By UMhlobo, Agasti 14, 2025
U-Yurii Sheliazhenko uthetha no-Matthew Syed we-BBC kwi-Radio 4 Sideways program.
I-Quaker e-Ukraine ixelele i-BBC ngobunzima bakhe bokwala ukujoyina umkhosi welizwe.
UYurii Sheliazhenko, weNtlanganiso yaBahlobo esandul' ukusekwa eUkraine, uhlala eKyiv. Uthetha noMatthew Syed weBBC kwiRadio 4 Iindlela inkqubo, yothotho oluncinci olunesihloko esithi 'Ukusukela uxolo'.
UYurii, oneminyaka engamashumi amane anesithathu, wakhulela ekupheleni kwemfazwe yongqele. Emva kokuwa kweSoviet Union 'kwabonakala kuphosakele kum ukuba sasisenomkhosi, kwaye sasilungiselela imfazwe'. Wagqiba ngo-2019 ukuba uya kuhlala engafuni ukuya emkhosini ngenxa yesazela (CO).
Uxelela uMatthew Syed – utatomkhulu wakhe owayengomnye wabantu abangama-60,000 ababengavumi ukuya emkhosini ngenxa yezazela zabo kwimfazwe yehlabathi yesibini – ukuba ‘wayesoloko ephupha ngoxolo’. Ukholo lwakhe lwamaQuaker, ‘oluchase ungquzulwano kangangamakhulu eminyaka’, lwamkhokelela ekubeni akholelwe ukuba ‘ukuba ubulala umntu, ubulala uThixo okuye’.
Emva kokuba imfazwe iqalile, uthi, ‘Abaqeshwa abathathu beza ekhayeni lam baza bazama ukundibizela emkhosini. Ndala ukuyithatha. Baqhekeza ibhokisi yam yeposi ukuze bayifake. Kamva ndatshisa ikhadi lam lokuya emkhosini, ngoSuku Lwezizwe Ngezizwe Lwabo Bangavumiyo Ukuya Emkhosini.'
Endaweni yoko wabhala ikhwelo loxolo, egxeka ubundlavini baseRashiya kodwa efuna isisombululo soxolo, ecaphula ilungelo elivunyiweyo leZizwe Ezimanyeneyo lokwala ukubulala. Wayithumela kumongameli, uVolodymyr Zelenskyy.
Uxwebhu lwakhe lwatolikwa njengesisongelo kukhuseleko lwelizwe, yaye, emva konyaka emfazweni, abasemagunyeni bahlasela ikhaya lakhe. Njengoko kuxeliwe kwi uMhlobo kulo nyaka uphelileyo, waye watyholwa 'ngokuthethelela ubundlongondlongo baseRashiya', kwaye wavalelwa entolongweni.
Ilungelo lokungavumi ukuya emkhosini ngenxa yesazela liqinisekiswa ngumgaqo-siseko eUkraine, kodwa isicelo salo sibekelwa imiqathango ngexesha lemfazwe. Ukhetho lokusebenzela omnye aluzange lufumaneke emva kokuba kubhengezwe umthetho wasemkhosini ngo-2022. IWar Resisters' International ithi amakhulukhulu amatyala asachotshelwe kwii-COs, nesigwebo seminyaka emithathu ukuya kwemihlanu.
UYurii uxelela uMatthew Syed ‘ngokuqonda kwakhe ngequbuliso’ ukuba ukukhetha uxolo kumenze utshaba. Ngokuqinisekileyo oku 'kwakubuhlungu kakhulu', kodwa 'kufuneka uhlale unyanisekile kwindalo yakho enoxolo… andisayi kuvumela nabani na ukuba andinyanzele ukuba ndibulale'.
USyed uyavuma ukuba le ndlela 'inzima ukujikeleza' kodwa uyaqonda, ngoyisemkhulu, ukuba ayisosiphumo sobugwala. Kwesi siqendu uthetha no: Rachel Julian, unjingalwazi weZifundo zoXolo kwiYunivesithi yaseLeeds Beckett; Wasim Almasri, umlawuli weenkqubo zeManyano yoXolo loMbindi Mpuma; kunye noLisa Schirch, unjingalwazi wokuSebenza kweTekhnoloji kunye noKwakha uxolo kwiYunivesithi yaseNotre Dame.
Le nkqubo iza kusasazwa kwiRadio 4 ngomhla wama-30 kweyeKhala. Iyafumaneka ngoku https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002g7b9.
