Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoJanuwari 15, 2008…
LAPHO lesi sizukulwane sikhona Ngokomoya ikhohlisiwe, kanjalo futhi ikhohlisiwe ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo nangokomzimba.
UKUHLAKANIPHA KWEZINDAKA
Bengihlezi etafuleni emzini womuntu osekhulile muva nje, ngijabulela ingxoxo yamadoda ambalwa asekhulile. Babekhuluma ngendlela ababegcina ngayo ukudla ubusika bonke epulazini beseyizingane. Njengoba ngilalele izindaba zabo, kwafika kimi... umbhangqwana wokugcina wezizukulwane abanalo ulwazi lokuthi bangaphila kanjani bebodwa!
Silahlekelwe ubuhlakani beminyaka, safunda futhi sadluliselwa ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane iminyaka eyizinkulungwane. Lawo makhono okwakha, ukuzingela, ukutshala, ukukhula, ukuvuna… yebo, ukusinda—ngaphandle kosizo lobuchwepheshe-cishe zonke sezihambile ku-Generation X kanye nezizukulwane ezilandelayo emazweni aseNtshonalanga.
OKUTHEMEKE KAKHULU
Ungangizwa kabi—angimelene nenqubekelaphambili. Kodwa kunento ethusayo ngesimo samanje. Ezweni laseNtshonalanga, siphila kugridi. Okusho ukuthi, sincike ngokuphelele kuhulumeni noma ezinhlanganweni ukuze zisinikeze ugesi nokushisa (noma amandla okushisa komoya.) Ngaphezu kwalokho, sincike “esimisweni” ukuze sithole ukudla kwethu neningi lezinto zethu ezibonakalayo. Bambalwa bethu abazihlinzeka ngokwethu ngezinsiza zethu, into izizukulwane eziningi ezayenza ngezinga elithile kuze kube yilesi sizukulwane esidlule.
Bekungenzekani uma kungazelelwe amandla aphela amandla ngenxa yempi, izinhlekelele zemvelo, noma ezinye izindlela? Imishini yethu izoyeka ukusebenza, ngakho-ke, izindlela zethu zokupheka. Izindlela zethu zokufudumala ngokushisisa ugesi noma igesi yemvelo zizophela (okungasho ukuphila noma ukufa kulabo abasemazweni asenyakatho). Ngisho nokushisisa amakhaya ethu amakhulu ngeziko kungaba nzima, ngaphandle kwegumbi okulo iziko. Izimboni zethu zizoyeka ukukhiqiza izinto esithembele kuzo, ngokwesibonelo, izinto ezilula njengephepha lasendlini yangasese. Amashalofu egrosa azophela lingakapheli isonto njengoba abantu bezophuthuma ezitolo ukuze baqoqe abangakwazi. Futhi ungakhathazeki ngezinto ezibonakalayo; izitolo ezifana ne-"WalMart" yaseNyakatho Melika zizoba yize njengoba yonke into "Made in China," futhi izintambo zokuhamba nezokuthutha zizokwehla njengoba iziteshi eziningi zikaphethiloli zincike kugesi ukumpompa uphethiloli. Izinto zethu zokuhamba zizokhawulelwa kakhulu. Futhi nemishini yokwenza imithi abantu abaningi abathembele kuyo izophela. Amanzi azoze aphele isikhathi esingakanani. siqhubeke nokufinyelela emadolobheni ethu namadolobhakazi?
Uhlu luyahamba. Akunzima ukubona ukuthi umphakathi uzongena ngokushesha ekuwohlokeni. Isiphepho u-Katrina savula amehlo abantu abaningi… i-microcosm yalokho okwenzeka lapho ingqalasizinda iwa.
Esikhathini esidlule, ngabona enhliziyweni yami izifunda eziningi zilawulwa—hhayi amaphoyisa nohulumeni—kodwa zilawulwa Amaqembu ezigelekeqe. Kungaba isithelo sesiyaluyalu, wonke umuntu abe yedwa… kuze kube yilapho “othile” esiza.
USathane angase asebenzise izikhali ezisabekayo zenkohliso—angase azifihle—angazama ukusiyenga ezintweni ezincane, ukuze asuse iBandla, hhayi ngesikhathi esisodwa, kodwa kancane kancane esikhundleni salo sangempela… siziphonse emhlabeni futhi sincike kuwo ukuze sivikeleke, futhi silahle ukuzimela namandla ethu, khona-ke [umphikukristu] angase aqhume phezu kwethu ngokufutheka kuze kufike lapho uNkulunkulu emvumela khona. —UJohn Henry Newman onamandla Intshumayelo IV: Ukushushiswa Komphik'ukristu
Inkohliso ENKULU… ISIQALO
Muva nje eVenezuela, izwe elikhungethwe udlame lobugebengu, uMongameli u-Hugo Chavez uzame ukwethula izinguquko ezinqala zomthethosisekelo ebezizomnika amandla obushiqela, aqhubekisele izwe esimweni senhlalakahle. Uvumele izwe ukuthi livotele izinguquko ngendlela yereferendamu.
Lanqotshwa kalula, akunjalo? Abantu babona ngokucacile izingozi zalezi zinguquko, akunjalo? Akulungile. Izinguquko zehlulwa kancane ngamaphesenti angama-51 kuye kwangama-49. Kuyamangaza ukubona esikhathini sethu "intando yeningi" ukuthi abantu abaningi babezimisele ukuthuthela embusweni wobushiqela. Komunye umbiko wezindaba, umlandeli we-pro-Chavez uhambe emigwaqweni, ethi entathelini phakathi kokukhala:
Kunzima ukwamukela lokhu, kodwa uChavez akakasilahli, usazosisiza. -Associated Press, Dec 3, 2007; www.msnbc.msn.com
Abantu bazimisele ukusindiswa ngazo zonke izindlela, kubonakala sengathi, ngisho nezindleko zenkululeko yabo, inqobo nje uma bezizwa Ephephile.
Ingabe lesi sizukulwane sikhohliswa ukuba samukele "umsindisi", ngisho noyokhipha inkululeko yaso, ngenxa yokudla nokulondeka, ikakhulukazi uma kwenzeka ukuwohloka komphakathi? Uma ubhidlika umnotho ngisho nengqalasizinda ngenxa yezigigaba ezizayo, leyo miphefumulo iyophendukelaphi amakhono ayo amakhulu okudlala imidlalo yamakhompyutha, ukudawuniloda umculo, nokuthumela imiyalezo ngesandla esisodwa kumakhalekhukhwini?
Asiqondi manje ukuthi ukhalelani uMama Wethu Obusisiwe? Kodwa futhi ngiyakholwa ukuthi imiphefumulo eminingi isengatakulwa kuyo Inkohliso Enkulu.
Izulu linecebo. Kufanele sicele uBaba wethu ukuthi asiphe ukuhlakanipha nokuqonda intando yakhe ngezimpilo zethu, ngoba...
…Abantu bami babhujiswa ngokuswela ukwazi. ( Hoseya 4:6 )
UKUFUNDA OKWENGEZIWE:
- Funda mayelana "nemiphakathi efanayo": Amacilongo Esixwayiso - Ingxenye V
