I-PORT OF SPAIN, iTrinidad ne-Tobago (eTN) – Kule veki indawo encinci yeCaribbean yaseTrinidad naseTobago izakuba sembindini wenqanaba lehlabathi. Njengomququzeleli weNtlanganiso yeeNtloko zikaRhulumente (CHOGM), inkulumbuso yayo, uPatrick Manning, uzakube exubana neenkokheli eziphezulu zamazwe ngamazwe. Phakathi kwabo iya kuba nguKumkanikazi waseBritane kunye neNtloko yeCommonwealth, iNkulumbuso uManmohan Singh waseIndiya, ezinye iinkokeli zeCommonwealth kunye neendwendwe ezikhethekileyo, uMongameli waseFransi uNicolas Sarkozy kunye nonobhala jikelele we-UN uBan Ki Moon.
Le yingqungquthela yesibini ebanjelwe eTrinidad kulo nyaka. NgoJulayi, yayidlala ingqungquthela kwi-Summit yaseMelika kunye noMongameli wase-US u-Barack Obama engqina ukuba ngumtsalane weenkwenkwezi.
Omnye unokucinga ukuba oku kuya kuba yinto yokuzingca kakhulu kumaTrinidadiya, kodwa kumangaliswa kukuba oku akunjalo. Wonke umntu endandikhe ndadibana naye wayegxeka malunga ne-Nkulumbuso uManning kunye noko babecinga ukuba ngamampunge akhe kunye nokuchitha inkcitho. Bathi le micimbi iphambili yenzelwe ukukhulisa umfanekiso wakhe kwaye ayenzi nto kwilizwe.
“Yonke le fizz kwaye akukho bhiya,” yindlela umntu waseTrinidad othethe ngokuphandle awachaza ngayo inkulumbuso. “Ilizwe alifumani kwanto,” utshilo, “konke kwenzelwa umboniso. Uchitha izigidi kwizakhiwo ezikhulu kunye neeprojekthi zokubonisa, ngelixa amahlwempu engafumani nto. Imfundo kunye neenkonzo zonyango zikwimeko emaxongo. Abantwana babalekela endle kuba abonelanga ootitshala ukuba babajonge; amahlwempu akanakho ukufikelela koogqirha okanye amayeza kwaye inqanaba lolwaphulo-mthetho lisisihlazo. Lihlazo eli. ”
Abaqhubi beeteksi, ubani ebenokucinga ukuba, angalamkela ishishini elongezelelweyo, babelane ngombono omnye. Uluvo olugqithisileyo lubonakala ngathi urhulumente, esebenzisa oovimba bakhe abatyebileyo beoyile kunye negesi, uchitha ngokungathi akukho ngomso, kodwa uninzi luyabuza ukuba kuya kwenzeka ntoni xa izinto ziphelile. Ngaphandle koko, abanye bathi, ingqalelo encinci ihlawulwa kwiziphumo zokusingqongileyo.
Esinye sezizathu zokuba i-CHOGM itsale ingqalelo eyongezelelweyo kulo nyaka kungenxa yokuba ibonwa njengethuba lokugqibela lokuba iinkokheli zehlabathi zilungiselele umhlaba wento ethathwa njengokwenza okanye ukwaphula ingqungquthela yotshintsho lwemozulu eCopenhagen ngoDisemba. Abagxeki bakaPatrick Manning baphikisa ngelithi akanikisi malunga nokusingqongileyo; ukuseka izixhobo zombane, iifektri kunye nezinye izakhiwo ezibiza kakhulu kwiindawo ezingafanelekanga kwaphela. Elinye iphephandaba laqhuba ingxelo malunga namaxhama, iinkawu ezinqabileyo kunye nezinye izilwanyana zasendle ezibaleka zingena ndawo njengoko ihlathi lalishenxiselwa enye iprojekthi yamandla enengeniso.
Elinye inqaku elivelileyo kukuba urhulumente akanamdla wokukhuthaza ukhenketho eTrinidad; oku kugxilwe kwisiqithi saseTobago. Nangona kunjalo, ikomkhulu, iZibuko laseSpain, neenduli zalo ezintle, ukubonwa kwalo ngolwandle kunye nezakhiwo zekoloniyali ezinembali, inokunika abakhenkethi ithuba elihle.
Ndikhubeke kwenye indlu yeendwendwe enomtsalane eqhutywa linenekazi elinentliziyo enkulu nelidlamkileyo elinama-79 eminyaka ubudala elalifunda nodade boVS Naipaul, umbhali odumileyo okhulele eTrinidad. Kubonakala ukuba uNaipaul uchithe iiveki ezimbalwa kwindlu yethu yeendwendwe ekwindawo ekhethekileyo yekomkhulu enomlambo oqukuqela emazantsi egadi eluhlaza. UMaria wayengumyili wangaphakathi kwaye ngencasa yakhe entle, iliso elibukhali leenkcukacha kunye noyilo wenze indlu kunye negadi esebenza njengesiseko esigqibeleleyo sombhali okanye naluphi na olunye undwendwe olunqwenela ukufunda ngelizwe nabantu balo.
UMaria unengxowa-mali etyebileyo yamabali malunga nemvelaphi yakhe yesiPhuthukezi kunye nobomi eTrinidad naseTobago. Ungumbuki zindwendwe ongummangaliso kwaye ugcina ukutya okuvulekileyo okungahambelani nabahlobo kunye neendwendwe ezinokutya okumnandi kunye newayini. Uququzelele isidlo sasemini esimnandi ngaphezu kwabahlobo bakhe abangamashumi amabini kwaye wasimema ukuba sijoyine. Iindwendwe nganye ibinamabali anomdla malunga nemvelaphi yazo, umxube wamaPhuthukezi, amaAfrika, amaNdiya aseMpuma, amaLebhanon, amaScotland, amaNgesi, amaIrish, namaTshayina. Babelana ngekratshi elinye kunye nokonwaba ngendlela le mvelaphi yahlukeneyo ichaphazele ngayo ukutya, umculo kunye nenkcubeko kwiziqithi zabo.
Abagxeki benkulumbuso abagxeka ukuthanda kwakhe ukubalasela kwaye abathandabuzi ngeenjongo zakhe zokubamba iindibano zamazwe aphesheya banokuphosa eyona nto ibalulekileyo. Akukho mathandabuzo okuba iTrinidad neTobago, njengezona ndawo ziphucukileyo neziphumelelayo kwiCaribbean ngaphandle kwenani labemi abangaphantsi nje kwesigidi esinye nesiqingatha, liphuma njengelizwi elinamandla kulo mmandla; Inkulumbuso ineminqweno ecacileyo yokwenza uphawu kwibala lezizwe ngezizwe. Kusekuqaleni kakhulu ukuba ungazi ukuba izibonelelo zexesha elide zinokubakho. Kukho, nangona kunjalo, akukho mathandabuzo okuba abantu abaqhelekileyo baseTrinidadi bayazingca ngelifa labo kunye nothando olunzulu ngelizwe labo eliya kuhlala ixesha elide emva kokuba iinkokheli zehlabathi zishiye amandla abo kunye nokuxhaswa kwabo.
URita Payne ngusihlalo weCommonwealth Journalists Association (UK).
