Ndeva ngencoko kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo. Yenzeka phakathi kwentombi yam eneminyaka eli-18 ubudala kunye nabanye babahlobo bayo. Abahlobo bakhe babegqibe kwelokuba babengayi kubavumela ABANTWANA BABO ukuba babe nabantwana kuba babekholelwa ukuba ngelo xesha ihlabathi laliza kuphela.
Nanamhlanje ndisamangaliswe yiloo ncoko. Ngokuqinisekileyo, kule minyaka idlulileyo ndikhe ndeva abantu bethetha izinto ezinje, “…andizukuba nabantwana kuba eli hlabathi liyaphambana…”, kodwa eyona nto yayichukumisa ngencoko eyayiphakathi kwezihlobo zentombi yam yayikukuba oku kwakusekelwe kwincoko. uhlalutyo. Uhlalutyo lwabo yayikukuba intlekele yokusingqongileyo iya kuba yeyokuba ubomi bomntu bungabikho.
Baninzi abantu abavakalelwa ngolo hlobo, yaye ndiyayibona loo nto kwiingxoxo ezahlukeneyo. Akuyomfuneko ukuba kuthethwe ngomlomo ukubakho kakhulu kwiintetho zethu. Ihlala apho, njengendlovu ekwigumbi lokuhlala, kwaye bambalwa kuthi abaya kuyivuma loo nto. Yiloo ngqiqo yokuba mhlawumbi, mhlawumbi, siphelelwe lixesha njengezidalwa kuba izityebi kunye nodumo olubi basityhalele kwindlela eya kwintlekele yehlabathi.
Kwakukho umkhwa ngandlel’ ithile kuloo migca ngamaxesha ahlukeneyo kwiMfazwe yoMlomo. Ngokukodwa xa kwakubonakala ngathi sisemngciphekweni wentshabalalo yenyukliya, umz., ngexesha leNgxaki yeCuban Missile Crisis okanye iYom Kippur War, kwakukho le ngqiqo yokuba izinto zazingekho kulawulo ngokupheleleyo. Oku kusebenze indlela yayo kwinkcubeko yethu ngeedrama ezinje ngothotho lwakudala lukaRod Serling lweTwilight Zone oluhlala luqulathe amabali athetha ngentlekele yenyukliya.
Besibonakala sisinda kweso sisongelo sangoko kodwa siye sazifumanisa sijongene nesinye esahlukileyo esineziphumo ezingekho mbi kakhulu kodwa sinefuse ende. Utshintsho, kwabaninzi, lwalubonakala lungabalulekanga ixesha elide de saqala ukuqaphela yonke into ukusuka ekunyamakeni kweenyosi zobusi ukuya kwiNkanyamba uKatrina ukuya ekunqongopheni kwamanzi acocekileyo, okusela. Ewe, sisengxakini.
Kwabakuthi basekhohlo, kukho umngeni obalulekileyo. Kangangokuba ukuphelelwa lithemba, kunokuba umsindo kunye noqhanqalazo, lubambe abavoti bethu, asinalo ithemba lokuguqula izinto. Endaweni yoko, kufana noko kubonakala ngathi kwenzekile phakathi kokuwa kwezixeko zamandulo zamaMaya okanye ezo zaseYurophu ukuya ekuwohlokeni koBukhosi baseRoma, abantu baya kusasazeka, bonke befuna izisombululo zabo, okanye izisombululo ngokwamaqela amancinane. kodwa bambalwa abantu abaya kubhenela kwimfuno yenguqu yentlalo eqhubela phambili.
Yiloo nto eyabangela ukuba incoko yabahlobo bentombi yam ingabi nangxaki. Ukoyikeka okunokwenzeka esijongene nako kuyinyani kwaye akunakuphikiswa. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kubalulekile ukuba sibabhence kwaye sibagculele abo banokukhanyela ukufudumala kwehlabathi. Ukanti kuninzi okufunekayo. Enyanisweni, ukungxamiseka kwalo mzuzu kufuna ingqwalasela emandla kwizisombululo zenkqubo kunye nezicwangciso kunye nemibutho yokuqhubela phambili inguqu yentlalo.
Xa uRosa Luxembourg wacebisa ukuba ikamva lelinye “lobusoshiyali okanye ubuqhetseba” kwakukho umkhwa wabantu abaninzi—naphakathi kweMfazwe Yehlabathi I—yokukujonga oku njengento ebaxwayo. Njengoko kwavela, kwakunzima ngakumbi. Esi silumkiso nge-juxtaposition sibalulekile kodwa asanelanga. Ukuqonda ukuba kufuneka sijike kububharbarism nangaluphi na uhlobo-kunye nesocialism kunye nokuphela koxhatshazo longxowankulu lulwazi olubalulekileyo kodwa kufuneka luguqulelwe kumbutho kunye nesenzo.
Esinye isigqibo esifikelela kuso ngokukhawuleza kuko konke oku sesokuba kufuneka senze izinto ngokungxamisekileyo. Oko akuthethi ukuba sifanele senze izinto ngobudenge. Kodwa oko kuthetha ukuba ngaphakathi eKhohlo kufuneka simisele ukuba zeziphi ezona ziseko zisezantsi zomanyano esizidingayo ukuze siqhubele phambili kunye. Nangona kubalulekile ukuba sixoxe ngeeyantlukwano zethu, kufuneka sicace gca ukuba zeziphi iiyantlukwano ezinokuthi zigqitywe namhlanje xa kuthelekiswa nezo ziya kulinda omnye umzuzu.
Isigqibo sesibini kukuba iifom zentlangano kunye nezenzo kufuneka ziqaliswe ukuba ziphumelele abantu kude nokuphelelwa lithemba kwaye zicebise ukuba umzabalazo ohlangeneyo unokunceda ukuphepha intlekele yeplanethi. Oko kuthetha ukuba akwanelanga ukulwa amadabi amahle okuzikhusela kodwa thina ngasekhohlo kufuneka sicinge ngokweqhinga elihlaselayo. Ngamanye amazwi, kufuneka sicinge ngendlela yokuphumelela.
Isigqibo sesithathu kukuba kubalulekile ukuphupha. Ngokuphupha ndithetha ukucebisa ukuba siqwalasele amathuba kwixesha elizayo eliphucula imeko yomntu. Ukuba ngumlandeli wentsomi yesayensi kunye ne-Star Trek ezinikeleyo ndihlala ndikhumbula umboniso osuka kwifilimu ethi Star Trek: UQhagamshelwano lokuqala. UCaptain Piccard, emva kokubuyela emva (ukususela kwinkulungwane yama-24) ukuya kumbindi wenkulungwane yama-21, uthetha nesazinzulu esasiphila ngelo xesha. Ubuza ukuba yimalini ukwakhiwa kweshishini leenkwenkwezi. Impendulo yakhe yayinomdla kakhulu. Enyanisweni wathi, uqoqosho lwenkulungwane yama-24 lwahluke ngokupheleleyo kolwakho. Kuthi ukufunyanwa kobutyebi ayiseyonto eqhuba ubukho bethu. Sifuna ukuziphucula. Yiloo ngcinga ekufuneka izisebenzele kwiinyani zethu zemihla ngemihla kwaye isebenze njengenkuthazo yesenzo.
Ndifuna intombi yam ibe nabantwana-ukuba inqwenela ukuba nabantwana-kwaye ndifuna ukuba abantwana bayo nabo bavelise kwakhona, kodwa yenze njalo njengoko bebona kwaye bathathe inxaxheba ekwakhiweni kwehlabathi elingcono kunokuba babekho kwintlungu ye-dystopia yomntu.
Isigqibo sam sesine: yonke into iqala ngoku. Ukuboleka nokucacisa kwisiqubulo sombutho waseMzantsi Afrika: Isoshiyali likamva; yakha ngoku.
UBill Fletcher, Omnci Ungowayesakuba nguMongameli wangaphambili weQonga leTransAfrica kwaye unokufikelelwa kulo [imeyile ikhuselwe].