Njengoko ixesha neminyaka yobudala ihambela phambili, kwaye kunye nobomi bomntu babucala kunye nobungcali buhambela phambili, umntu usenokufikelela kwisigqibo sokuba izinto ezininzi esizenzayo ebomini, kushishino okanye kwezopolitiko zibubudenge nje. Okubi nangakumbi kukuba siqhubeka siyenza ngaphandle kwesizathu esibambekayo kwaphela, kwaye siqhubeka sisenza ububhanxa obungakumbi. Abanye baya kubeka ityala kumphathi okanye urhulumente, abanye kwimozulu, abanye ebuntwaneni babo, uninazala okanye ukudodobala koqoqosho. Iingxoxo ezinkulu ezigxininisa ubuvuvu nangakumbi. Ukutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nokomelela kuqhelekile ngoku. Iphantse yafana nokufuna ukugxeka iNdalo ngokuba yintoni na iNdalo kunye nendlela esebenza ngayo.
Ndikuphathele iindaba. Iindaba zakudala kakhulu. Kungathatha ubuncinane amanani ali-10 ukubeka inani kuyo. Kukho ubungqina besayensi bokuba iintlobo zobomi emhlabeni zavela malunga ne-3.5 yezigidigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo. Unyaka omnye ngaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi awenzi mahluko. Kukho abantu abasenokukholelwa ukuba koko kwakuyimfuneko ukuze kudalwe imfezeko yokwenene yomntu. Khawufane ucinge ukuba kwathatha indaleko eyathatha ixesha elide ukukhuthaza amalungu athile oluntu ukuba enze isigqibo sokuhlanganisa iikomiti ukuze zifumanise ukomelela kwemozulu. Lo ngumxholo ophambili kwizihloko zanamhlanje. Kanye njengophawu olusecaleni, ubusazi ukuba itshizi ethambileyo yesiFrentshi ithatha malunga neeveki ezi-4 ukuvuthwa? Ngapha koko, ukuchaza uthumo lweekomiti ezilolo hlobo ngamagama angqalileyo: fumanisa ukuba yintoni esiye sayichitha kutshanje kwaye singayilungisa njani kwakhona.
Impendulo ilula kakhulu kangangokuba iphantse yaphambana: nayiphi na into okanye inkqubo engazange idalwe okanye iphenjelelwe ngumntu, kwaye isekho, ingqineke ikwazi ukunyamezela, kwezinye iimeko kwizigidi zeminyaka. Umbuzo olandelayo unokuthi, yintoni ngeyasinda okanye ichumile ukuba ibingachatshazelwa sisenzo okanye impembelelo yomntu? Apho uya kufumana iimpendulo ezisebenzayo zento omawuyigcine, uyikhuphele kwaye uyikhusele, kwaye yintoni omawuyiphephe.
Abanye bakhetha ukukhangela isisombululo esilula, njengokuba sifuna i-inshurensi eyongezelelekileyo kunye noncedo lwezemali olongezelelekileyo, okanye izinikezelo ukuze siphile xa kusenzeka iintlekele. Impendulo echanekileyo kwakhona ilula kakhulu. Enye ibonelelwa ngeempawu ezimbini zokusetyenziswa: ubuchopho kunye nezandla. Ngokuphathelele izandla, siyazi sonke ukuba ezinye izandla zinkulu kunezinye, kwaye ezinye zisetyenziselwa ukwenza umsebenzi, kwaye ezinye zisetyenziselwa ukuphakanyiswa kwaye zifumane. Ngokumalunga nobungakanani bobuchopho kunye nemisebenzi, masingaqalisi ukuyixoxa. Iimpendulo kwiingxaki zihlala zilula kwaye zithe ngqo phambili. Kodwa ukuze ziqondwe kwaye zamkelwe, ubuchopho bomntu kunye nokuziphatha kunesiphumo esicaphukisayo sokulibazisa.
Ngowe-1997, ndacelwa yi-Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission yeUNESCO ukuba ndikhuthaze “u-1998, Unyaka Wezizwe Ngezizwe Weelwandle zeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo”. Uthumo ibikukudala ulwazi kwiilwandle zehlabathi. Ngelo xesha, utshintsho lwemozulu lwalusele luxoxiwe. Izazinzulu zazizibonile zonke iimpawu. Babenemizekelo yekhompyutheni yemiphumo yokunyuka kwamanqanaba olwandle. Kwakutheni ukuze kungenziwa nto ngayo ngelo xesha?
Okokuqala, izazinzulu kufuneka ziqinisekise izinto kuqala kwaye ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo; Intandabuzo ebambekayo ayilunganga ngokwaneleyo. Umntu akanakungqina into xa ingenzekanga. Loo nto ifana nobulumko obuvela kumthetho nakumsebenzi wocwangco. Abezopolitiko abasayi kuthatha manyathelo ngaphandle kokuba izazinzulu zinokungqina okuthile. Boyika ukuthembeka kwabo kunye nokuqhotyiswa ukuba abanakho ukuthethelela isigqibo sabo ngaphandle kobungqina obufanelekileyo. Ngoku, emva kwaloo minyaka ye-20, umntu unokuthi ubuncinane inkqubela enkulu yenziwe, kwaye utshintsho lwemozulu sele luza kungqinwa. Lifikile ixesha ngoku lokuba ucinge ngenyathelo lokukwazi ukumelana nemozulu. Kwaye ewe, kwinqanaba elincinci, njengalapha kwiCaribbean, ikomiti inokudityaniswa ngabantu ekufuneka baqale bacinge kuqala, malunga nokuba yintoni kanye ekufuneka bacinge ngayo. Gcina iminwe yakho iwele ukuze #1 ubone isicwangciso sokusebenza kwaye #2 ukonwabele ukufumana ukuphunyezwa.
Ukuba bendinokubuza uluvo lukaMama Wendalo ngako konke oku, unokuphendula athi: “Nina bantu nicinga ukuba 'Uphila ubomi bukaRiley' kwaye nikholelwa ukuba 'NiyiZinto Ezishushu'. Emehlweni am ngenene udlala nge-lallygagging kunye ne-dilldally ngexesha lakho elilinganiselweyo lobomi. Ngokwembono yam iyonke, awubalulekanga njengenqanawa encinci ebhotileni. Umama weNdalo uya kuziqhelanisa kwaye aphile. Ndandisoloko ndisenza njalo. Kwaye wena? Ngoko ke, mamela uMama Wendalo kwaye ufunde kuMama Wendalo kwaye ungazami ukuba nezinto ngendlela yakho.” Ding-dong!
“UMama Wendalo….,” ndandibuza ndincwina, “Kutheni amazwi arhabaxa kangaka?” Anokuthi aphendule kuyo ngokuzimisela kukagandaganda oshukumayo: “Kaloku, oko kudla ngokufuneka ukunenza ninqumame okomzuzwana nize nilibale izilangazelelo zenu zangasese, iindlela ezimfutshane nengenelo yenu yobuqu nentuthuzelo yenu ngaphambi kokuba nihambe. ”
Umbhali nguCdr. UBud Slabbaert, USihlalo/uMququzeleli weCaribbean Aviation Meetup
