Kuthiwani uma ukubhekana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kusho okungaphezu nje kokushintshashintsha kwesimo sezulu? Ingabe abangani bethu emazweni athuthukile bebengacabanga ngendlela ehlukile uma imiphumela yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu ibe mibi kunezinyanga zasehlobo ezinwetshiwe kanye nokufika kwezinhlobo ezingavamile? Bekhungathekile futhi bedla izambane likapondo, baye baba nokunethezeka kokuvala izingqondo zabo ukuze bangaliboni ithonya langempela lalokho okwenzeka endaweni entekenteke neyigugu ezungeze iplanethi esiphila kuyo. Lapho ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kuye kwenzeka emazweni anezimboni, imiphumela iye yaba mibi kuze kube manje. Ngaphandle kwezenzakalo ezifana neSiphepho uKatrina ngo-2005, izakhamuzi zaseNyakatho Melika naseYurophu ziye zezwa nje ukuphululwa ngomoya woshintsho.
I-athikili iyaqhubeka Ngiyazibuza ukuthi bangase bakhathazeke kangakanani uma bebencika emjikelezweni wemvelo kamama ukuze bondle imindeni yabo. Ukukhathazeka kwabo bekuyoba kukhulu kangakanani ukube behlala emijondolo nasemalokishini, ezindlini zodaka, noma ezindlini zokukhosela ezakhiwe ngezikhwama zepulasitiki? Ezingxenyeni ezinkulu ze-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara, lokhu kuyiqiniso. Abampofu, abasengozini kanye nabalambile babhekana nobunzima bokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu nsuku zonke zokuphila kwabo.
Ukuncibilika kweqhwa esiqongweni saseKilimanjaro kuyisixwayiso sezinguquko ezenzeka e-Afrika. Kulo lonke leli zwekazi elihle kodwa elisengozini, abantu sebeyaluzwa ushintsho lwesimo sezulu. Kodwa imvula noma isomiso, umphumela uyafana: indlala eyengeziwe nosizi olwengeziwe ezigidini zabantu abahlala emaphethelweni omphakathi wembulunga yonke. Ngisho nasezindaweni ezifana neDarfur, ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kube neqhaza. Ezindaweni ezisagwadule emhlabeni, kunomncintiswano oshubile wokuthola amadlelo nemigodi yokunisela. Lapho amanzi eyindlala khona nenani labantu likhula, ukungqubuzana ngeke kusale kakhulu.
Emazweni amaningi lapho kuhlala khona abantu abampofu kakhulu, ohulumeni abakulungele ukubhekana nesimo. U-Katrina ubeyinselelo e-US, pho kungani kufanele simangale ukuthi isizini yesiphepho saminyaka yonke ogwini olusempumalanga ye-Afrika isaqhubeka nokunweba ohulumeni baseMozambique naseMadagascar kuze kube sekugcineni kwabo? Lapho ohulumeni bebuthaka khona, ukuthembela ezinhlanganweni ezisiza abantu kukhulu.
Abantu abasebenzela imizimba efana ne-UN World Food Programme bathola ukuthi umsebenzi wabo "uyimboni yokukhula" yobuntu. Ngempela, inani labantu abaziyo ukuthi kunjani ukulamba lingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-850, futhi lisakhula cishe ngezigidi ezine ngonyaka. Ukwanda kwezinhlekelele zemvelo kwenza ukulwa nendlala kube inselele nakakhulu. IBhange Lomhlaba lilinganisela ukuthi inani lezinhlekelele zemvelo liye laphindeka kane lisuka kweziyikhulu ngonyaka ngo-4 laya kwezingu-100 ngo-1975.
Eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule, abantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.6 baye bahlushwa izinhlekelele zemvelo. Lokho kungaphezu kwengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yabantu bomhlaba - iningi labo emazweni asathuthuka. Umthelela womuntu usobala, kodwa okungabonakali kangako izinga izehlakalo zezulu ezingahlehlisa ngayo izinzuzo zentuthuko ezikhona phakathi namashumi eminyaka. Isomiso nezikhukhula zicekela phansi izimpilo zabantu, kodwa ziphinde zicekele phansi izikole, umnotho namathuba.
Zonke izingane zizokhumbula indaba yezingulube ezintathu kanye nempisi enkulu embi. Kuleli zwe esiphila kulo, impisi embi yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu isivele yaphanga indlu yotshani nendlu eyakhiwe ngezinduku, futhi izakhamuzi zakhona zombili zingqongqoza endlini yezitini lapho kuhlala khona abantu bamazwe athuthukile. Abangane bethu lapho kufanele bacabange ngalokhu ngesikhathi esilandelayo lapho befinyelela inkinobho ye-thermostat. Kufanele baqonde ukuthi nakuba izinkinga zomlimi waseMozambique zingase zibonakale zikude, kungase kuthathe isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba izinkinga zabo zidlulele ogwini. ______
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