UMhlekazi u-Arthur Foulkes, umlawuli jikelele weeNkonzo zoLwazi lweBahamas, i-arhente yeendaba karhulumente, kunye nesekela lerhuluneli jikelele, uya kunika intetho ephambili yosuku lokuvula kwiNkomfa ye-TPOC (iiNgcali zokuHamba zeMbala) kunye noMboniso woRhwebo wowama-2010.
INkomfa ye-TPOC iya kubanjelwa eNassau, eBahamas, eSheraton Nassau Beach Hotel ngo-Aprili 22–25, 2010. Ngomhla wokuvula ngexesha lesidlo sasemini nendibano kawonke-wonke, wonke umntu uya kuwongwa ngobukho bukaSir Arthur noLady Joan Foulkes, belindele ngolangazelelo. umyalezo uMhlekazi u-Arthur kufuneka abelane ngawo no-Afrika waseMelika kunye nabanye abachwephesha bokuhambahamba abambalwa.
Xa uCharlotte Haymore, umongameli woMbutho weSizwe we-TPOC, wathetha noMhlekazi uArthur waza wamcela ngeengcamango zakhe ngokubandakanyeka kwiNkomfa ye-TPOC, wacaphula ngolu hlobo:
“Siyavuya kakhulu kukuba iiNgcweti zokuHamba zeMbala zigqibe kwelokuba zibambe inkomfa yabo yonyaka yesi-8 eBahamas. Ndibe newonga lokuthetha nabo eNew Orleans kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, mna ngokobuqu ndijonge phambili ekuhlaziyeni ubuhlobo bam nabo eNassau.
"Inkomfa ye-TPOC ibanjwe eBahamas ngexesha apho siya siqonda ngakumbi ifa lenkcubeko yaseBahamian kunye nembali, sizimisele ukukhusela iindawo ezifanelekileyo, kunye nokuxhobisa amaziko ajongene nophuhliso kunye nokugcinwa kwawo.
"Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba imbali yaseBahamian idibene ngokusondeleyo nembali yabantu base-Afrika baseMelika. Inene, uninzi lwethu luyinzala yabantu base-Afrika baseMelika abaziswe kwezi ziqithi ngexesha nasemva kwemfazwe yamakhaya yaseMelika.
Ke ngoko, sijonge phambili ekwamkeleni abahlobo bethu baseMelika kunye nabazala, kwaye asithandabuzi ukuba inkomfa yabo apha iya kuba mnandi kwaye ibe nemveliso.
UHaymore wakhuthazwa ngamagqabaza kaSir Arthur kwaye ujonge phambili kumalungu e-TPOC asebenza ngokusondeleyo neziqithi zaseBahamas kuhambo lwelifa lemveli eBahamas.
I-TPOC ilindele malunga nama-200 ochwephesha bokuhamba ukuba bahambe ukusuka e-United States ukuya eBahamas kwinkomfa. Ukongeza, uluntu lokuhamba lwaseNassau luye lwamenywa ukuba lujoyine i-TPOC kwaye lusebenzisane nabazimase inkomfa malunga nendlela esinokuvala ngayo umsantsa phakathi kwabakhenkethi base-Afrika baseMelika nabaseCaribbean.
Ukuvala umsantsa wokhenketho kuya kuba yinto yokwenyani njengoko iindawo ezininzi kwisiqithi seNew Providence, eBahamas, ziye zaba yindawo yokhenketho evunyiweyo ye-TPOC evunyiweyo. I-TPOC inemincili kukuba esi siganeko sikhulu senzeke. Amathuba okundwendwela ezi ndawo zelifa lemveli eziqinisekisiweyo kunye nolwazi malunga nendlela yokupakisha iindwendwe kwezi ndawo ziya kufumaneka kwabo bazileyo abanomdla wokubona okokuqala ukhenketho lwase-Afrika lwaseMelika olukhoyo kwiziqithi zaseBahamas.
Ngeentsuku ezili-15 kuphela ezishiyekileyo phambi kosuku lokuvulwa, iingcali zokuhamba ezinomdla kufuneka zibhalise ngokukhawuleza kwaye zisebenzise ithuba loqeqesho kunye namathuba onxibelelwano akhoyo.
Ukubhalisa, ndwendwela iwebhusayithi ye-TPOC ku-www.tpoc.org. Ababoneleli abanomdla ekuboniseni kwi-trade show banokubhalisa kwi-line okanye bafowunele ngqo (303) 343-0342.
