Ipapashwe okokuqala ngoJanuwari 15, 2008…
PHI esi sizukulwana sikhona ngokomoya Ukhohlisiwe, ngokunjalo kuye kwakhohliswa ngezinto eziphathekayo nangokwasemzimbeni.
UBULUMKO BABADALA
Bendihleli etafileni kwikhaya labadala kutshanje, bendonwabela incoko yamadoda amadala. Babethetha ngendlela abagcina ngayo ukutya ebusika kwifama xa babengabantwana. Xa ndandimamele amabali abo, kwafika kum… isibini sokugqibela sezizukulwana abanalo nofifi lokuba banokuphila njani bodwa!
Silahlekelwe bubulumko bamaxesha, safunda kwaye sagqitha ukusuka kwisizukulwana ukuya kwesinye iwaka leminyaka. Obo buchule bokwakha, ukuzingela, ukutyala, ukukhula, ukuvuna… ewe, phila—ngaphandle koncedo lwetekhnoloji-ziphantse zonke kodwa zaya uninzi lweGeneration X kunye nezizukulwana ezilandelayo kwilizwe laseNtshona.
OXHOMEKEKILEYO
Sukundenza impazamo-andiphikisani nenkqubela. Kodwa kukho into eyoyikisayo malunga nemeko yangoku. Kwihlabathi laseNtshona, sihlala kwigridi. Oko kukuthi, sixhomekeke ngokupheleleyo kurhulumente okanye kumashishini ukuze asinike umbane kunye nobushushu (okanye amandla omoya opholileyo.) Ngapha koko, sixhomekeke "kwinkqubo" yokutya kwethu kunye nezinto zethu eziphathekayo. Bambalwa kuthi abazibonelela ngokwethu kwezixhobo zethu, into uninzi lwezizukulwana oluye lwazenza ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba langoku.
Kuya kwenzeka ntoni ukuba ngequbuliso umbane uphume ulungile, ngenxa yemfazwe, intlekele yendalo, okanye ezinye iindlela? Izixhobo zethu zingayeka ukusebenza, ke ngoko, iindlela zethu zokupheka. Iindlela zethu zokuzigcina shushu ngombane okanye ukufudumeza igesi yendalo ziya kuyeka (ezinokuthetha ubomi okanye ukufa kwabo bakumazwe akumantla). Nokuba ukufudumeza amakhaya ethu amakhulu neziko kunganzima, ngaphandle kwegumbi okulo umlilo. Imizi-mveliso yethu ingayeka ukuvelisa iimpahla esixhomekeke kuzo, umzekelo, izinto ezilula njengephepha langasese. Iishelufa zokutya ziya kuchithwa kungaphelanga iveki njengoko abantu beza kukhawulezisa iivenkile ukuba badibanise abanako. Ungaze ukhathalele izinto eziphathekayo; iivenkile ezifana noMntla Melika "iWalMart" ingangabinanto kuba yonke into "Yenziwe etshayina, "kunye neendlela zokuhambisa kunye nezothutho ziya kuba phantsi njengoko uninzi lwezikhululo zokuhambisa amafutha zixhomekeke kumbane ukupompa ipetroli. Izithuthi zethu zobuqu ziya kuncitshiswa kakhulu. Kwaye oomatshini bokwenza amayeza abantu abaninzi abaxhomekeke kuwo angaphela. uqhubeke ukufikelela kwiidolophu needolophu zethu?
Uluhlu luyahamba. Akunzima ukubona ukuba uluntu luza kukhawuleza ludibane. INkanyamba uKatrina yavula amehlo abantu abaninzi… yinto encinci eyenzekayo xa kusilela iziseko zophuhliso.
Ngexesha elithile elidlulileyo, ndabona entliziyweni yam imimandla emininzi elawulwa-hayi ngamapolisa noorhulumente-kodwa imigulukudu. Iya kuba sisiqhamo sesidubedube, elowo aye kowabo… ade "umntu" othile ahlangule.
USathana angasebenzisa izixhobo ezothusayo zenkohliso-angazifihla — angazama ukusihenda kwizinto ezincinci, ukuze ashukumise iBandla, hayi ngexesha elinye, kodwa kancinci kancinci kwisikhundla salo sokwenyani… siziphose phezu kwehlabathi kwaye sixhomekeke kukhuseleko kulo, sancama inkululeko yethu kunye namandla ethu, emva koko [umchasi-Kristu] angagqabhuka kuthi ngomsindo ade uThixo amvumele. -Ukwazi ukwenza uJohn Henry Newman, Intshutshiso IV: Ukutshutshiswa komchasi-Kristu
INKOHLISO ENKULU… UKUQALA
Kutshanje eVenezuela, ilizwe eligutyungelwe bubundlobongela bolwaphulo-mthetho, uMongameli Hugo Chavez uzame ukwazisa ngotshintsho lomgaqo-siseko oluya kumnika amandla olawulo lobuzwilakhe, ehambisa ilizwe kurhulumente wobusoshiyali. Wavumela ilizwe ukuba livote kuhlaziyo ngendlela yovavanyo-zimvo.
Yoyiswa ngokulula, akunjalo? Abantu babone ngokucacileyo ubungozi bolu hlaziyo, akunjalo? Akulunganga. Uhlengahlengiso loyiswe kancinci kwi-51 ukuya kwi-49 yepesenti. Kuyothusa ukubona kweli xesha siphila kulo "inkululeko" ukuba abantu abaninzi babekulungele ukuya kwilizwe lobuzwilakhe. Kwenye ingxelo yeendaba, umxhasi we-pro-Chavez wahamba ngezitrato, esithi kwintatheli phakathi kwe-sobs:
Kunzima ukuyamkela le nto, kodwa uChavez akasilahlanga, uya kuhlala elapho kuthi. -I-Press Associated, Ngomhla wesi-3 ku-2007; www.msnbc.msn.com
Abantu bazimisele ukusindiswa ngandlela zonke, kubonakala ngathi, nakwiindleko zenkululeko yabo, okoko nje beziva Khu selekile.
Ngaba esi sizukulwana sikhohliselwa ekwamkeleni "umsindisi", nokuba ngubani oza kukhupha inkululeko yaso, ngenxa yokutya nokhuseleko, ngakumbi kwimeko yokuphazamiseka kwezentlalo? Xa uqoqosho luwohloka nditsho neziseko zophuhliso ngenxa yeziganeko ezizayo, iya kubuyela phi loo miphefumlo izakhono zayo zikukudlala imidlalo yekhompyuter, ukhuphele umculo, kunye nomyalezo obhaliweyo ngesandla esinye kwiselfowuni?
Ngaba asinakuqonda ngoku ukuba kutheni uMama wethu osikelelekileyo elila? Kodwa ndiyakholelwa ukuba imiphefumlo emininzi isenokuhlangulwa Inkohliso enkulu.
Izulu linecebo. Kufuneka sicele uBawo wethu asinike ubulumko nokuqonda ukuthanda kwakhe ngobomi bethu, kuba…
… Bayatshabalala abantu bam kukuswela ulwazi. (Hos 4: 6)
EZINYE IZIFUNDO:
- Funda malunga "noluntu oluhambelanayo": Amaxilongo Esilumkiso-Icandelo V
