanywa ukongezwa kwemali ekufuneka bayibuyisele eluntwini.
UMphathiswa wezoBulungisa naye uqinisekisile ukuba uya kuqhubela phambili ekukhuseleni ngokukodwa amaxhoba olwaphulo-mthetho ngokwesondo kunye nobukhoboka bale mihla ukuba baphinde bafumane umonzakalo, ngokukhawulezisa ukukhutshwa kobungqina obubhalwe kwangaphambili ezinkundleni.
Oku kulandela ukupapashwa koPhononongo lukaRhulumente lokudlwengulwa ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, ebimemelela ukuqondwa ngcono kwefuthe lenkqubo yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho kumaxhoba.
Urhulumente namhlanje upapashe inkqubo yokuqala yesizwe yobulungisa bolwaphulo-mthetho kunye namakhadi odlwengulo lwabantu abadala, ekhatshwa yingxelo ngenkqubela eyenziweyo ukusukela oko kwapapashwa uPhononongo. Ukupapashwa kwamakhadi eenqaku kuyenye yezinto ezenziwayo ezibandakanyiweyo kuPhononongo, kugxilwe kuyo yonke inkqubo yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho esebenza ukwandisa inani lamatyala odlwengulo afikelela enkundleni nokuphucula inkxaso kumaxhoba.
I-Surrey inelona nqanaba lisezantsi lezehlo ezirekhodiweyo zodlwengulo kubantu abali-1000. Amapolisa aseSurrey azithathele phezulu iingcebiso zoluPhononongo, kuquka nokuphuhlisa isicwangciso sokuphucula udlwengulo kunye neqela lokuphucula udlwengulo, inkqubo entsha yabenzi bobubi kunye neekliniki zokuqhubekeka kwamatyala.
Umkomishinala wamaPolisa noLwaphulo-mthetho uLisa Townsend uthe: “Ndiyazamkela izindululo ezichazwe namhlanje zokuphucula inkxaso enikwa amaxhoba. Wonke umntu ochatshazelwe lulwaphulo-mthetho ufanelwe ingqwalasela yethu epheleleyo kwinkqubo iphela ukuze siqinisekise ukuba bayaviwa ngokupheleleyo kwaye babandakanywe ekuphumezeni ubulungisa. Kubalulekile oku kuquka inkqubela-phambili ekukhuseleni amaxhoba amaninzi ekonakaleni ngakumbi ngenxa yempembelelo yeenkqubo zolwaphulo-mthetho ezinjengokujongana nomoni enkundleni.
“Iyandivuyisa into yokuba imilinganiselo ecetywayo ayizukwenza kuphela inkqubo yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho ukuba isebenze nzima ukuphumeza iziphumo ezingcono, kodwa iya kugcina ingqwalasela engundoqo ekwandiseni izohlwayo zabo benza umonakalo. NjengamaPolisa kunye nabaKomishinala boLwaphulo-mthetho sidlala indima ephambili ekuphuculeni impendulo yamapolisa kwakunye nenkxaso yoluntu kumaxhoba. Ndizimisele ukulwela amalungelo amaxhoba eSurrey, kwaye ndamkele onke amathuba okuba iofisi yam, amaPolisa aseSurrey kunye namahlakani aphucule inkonzo esiyinikezelayo.”
URachel Roberts, iNtloko yeSebe leYunithi yamaPolisa aseSurrey ajongene namaXhoba kunye neNkathalo yamaNgqina uthe: “Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwamaxhoba kunye nokuxhasa amaxhoba kubalulekile ekuzisweni kobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho. Amapolisa aseSurrey ayakwamkela ukuphunyezwa koMthetho wamaxhoba ukuqinisekisa ikamva apho amalungelo amaxhoba ayinxalenye engundoqo yendlela esizisa ngayo ubulungisa ngokubanzi kunye nokuphathwa kwexhoba yeyona nto iphambili.
“Lo mthetho wamkelekileyo sinethemba lokuba uya kuguqula amava amaxhoba enkqubo yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho, uqinisekise ukuba onke amaxhoba anendima ebonakalayo kwinkqubo, anelungelo lokwaziswa, ukuxhaswa, ukuziva exatyiswe kwaye akwazi ukwenza izigqibo ezizizo. UMthetho wamaxhoba lithuba lokuqinisekisa ukuba onke amalungelo amaxhoba ayanikezelwa kwaye ezo arhente zinoxanduva lokwenza oku zinokuphenduliswa.”
IYunithi yamaPolisa aseSurrey eNonophelo kumaXhoba kunye neNgqina lixhaswa ngemali yi-Ofisi yamaPolisa kunye noMkomishinala woLwaphulo-mthetho ukunika uncedo kumaxhoba olwaphulo-mthetho ukuze akwazi ukumelana nawo kwaye, kangangoko kunokwenzeka, achache kumava awo.
Amaxhoba axhaswa ukuchonga imithombo yoncedo kwimeko yawo eyodwa kunye nokuphuhlisa izicwangciso zokhathalelo ezilungelelanisiweyo ezihlala ixesha elide njengoko zifuna - ukusuka ekuchazeni ulwaphulo-mthetho, ukuya enkundleni nangaphaya. Ukusukela ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, iCandelo linxibelelane nabantu abangaphezu kwama-40,000, libonelela abantu abangaphezu kwama-900 ngenkxaso eqhubekayo.
Ungaqhagamshelana neYunithi yoNonophelo lwamaXhoba neNgqina kule nombolo 01483 639949, okanye ngolwazi oluthe vetshe tyelela: https://victimandwitnesscare.org.uk