Aba babaleki benza iMbali yeOlimpiki

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Ukubalwa ukuya kule midlalo yeOlimpiki yehlobo eRio kuyafudumeza, kwaye uqala ukuva ngakumbi ngamabali akhuthazayo emva kweembaleki ezinkulu zehlabathi kwindlela yazo eya kubukhulu. Kodwa kulo nyaka, kukho iqela elinye lokuma ekwenziweni kweembaleki ezabelana ngamabali ngentambo efanayo: Bonke babengababaleki.

Kwiveki ephelileyo iKomiti yeOlimpiki yeHlabathi (i-IOC) ibhengeze ukuba iimbaleki ezilishumi (kubandakanya amabhinqa amane) kwihlabathi liphela ziya kukhuphisana ngokufumana indawo kwiQela leOlimpiki yeeMbacu (ROT) -iqela lokuqala loluhlobo. Ekugqibeleni baya kumela uphawu lwethemba kwiimbacu emhlabeni jikelele.

Njengenxalenye yesithembiso se-IOC sokunceda iimbaleki ezikhethiweyo kwihlabathi liphela ezichaphazeleke yingxaki yeembacu, iiKomiti zeLizwe zeOlimpiki ezivela kumazwe abamba iimbacu bacelwa ukuba bancede bachonge iimbaleki ezinakho ukufaneleka. Iimbaleki ezizimbacu ezingaphaya kwamashumi amane ziye zachongwa, kwaye zafumana inkxaso-mali kwi-Olympic Solidarity ukubanceda baziqeqeshele ukuba yinxalenye yeqela eliza kukhuphisana kwiqonga le-Olimpiki.Ukongeza kubuchule bezemidlalo, abo batyunjiweyo kwakufuneka babe newonga elisemthethweni lokuba yimbacu elingqinwe yiZizwe Ezimanyeneyo. Iimeko zembaleki kunye neemvelaphi zabo zazithathelwa ingqalelo. (Ngena emoyeni kwaye ujonge iRio 2016 yeOlimpiki enethemba lokuba ufuna ukuqala ukulandela kwi-Instagram ngoku.)

Phakathi kweembaleki ezilishumi ezenza iqela elisemthethweni ngabafazi abane: Anjaline Nadai Lohalith, imbaleki yeemitha ezili-1500 esuka eSouth Sudan; URose Nathike Lokonyen, imbaleki yeemitha ezingama-800 ephuma eMzantsi Sudan; UYolande Bukasa Mabika, imbacu evela kwiDemocratic Republic of the Congo eya kukhuphisana kwiJudo; kunye no-Yusra Mardini, imbacu yaseSyria eza kudada i-100 yeemitha.

Isigqibo se-IOC sokubandakanya (singakhankanyi, ukuxhasa ngemali) iqela elisemthethweni leembaleki zeembacu, kunceda ukutsalela ingqalelo kubukhulu bengxaki yeembacu zehlabathi. Jonga njengoko iimbaleki ziphethe iflegi yeOlimpiki kanye phambi kwelizwe laseBrazil elibamba umkhosi kuMsitho wokuVula kweli hlobo.

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