Isizwe saseSeychellois sinebhongo ngokujoyina ihlabathi liphela ukukhumbula uSuku lwaMazwe ngaMazwe lwabasetyhini. Lixesha lokuqaphela igalelo lamanina akhaliphileyo ekwakhiweni koluntu lwethu lwale mihla nolunenkqubela apho kungekho mntu uziva engoneli ngenxa yesini sakhe. Olu suku lusuku lokukhumbula indima ebalaseleyo yabasetyhini kusapho, ekuhlaleni, kuqoqosho, nakuluntu ngokubanzi. Siphawula impumelelo yabo kwezoqoqosho, kwezopolitiko nakwezentlalo. Ngolu suku sicinga ngeenguqu ekusafuneka zenziwe zokuqhubeka nokuxhobisa abasetyhini bethu, ukukhusela amalungelo abo, kunye nokukhusela isidima sabo.
Ndithatha eli thuba ukuncoma bonke abafazi kunye namadoda kurhulumente kunye nemibutho yoluntu esebenzela ukuxhotyiswa kwabasetyhini kunye nokulingana ngokwesini. ISeychelles iqhubela phambili kakuhle kwinjongo yethu yokulingana ngokwesini. Kukho ukwanda okuphawulekayo kobunkokeli babasetyhini kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba ekuthathweni kwezigqibo kumacandelo ahlukeneyo. Ngoku, umzekelo, sinabaphathiswa abathathu ababhinqileyo kwikhabhinethi, ijaji ebhinqileyo, unobhala jikelele obhinqileyo, oonobhala abaziinqununu abalithoba ababhinqileyo, kunye naBaphathiswa abaLawulayo abangabasetyhini abalishumi elinesithandathu kwicandelo likarhulumente. Abasetyhini abasebatsha benze uninzi lwabafundi abaphumelele kwiYunivesithi yaseSeychelles kunyaka ophelileyo.
Abasetyhini ngabona banegalelo elikhulu kwimfundo yelizwe lethu. Baphambili kwimpilo nakwintlalontle. Abasetyhini ngabona baninzi emsebenzini kwinani lamashishini ezoqoqosho. Amantombazana amaninzi afumana izakhono ezitsha eziza kubavumela kwixesha elizayo ukuba bathathe indima enkulu ngakumbi ekwakheni isizwe. Ukuvula amathuba amaninzi ezoqoqosho kwabasetyhini kuya kuphakamisa ukukhula koqoqosho kwaye kunciphise intlupheko. Xa siqinisekisa amalungelo alinganayo kunye namathuba kubo bonke, siphakamisa ukusebenza okunempilo kwabantu, iintsapho zethu kunye nesizwe sethu. Ngokwenene, silungiselela ikamva elilunge ngakumbi.
Umxholo wengingqi, Ukugxininisa i-Ajenda yeSini kwi-Social Renaissance, ucebisa ukuba sigxininise kwimpumelelo yabasetyhini, ngelixa sihlala siqinile kwaye siluphaphele utshintsho oluzinzileyo oluqhubekayo. Inkulu inkqubela esele yenziwe, kodwa sinokwenza okungakumbi.
Singenza ngakumbi ukuphelisa ubundlobongela, ngazo zonke iindlela, obujoliswe kwabasetyhini kunye namantombazana kwilizwe lethu. Yinyaniso ebuhlungu ukuba abanye babo kufuneka bajamelane nayo yonke imihla kubomi babo. Njengoko umbutho wethu wovuselelo lwentlalo usiya ukhula, ndibongoza bonke abantu, amaqela, kunye noluntu ukuba babambane ngezandla kwiinzame ezizimiseleyo zokuncedisa ilizwe lethu kuzo zonke iintlobo zoxhatshazo kunye nobungendawo ekuhlaleni.
“Isithembiso sisithembiso: ixesha lenyathelo lokuphelisa ubundlobongela obujoliswe kwabasetyhini,” sikhunjuzwa yiZizwe eziManyeneyo ngoSuku lwaManina lweHlabathi kulo nyaka.
Ndincoma uMphathiswa weSebe leMicimbi yezeNtlalo, uPhuhliso loLuntu neMidlalo ngokuququzelela inkomfa kazwelonke apho kuxoxwa khona ngobubi boluntu obuchaphazela amanina. Injongo yale nkomfa kukuqhubeka nokwazisa ngemiba eyahlukeneyo eluntwini echaphazela amanina namhlanje. Lithuba lokuqaqambisa imisebenzi karhulumente kunye nee-arhente ezingekho phantsi kolawulo lukarhulumente ezibandakanyekayo ezinokuthi zibe neempembelelo ezintle kwiindawo eziyingxaki kuluntu.
Inkqubo yokulingana ngokwesini, inkcubeko yentlonipho nokuxabisa, kufuneka iqale ekhaya. Ukuze sibe nokulingana ngokwesini kuzwelonke sifuna ulungelelwaniso olukhulu loxanduva phakathi kwamadoda nabafazi, amakhwenkwe namantombazana. Kubalulekile ukuba iimbopheleleko zokunyamekela abantwana, abalupheleyo nabagulayo zilungelelane ngakumbi phakathi kwamadoda namabhinqa. Njengamadoda, kufuneka sibakhusele kwaye sibaxhobise abasetyhini ebomini bethu, sikuxabise ukusebenza kwabo nzima, igalelo labo, amandla abo, kunye nezinto abaziphumezileyo ezithe zasixhasa kakhulu ebomini nakwimizamo yethu.
Ndinqwenela onke amantombazana kunye nabasetyhini baseSeychelles okuhle kakhulu ngolu suku lukhethekileyo. USuku lwaMazwe ngaMazwe onwabe!
I-Seychelles lilungu elisekwe Umanyano lwaMazwe ngaMazwe lwaBalingani bamaKhenketho (ICTP).
