Ngo-Tom H. Hastings
Emkhakheni engifundisa kuwo, Izifundo Zokuthula Nezingxabano, sihlola ezinye izindlela esikhundleni sodlame noma usongo lodlame ekulawuleni ukungqubuzana. Siyinkambu eguquguqukayo, okusho ukuthi, asithathi kuphela ekutholweni kwezifundo ezihlukene—isb I-Anthropology, Economics, Education, History, Law, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Sociology–kodwa senza kanjalo izimiso ezithile.
Ukuma kwethu kuvumelana nokungakhethi, ubulungisa nokungabi nabudlova. Ucwaningo lwethu luhlola kokubili ukuthi kungani abantu basebenzisa izindlela ezibhubhisayo zokungqubuzana nokuthi kungani sisebenzisa izindlela ezakhayo, zokudala, eziguqulayo, ezingenabudlova zokusingatha izingxabano. Sibheka ukungqubuzana phakathi kwabantu kanye nokungqubuzana kwezenhlalo (iqembu neqembu).
Lolu cwaningo lungenziwa osolwazi abavela emikhakheni eyahlukene kodwa lunomthelela kuyo yonke ibhodi. Ngokusebenzisa esikutholile, kungase kubukeke kanjani ukukusebenzisa kunqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US ngokuvamile kulo lonke elaseMpumalanga Ephakathi? Umlando ungasikisela ukuthi kungaba yini imiphumela elindelekile enengqondo?
Ezinye izinhlelo ezingazanywa:
Xolisa ngamaphutha esikhathi esidlule, ulaka, noma ukuxhaphaza.
· Misa konke ukudluliselwa kwezikhali esifundeni.
· Hoxisa wonke amasosha futhi uvale zonke izisekelo zamasosha esifundeni.
• Xoxisana ngochungechunge lwezivumelwano zokuthula nezizwe ngazinye, amaqembu ezizwe, noma izinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe (isb., i-Arab League, i-OPEC, i-UN).
Xoxisana ngezivumelwano zokuhoxiswa kwezikhali nezizwe ngazinye, namaqembu ezifunda zezizwe, kanye nabo bonke abasayinayo.
· Xoxisanani ngesivumelwano esivimbela ukwenza inzuzo ngempi.
· Yamukela ukuthi abantu besifunda bazozakhela eyabo imingcele bese bekhetha izindlela zabo zokubusa.
· Sebenzisa izindlela zezomnotho, zezenhlalo, nezepolitiki ukuze uthonye isifunda emikhubeni ehamba phambili.
· Yethula izinhlelo ezinkulu zokusebenzisana zamandla ahlanzekile nanoma yisiphi isizwe esinentshisekelo.
Nakuba ingekho kulawa maphrojekthi engaletha ukuthula nokuthula eMpumalanga Ephakathi iyodwa, lolo shintsho luwumphumela ophusile wemizamo eyengeziwe kulezi zindlela. Ukubeka izithakazelo zomphakathi kuqala, esikhundleni sokwenza inzuzo kwangasese, kuzoveza ukuthi ezinye zalezi zinyathelo cishe azinazo izindleko futhi zingaba nenzuzo ephezulu. Yini manje esinayo? Izinqubomgomo ezinezindleko eziphakeme futhi ezingenazo izinzuzo. Zonke izinti futhi akukho izaqathe kuyindlela yokulahlekelwa.
Ithiyori yemidlalo nomlando uphakamisa ukuthi izinyathelo eziphatha kahle izizwe zivame ukukhiqiza izizwe ezenza kahle, futhi okuphambene nalokho. Ukuphatha iJalimane kabi ngemva kweMpi Yezwe I kwaveza izimo ezabangela ubuNazi. Ukuphatha iMpumalanga Ephakathi njengokungathi izakhamuzi zazo ezivamile kufanele ziphile ngobumpofu ngaphansi kombuso wobushiqela osekelwa usizo lwezempi lwase-US—kuyilapho izinkampani zase-US zenza inzuzo enkulu ngowoyela wazo—izimo ezikhiqizwe ezaholela ezenzweni zobuphekula.
Ukuqeda ubuphekula ngamandla ezempi kufakazele ukudala ukubonakaliswa okukhulu nokukhudlwana kobuphekula. Ukuhlasela kokuqala kwamaphekula kukaFatah kwakungu-1 January 1965-kuhlelo lwe-Israel National Water Carrier, olungabulalanga muntu. Ukudlondlobala kokusabela okunokhahlo kanye nokuphoqelelwa kwezimo ezilulazayo kwasisiza ukuba kusiholele ezenzweni zobuphekula ezikhulayo kuze kube seqoqweni lombuso esilibona namuhla ngezinto ezesabekayo zangenkathi ephakathi akekho owayengabikezela eminyakeni engu-50 edlule, kodwa nakhu sesikhona.
Ngikhule ngidlala i-hockey eMinnesota. Ubaba wami, owayedlalela i-University of Minnesota ngemuva kokubuya kwakhe ePhilippines ngeMpi Yezwe II, wayengumqeqeshi wethu wePeewee. Esinye seziqubulo zakhe sasithi, “Uma wehlulwa, shintsha okuthile.” Silahlekelwa ngokukhudlwana nangokukhudlwana eMpumalanga Ephakathi njalo uma sisebenzisa amandla anonya. Isikhathi soshintsho.
UDkt. H. Hastings uyinhlangano eyinhloko eMnyangweni Wokuxazulula Izingxabano ePortland State University futhi uMqondisi oMsungula PeaceVoice.
