ISeychelles izimisele ukwenza imbali njengelizwe lokuqala lase-Afrika ukusingatha iFIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, eya kuqhutywa ukusuka ngomhla woku-1 ukuya kowe-11 kuCanzibe ngo-2025. Le tumente ilindelwe ngomdla ithembisa iinjongo ezixhomisa amehlo, izakhono ezikhethekileyo, namava angalibalekiyo, zonke zimiselwe ngokuchasene indawo engasemva yenye yezona ndawo zimangalisayo emhlabeni.
I-Seychelles, isiqithi esincinci kodwa esinomlingo kwiriphabliki yasentshona yoLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, kunokuba nzima ukuyibona kwimephu yehlabathi, kodwa ibalasele njengendawo yokuphupha. Iyaziwa ngezityalo zayo ezishinyeneyo, iilwandle ezimangalisayo, kunye nobomi baselwandle obahlukeneyo, iSeychelles yiparadesi elindele ukuphononongwa.
NgoLwesithathu, i-27 kaNovemba ka-2024, kwiigadi ezintle zeNdlu yeState State yaseSeychelles, ibhola yomdlalo eyenziwe ngokwezifiso, eyenziwe ngobuchule ngu-Adidas, yatyhilwa. Ukuqaliswa kwaqhutywa nguMongameli waseSeychelles, uMnu. Wavel Ramkalawan, kunye noMnu Elvis Chetty, uMongameli we-Seychelles Football Federation, kunye nabameli beFIFA, uMphathiswa woLutsha, iMidlalo kunye noSapho, uNksk Marie-Céline Zialor. , kunye noMphathiswa weMicimbi yaNgaphandle noKhenketho, uMnu. Sylvestre Radegonde.
Lo msitho, obubanjwe phambi kwengcaciso emfutshane yeKhabhinethi qho ngeveki, ukwabone ukuthatha inxaxheba kweKomiti yoQuquzelelo yeNdawo, kuquka i-CEO yayo, uMnu. Ian Riley, kunye namanye amalungu eKhabhinethi.
Ethetha kulo msitho, uMongameli uRamkalawan uqinisekise ukuba uRhulumente waseSeychelles uzimisele ukunika inkxaso yakhe epheleleyo ekuququzeleleni lo msitho ubalulekileyo wamazwe ngamazwe ukuqinisekisa impumelelo yeNdebe yeHlabathi yeBhola eKhatywayo yeFIFA.
“Kuyasivuyisa ukuba sikwazi ukuququzelela itumente kwinqanaba lehlabathi, kwaye siyakuvuyela ukwamkela amaqela asele ephumelele.” Ukwachaze ngomdla wakhe kwimidlalo ezayo, kubandakanya nethuba lokubona iqela leSeychelles likhuphisana, esithi, “Senza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuxhasa iqela, kwaye ndijonge phambili ekuboneni ibhola ekhatywayo elwandle kwelinye inqanaba.
UMongameli uRamkalawan uvakalise umbulelo wakhe ngokukhethwa kweSeychelles njengelizwe eliza kusingatha le ndibano, egxininisa ukubaluleka kokusingatha umsitho onjalo wehlabathi nangona ilizwe lincinci.
UMnu. Chetty naye uvakalise oku, evakalisa ukuzingca kwakhe ngendima eyimbali yeSeychelles njengelizwe lokuqala lase-Afrika ukusingatha iNdebe yeHlabathi yeFIFA yeBhola eKhatywayo yoLwandle. Uqaqambise indlela esi siganeko siyimbali esibonisa ngayo ukuthandwa okukhulayo kwebhola ekhatywayo yaselwandle e-Afrika kunye nokuba nako kweSeychelles njengendawo yokusingwa ekumgangatho ophezulu kwimisitho yemidlalo yamazwe ngamazwe.
“Lo msitho awugxininisi nje ukukhula kwebhola ekhatywayo elwandle kwilizwekazi liphela kodwa ukwaqaqambisa iSeychelles njengendawo edlamkileyo nenomtsalane kwimidlalo yamazwe ngamazwe,” utshilo.
Ibhola ye-Adidas eyenzelwe i-cutting-edge, idizayini ephilileyo ebonisa ifa eliguquguqukayo lebhola lebhola elwandle ngelixa lithatha amandla kunye nobuhle beSeychelles. Ibhola, eyenziwe ngokwemigangatho yeFIFA, ikhaphukhaphu kunebhola ekhatywayo yesintu kwaye iza kusetyenziswa kuyo yonke imidlalo engama-32 kuzo zonke iintsuku ezilithoba zemidlalo.
Kule tumente kuzakube kukhuphisana amaqela esizwe alishumi elinesithandathu eParadesi. Amaqela asibhozo, aquka iTahiti, iSpain, iPortugal, i-Itali, iBelarus, iSenegal, neMauritania, sele bezibambile iindawo zabo. Iindawo zokubeka ezishiyekileyo ziya kumiselwa ngabaphumeleleyo abazayo eBahamas, eChile naseThailand.
Ethetha emva kwalomsitho, uMphathiswa uSylvestre Radegonde ubalule indlela iNdebe yeHlabathi eza kuyisondeza ngayo iSeychelles kwihlabathi.
“ISeychelles yindawo enokuguquguquka, kwaye siyakuvuyela ukwabelana ngekona yethu encinci yeparadesi nabalandeli bebhola ekhatywayo elwandle abavela kwihlabathi liphela. Simema iindwendwe kungekuphela nje ukuba zibukele itumente kodwa zibone inkcubeko yethu etyebileyo yesiCreole, ukutya okumnandi, kunye nobugcisa besintu. Ukusuka ekujuxuzeni iMoutya ukuya ekuyileni ikapatya, sinethemba lokuba bazakuhamba beneenkumbulo ezingalibalekiyo ngelixa beshiya umkhondo olungileyo,” utshilo uMphathiswa uRadegonde.
Kubalandeli bebhola ekhatywayo elwandle abalangazelela ukuba neqhekezana lalo msitho uyimbali, iBhola yoMdlalo eseMthethweni iya kufumaneka kufutshane netumente kwiindawo ezisemthethweni zamava abalandeli kwaye ukhethe iivenkile ezithengisayo.
Njengoko iSeychelles ilungiselela ukwamkela ihlabathi, iNdebe yeHlabathi yeBhola eKhatywayo yeFIFA ka-2025 ithembisa ukuba iya kuba ngaphezu kwetumente nje—kukubhiyozelwa kwezemidlalo, inkcubeko, kunye nobuhle obungenakulinganiswa beziqithi.
I-Tourism Seychelles ngumbutho osemthethweni wokuthengisa indawo yokuya kwiZiqithi zaseSeychelles. Uzibophelele ekuboniseni ubuhle bendalo obukhethekileyo beziqithi, ilifa lenkcubeko, kunye namava obutofotofo, iTourism Seychelles idlala indima ebaluleke kakhulu ekukhuthazeni iSeychelles njengendawo yokuqala yokuhamba kwihlabathi jikelele.
