U-Zainab Ansell uye wayiba indlela yakhe yokuba ngowasetyhini ophambili kushishino lokhenketho kushishino lokhenketho olulawulwa ngamadoda eTanzania nase-Afrika. Uphakathi kwabasetyhini abambalwa abakhokela amashishini kwezokhenketho ngoku, elawula kwaye eqhuba eyona nkampani inkulu yokhenketho eTanzania.
Esebenza kwiofisi yakhe eZara Tours kwidolophu yaseMoshi kumazantsi eNtaba iKilimanjaro, uZainab unebhongo ngokubona inkampani yakhe ikwinqanaba eliphezulu kuluhlu phakathi kweenkampani zabakhenkethi zasekhaya ezisekwe ngabemi baseTanzania. Inkampani yakhe yeyona nkampani inkulu ephethe abakhenkethi kuhambo lokukhwela iMount Kilimanjaro, ikwanothotho lweehotele zabakhenkethi kunye neendawo zokulala zasendle.
UZainab Ansell uye wakha enye yezona nkampani ziphumeleleyo zokhenketho eAfrika, kwaye lo mfazi ukhuthazayo uye waphumelela ukwakha ishishini labakhenkethi ukusuka ekuqaleni kwaye uye woyisa izinto ezininzi ezingathandekiyo njengebhinqa laseAfrika.
Ibali lakhe lempumelelo laqala ngo-1986 xa wayeqala inkampani yakhe emva kokusebenza njengeGosa lokuBeka iiNdawo kunye neNtengiso ye-Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC), inqwelomoya yesizwe yaseTanzania. Ebalisa ngebali lakhe lempumelelo, uZainab uthe wazalelwa eHedaru kwingingqi yaseKilimanjaro phakathi kosapho lwabantwana abali-12 ngaphambi kokuba afudukele eMoshi apho ebehlala khona.
Wayenephupha lokusebenza njenge-Air Hostess kwinqwelomoya yelizwe phambi kokuba ajike kubakhenkethi abasemhlabeni kunye nabanini beehotele ezininzi.
“Iphupha lam yayikukuba yiAir Hostess yeAir Tanzania Corporation, [kwaye] emva koko [nda] ndawufumana loo msebenzi. Utata akazange athande ukhetho lwam, kodwa kamva ndaye ndaba liGosa leReservation and Sales Officer, umsebenzi endawenza iminyaka esibhozo,” utshilo.
“Ndandinomdla. Kwasebuncinaneni bam, bendisoloko ndinombono wokuzonwabisa. Ithuba lokuphonononga ihlabathi lifunde kwaye sabelane ngendlela ihlabathi elitshintsha ngayo ubomi,” utshilo uZainab.
Ekuqaleni kweshishini, uZainab kwafuneka ajamelane nocelomngeni. Wayengenashishini yaye kwafuneka asebenze ngaphandle kwengeniso ixesha elingaphezu konyaka engafumani mvuzo wabasebenzi bakhe.
Uye wasokola ukufumana ilayisenisi kunye nokuvunywa liSebe leMithombo yeNdalo kunye noKhenketho kunye ne-International Air Transport Association (IATA) yokuthengisa amatikiti emoyeni.
“Ukufumana iimpepha-mvume nokubhaliswa bekungelula njengoko eli shishini belindlongondlongo kwaye longamele amadoda. Kwandithatha unyaka wonke ukuba ndikwazi ukuqalisa ukusebenza. Ndiqale ngearhente yokuhamba ethengisa amatikiti enqwelomoya njengearhente engeyo ye-IATA.
“Ngowe-1986, ndabhaliswa kwi-IATA ephawula ukuqala kwexesha elithembisayo. Ndithengise iinqwelomoya ezininzi – iKLM, iLufthansa ukukhankanya ezimbalwa. Nangona kunjalo, kwiminyaka emi-3 ndiye ndaqala ukubona ukuhla kweshishini. Ndajonga intaba ndaza ndaphefumlelwa ukuba ndiyithengise kunye nesafaris,” wongeze watsho.
“Ngenye imini ndandithatha ikomityi yekofu, emva koko ndabona ikhephu elibengezelayo leNtaba iKilimanjaro ukuze ndize necebo lokuseka inkampani yabakhenkethi ngoku eyiZara Tours yokuthengisa uhambo lokunyuka iMount Kilimanjaro,” utshilo.
“Ngenxa yokuba itekhnoloji ibingahambelanga phambili kangako, bendixhomekeke emlonyeni ekuthengiseni ishishini lam. Bendisiya nakwizikhululo zebhasi ndiyokucela abaxhasi. Abaxhasi endiya kubafumana badla ngokuthumela abanye abathengi. Lolo hambo lokuhamba umgama owongezelelweyo kubathengi bam olwenze ukuba ndibe negama elihle,” utshilo uZainab.
Kwakungekho intanethi okanye iinkonzo zonxibelelwano zanamhlanje zokuxhasa ishishini lakhe. Wayexhomekeke kakhulu kwi-telex kunye ne-telefax ukunxibelelana nabathengi kunye nababoneleli.
“Ndiziva ndithobekile kwaye ndichulumancile ukuba ndikwazi ukubumba amajiko abantu kwaye ndifake isandla kwiimbono ezahlukeneyo zokwahluka kwehlabathi ngokuthengisa amava akhumbulekayo. Ndiyayonwabela into endiyenzayo, kwaye ndihlala ndijonge phambili ekudaleni izinto ezingalibalekiyo nezinika umdla kubathengi bam, ”wongeze watsho.
Kwasekuqalekeni kobutyebi bakhe, uZainab waqala ishishini lakhe kwasekuqaleni njengearhente yokuhamba eMantla eTanzania kwidolophu yabakhenkethi yaseMoshi, ethengisa amatikiti eenqwelomoya kwiinqwelomoya ezahlukeneyo ezibhabhela kuMantla eTanzania.
“Ndavula i-ofisi eMoshi, ndithengisa nje amatikiti eenqwelo-moya, phambi kokuba ndize necebo lokuseka inkampani yabakhenkethi egcweleyo kwasekuqaleni. Yayilishishini elinzima eMoshi neyindawo enamadoda amaninzi eTanzania,” utshilo.
Inkampani yakhe iye yaguquka yaba yeyona mpahla inkulu yokukhwela iMount Kilimanjaro yaseTanzania kwaye yenye yezona ndawo zinkulu zesafari kuMantla eTanzania, eyona ndawo iphambili yohambo lwezilwanyana zasendle eMpuma Afrika.
Inkampani okwangoku ilawula iihotele zabakhenkethi kunye neenkampu ezineentente, zonke zibekwe kwisekethe yabakhenkethi esemantla eTanzania, kunye nohambo lweVIP, i-honeymoon kunye nokhenketho oluqhelekileyo, ukuhanjiswa kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya, ukuhanjiswa kwesixeko ukuya kwisixeko, iinkonzo zokuphatha umhlaba, kunye namaqela kunye neenkampani. kulo lonke ihlabathi.
Ukuba linenekazi akuzange kundiyekise. Ndiyambulela uThixo ngentsapho endixhasayo. Ndizimisele kakhulu, ndihlala ndikulungele ukusebenza nzima kwaye ndizimisele ukungahoyi isilingi yeglasi esetwe ngokwesini ukuze ndifezekise amaphupha am,” utshilo.
Nangona imiqobo yayiyinyani yaye maxa wambi ilucelomngeni olukhulu, yayikukuzimisela kwakhe okwakusoloko kumgcina ethembekile. Kwishishini elilawulwa ngamadoda, wayefuna ukubalasela njengebhinqa elisebenza nzima. Ukutyhubela iminyaka, wafunda ukwamkela ubufazi njengomdlalo wokukhuphisana.
Namhlanje, iZara yindawo yokumisa enye yokuya eTanzania, kwaye ihotele yasungulwa ngo-2000, Ukuqala ngeemoto ezi-3 kuphela, namhlanje inkampani ineqela leenqwelo zesafari ezinamavili angama-70 kwaye iqeshe malunga ne-70 yezikhokelo zeentaba kunye ne-300. abathwali abazisebenzelayo abangamalungu emibutho yabo.
Inani elibalulekileyo labakhokheli kunye nabathwali bempahla baxhasa iintsapho zabo kwaye baziphilise ngokusebenza nenkampani yakhe. Bakwabonelelwa nge-inshurensi yezempilo nokubanceda ukuba bavule ii-akhawunti zebhanki ukuba bakhankanye ezimbalwa kunye noqeqesho lokuxhotyiswa ngolwazi lokubaxhobisa ngezakhono ezingcono zokunceda abakhenkethi abakumgangatho wamazwe ngamazwe.
Kwi-2009, i-Zara Charity yasungulwa ukubuyisela kuluntu. Ngamaxesha okhenketho asezantsi, inkampani ijolisa kwimibutho yesisa ngokubonelela ngemfundo yasimahla kuluntu oluhlelelekileyo. Malunga nabantwana abangama-90 abangamaMaasai kwindawo yoLondolozo lweNgorongoro eMntla Tanzania baxhamla kwiZara Charity ngemfundo yasimahla.
U-Zainab Ansell uvele kunyaka ophelileyo phakathi kwabasetyhini abaphezulu be-100 e-Afrika, bawongwa ngokugqwesa kwabo kuphuhliso lokhenketho kwilizwekazi ngexesha le-Akwaaba African Travel Market eNigeria. Ufumene iwonga leeNkokheli, amaVulindlela, kunye naBavelisi kudidi lwaseAfrika.
