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Vol. 24 JANUARY 1917 4

Ilungelo lokushicilela ngo-1917 ngu-HW PERCIVAL

IZIKHOKO EZIQHELEKILEYO UKUBA BABekho abantu

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Inhlanhla kunye neNhlanhla

KUKHO into ebizwa ngokuba lithamsanqa kwaye kukho oko kubizwa ngokuba nethamsanqa elibi. Abanye abantu, ngamanye amaxesha, baphumelela ngokungaqhelekanga, abanye bagula. Indoda enethamsanqa ivakalelwa ukuba iya kuphumelela kwinto eyenzayo; Indoda engenamdla iba nesimo sokungaphumeleli okanye intlekele. Xa ifika ithi, "Thamsanqa wam". Amanqaku ngoku ayisijongi ngezizathu ezingaphantsi kunye nezizathu ezingaphakathi, okanye kwintandabulumko kunye nenkcazo yokugqibela, kodwa ukuqaphela ukuba, ngaphezulu kobuso, kukho izinto ezinjalo njengethamsanqa kunye nethamsanqa elibi kwimicimbi yemane, kunye nokubonisa unxibelelwano lweziporho zendalo kunye nethamsanqa, kubandakanya iimeko ngenxa yeziqalekiso kunye neentsikelelo, kunye nokusetyenziswa kweetismans.

Kukho abantu abathile abazimasileyo ngethamsanqa. Phantse kuzo zonke izinto ezenzekayo zinomdla. Abanye abantu kwishishini bafumana nayiphi na into abaziqala ngayo bezisombulula ngokwabo, unxibelelwano lwabo lweshishini lubazisela imali; into ebonakala ngathi lithengwa lithuba liwela ngendlela yabo iba sisivumelwano sokwenza imali. Ezifana nokuza kubo ngenjongo yengqesho zixabisekile kwaye zisebenza ngokuvisisanayo nexesha labo lelohle lethamsanqa. Kwishishini elithile elinikezela ngesithembiso sokuphumelela, amadoda anjalo ahamba ngebhalk. Into abangayiqondi ibaxelela ukuba bangazibandakanyi. Ngaphandle kwesizathu sabo, esibonisa ukuba lithuba lokuba elungileyo kwaye banenzuzo, bahlala ngaphandle. Le nto ibenza baphume. Emva kwexesha kuyabonakala ukuba ishishini belisilela okanye ubuncinci ukuba oko bekuya kubangela ilahleko kubo. Bathi, "Ihlanhla yam yandigcina ndiphume."

Kwiindawo zikaloliwe ezenzakalisayo, iinqanawa ezitshonayo, izakhiwo eziwayo, imililo, inunding, iimfazwe, kunye neentlekele ezixhaphakileyo, kuhlala kukho abantu abanethamsanqa, abo ithamsanqa labo libabeka engozini okanye libakhokelele. Kukho abathile abadume ngokuba nobomi obunomtsalane, kwaye ulwazi lwembali yabo libonakala liyingqina liyinyani ingxelo.

Kubomi bamajoni inhlanhla idlala indima ebalulekileyo. Akunqabile ukuba imbali yobomi bokulwa emhlabeni okanye elwandle irekhodwe engabonisi ukuba ithamsanqa yayinento yokwenza nempumelelo okanye ukoyisa kwabo. Ngethamsanqa iimpazamo zabo zazingafunyanwa okanye zinikezelwe lutshaba; ithamsanqa ibathintele ekwenzeni oko bebekucwangcisile kwaye bekuya kuba yintlekele; ithamsanqa ibakhokelela ekuvulekeni lutshaba lushiye buthathaka okanye lungazinzanga; ithamsanqa ibazisele uncedo ngexesha; kwaye ithamsanqa yathintela uncedo ekufikeleleni kutshaba kude kube kugqitywe kakhulu phantsi kweemeko. Ngethamsanqa basindisa ubomi babo xa kwakusondele ukufa.

Abanye abalimi banethamsanqa. Batyala izityalo eziphumelelayo nezifuneka kwixesha lonyaka, kwaye abazilimi izityalo ezibangelwe zizinto ezithile ezingakhange zibekho. Okanye ukuba batyala izityalo ezingasasebenziyo, izityalo zabo ziyimpumelelo. Iimveliso zabo zikulungele ukuthengiswa xa intengiso ilungile. Izinto ezixabisekileyo ezinje ngeiminerali okanye ioyile, zifunyanwa emhlabeni wabo, okanye idolophu inyuka kwindawo abahlala kuyo. Yonke le nto isecaleni kwalo naluphi na ulwazi olunokuboniswa ngumlimi.

Amanye amadoda ayothenga iipropathi zangempela, ngokuchasene neengcebiso kunye nesigwebo somntu onobuqili. Bayathenga kuba into ebaxelela ukuba iya kuba yinto elungileyo yokuthenga. Kungenzeka ukuba babambelela kuyo ngokuchasene neengcebiso ezifanelekileyo. Ke ngequbuliso omnye umntu uye afune ipropathi yakhe ngenjongo ethile aze abhatale inzuzo entle, okanye ishishini liqhubela phambili kwicandelo nakwindawo ezigcinwe kuyo.

Abatyali-mali kwi-stocks, abangazi nto ngayo, ngamanye amaxesha bathenga kwipropati ixabiso elinyukayo, kwaye baya kunqaba ukuthenga, nangona isiluleko seengcali, kwaye bafumanisa ukuba imbono yabo yayinethamsanqa. Amadoda angenalwazi kwaye abuthathaka asebenza kwimisebenzi ephantsi, aya kuthi ngequbuliso aphakanyiswe lithamsanqa lawo libe lithamsanqa, kungakhathaliseki ukuba leliphi ishishini okanye izibalo.

Abanye abantu abalandela imisebenzi eyingozi banethamsanqa. Bayasinda ekulimaleni njengabanye malunga nabo. Ngamaxesha apho umntu onethamsanqa ebeya kuba lixhoba, kwenzeka into ethile, ithamsanqa lakhe elilungileyo, elimthintela ukuba angabikho kwindawo yengozi. Oku kunokuqhubeka ngokusebenza kweminyaka eyingozi.

Abanye oomatshini banethamsanqa, abanye abanamsebenzi nomsebenzi wabo. Iziphumo eziveliswa zezinye kwabo bazithumela kwityala labo ngaphandle koncedo. Banokusebenza ngaphandle kokukhathalelwa, ukanti oko akufumaneki, okanye ukufuna ukhathalelo akubanga naziphumo zibi. Banokuwenza umsebenzi ongaphantsi, kodwa ngethamsanqa awabizelwa akhawunti.

Oogqirha, oko kukuthi, iingcali kwezonyango kunye noqhaqho, bahlala bethandwa. Onyango lwabo olubizwa ngokuba lunyango lunethamsanqa lokujika, ngaphandle okanye ngokuchasene nearhente yabo, yeyona nto ilungileyo, kwaye abanikwa ikhredithi. Isiphumo sezinto ezininzi eziphumeleleyo eziyimpumelelo ziluhlanhla nje. Ukusweleka akukho nto banokuyenza ukuthintela, kungenzeki emva kwayo yonke into, kwaye ogqirha kuthiwa bayabusindisa ubomi babo baguli. Iimpazamo ezininzi ezenziwe ngamadoda anethamsanqa, ahlala engafundwanga. Iimeko ezigwenxa zesigulana abazizisileyo azibekwa tyala kubo. Konke oku kunjalo, kwaye be kunjalo, ngaphandle kwemfihlakalo, umgaqo-nkqubo kunye namanyathelo okhuseleko abahlanganyelayo abesilisa bezonyango abasoloko besebenza kwaye besasebenza. Abanye babo banethamsanqa. Izigulana ezibonakala zifanelwe kukufa zibangcono kwaye ziphilile xa zidibene nodokotela onethamsanqa. Ukungakhathalelwa okuthe kratya kunye nokungakhathaleli ezinye zeengcali zezi mboniso aziyi kuphazamisa ithamsanqa, ngelixa ibalandela.

Kukho abaqokeleli beencwadi, izinto zokufunda, izinto ezipeyintiweyo, izinto zobugcisa, kuye izinto ezixabisekileyo nezinqabileyo eziza kuthi ezingafakwanga kwaye ngexabiso eliphantsi. Into ebebenqwenela ukuyikhangela ngequbuliso inikezelwa kubo ngokungalindelekanga. Ukufunyanwa kwethamsanqa.

Abanye amagcisa banethamsanqa, kodwa ke ezo zihlala zingezizo iingcali zokwenene. Bangena kwifashoni, bafumana idumela, benza uqhagamshelo kunye nabathengi abathandayo, abazizityebi, kwaye ke ukuvelisa kwabo imizobo, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo okanye uyilo luyilahlwa. Banenhlanhla. Oku kuza kubo kungakhathaleki buchule beshishini abanabo, okanye iinzame abazenzayo.

Kwelinye icala, kukho abantu abathile abanamashwa. Oko kubonakala kuvakala ngakumbi kunethamsanqa labanye. Nokuba yintoni na abayithembisayo ukuyenza abantu abanjalo, ikhokelela kukusilela kwehlabathi, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kubo nakwabanye. Okuyinyaniso ngabantu abanethamsanqa, kuyinyaniso ngendlela eyahlukileyo kwabo bangenathamsanqa. Olu phawu lunethamsanqa lobomi alusebenzi kwabo bangatshintshiyo, abavilaphayo, abangenabubele, abachubekileyo, abangenalwazi nabangenankathalo ababonakala befanelwe ziingozi zabo zokugula. Ithamsanqa linjalo ngenxa yokuba lehlela abantu ngokuthe ngcembe, kwaye ngokucacileyo ngokuchasene nolungelelwaniso lwezinto ezithathwa njengesiqhelo kunye nendalo.

Indoda engenamsebenzi, ngaphandle kwayo yonke imigudu, ukubona kusengaphambili, kunye nokulumkela ukuphepha inkathazo, ibaleka inhlanhla. Umsebenzi wakhe uya kuncotywa, necebo lakhe lihlawulwe. Kanye xa amacebo akhe abekelwe ukuzisa impumelelo, kuye kwenzeka isiganeko esithile esingachazekiyo. Isakhiwo asithengileyo kwindawo yokubambisa, sitshisa ngaphambi kokuba ufumane i-inshurensi kuyo. Umhlaba olilifa awuzuzwe njengelifa ngumlilo ophuma enkampini. Uphulukana nesimangalo somthetho ngenxa yokungaphumeleli kwengqina ukukhumbula ngexesha elithile lokuthetha enkundleni, okanye ngokulahleka koxwebhu, okanye ngokungahoyi kwegqwetha lakhe, okanye ngokukhetha isohlwayo okanye ukungabinakho kwejaji.

Akukho mntu unokwenza ngokugqibeleleyo, ngononophelo nangokuchanekileyo ngamaxesha onke. Wonke umntu wenza iimpazamo ezithile, azikhubeki ngandlel 'ithile. Ke apho ikhulu lamabhloka lihlala lingafundwanga ngendoda enethamsanqa okanye ezinye zitshintshelwe kuye, apho lendoda ingenambeko impazamo enye okanye into yokungahoyi okuthandabuzekayo kuya kuba yinto, kuzisa ukungaphumeleli kwizicwangciso zakhe, okanye kuyakuba njalo. Mfumanele kwaye umenze ahlise igama kuzo zonke iinxalenye zobuncinci bokusilela.

Kwakhona, akukho mntu uzimeleyo. Wonke umntu kufuneka athembele ekusebenzeni nabanye, okanye umsebenzi owenziwe ngabathile. Kwimeko yendoda engenamdla, ithamsanqa elibi, ukuba alunakuvela kuye nangayiphi na enye indlela, liya kuza ngenxa yesiphoso esithile okanye ukusilela komnye umntu oncedo oluxhomekeke kuye.

Njengoko umntu onethamsanqa ephepha iingozi, ngoko ke ukungathobeki kukhokhelwa, kuziswa kude, ukuba ubekhona ngexesha elifanelekileyo kwaye uthathe inxaxheba kwintlekele kwaye ube nethamsanqa lakhe elibi. Kukho abantu abathi ngaphandle kokuthatha amanyathelo okhuseleko nangaphantsi kweemeko ezichaseneyo, baya kuziphepha izifo ezosulelayo, kodwa umntu ongakhathaliyo uya kuthi, nokuba akalumkele kangakanani na, kwaye enze njalo, abe lixhoba. Ikhaya lomntu ongenathamsanqa likhethwe ziibreak zokungena kwaye ziya kukhokelela kwindawo yokufihla izinto zakhe zexabiso.

Ithamsanqa inokuchaphazela imeko yehlabathi kuyo yonke imisebenzi, ubudlelwane, kunye namaziko amadoda nabasetyhini kungekuphela nje kwaye malunga neshishini, ukwenza iimvumelwano, ukuthenga kunye nokuthengisa, iimfaneleko zomthetho, unyulo, ingqesho, umsebenzi womlimi, umatshini, ubungcali kunye nomculi , yonke imisebenzi yezandla kunye neyengqondo, amacebo angeniswayo, imfazwe, ukuphepha intlekele nokungena kulwaphulo-mthetho ngokungaziphathi kakuhle, ukubandezeleka ngeengxaki, kodwa ulwalamano lomtshato kunye nosapho luyachaphazeleka. Amanye amadoda anethamsanqa ngokuba nabafazi abame ngokungakhathaleliyo kunye nesilingo, kwaye balinde ngomonde ekhaya umyeni. Kwelinye icala amanye amadoda awanambeko kangangokuba nangona echitha lonke ixesha namandla awo kwinkosikazi nakwintsapho yakhe, umfazi uya kudlala ubuxoki iminyaka. Abafazi nabo banethamsanqa kwaye abanamdla ngendlela efanayo nabayeni kunye nabanye.

Umba owahlula ithamsanqa ngowokuba, ithamsanqa kunye nethamsanqa elibi zizinto ezenzeka ngokungalungelelananga kulungelelwano ngokubanzi kwikhosi yezinto. Inqaku kukuba ezi zinto zingaqhelekanga. Akukho nto ibonisa ukuba bafanelwe, balungile. Ukufa kubonakala kulawula ubomi babantu apho ithamsanqa kunye neethamsanqa libalaseleyo.

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