IDEMOCRACY YAYESELWE-URHULUMENTE

UHarold W. Percival

ICANDELO III

NGOKULUNGILEYO NANGOKO

Kukho umthetho ongunaphakade wobulungisa; Zonke izinto ezenziwa ngokuchasene noko azichanekanga. Ukuchaneka lulungelelwano lwendalo iphela kunye nokunxibelelana kwezenzo zawo onke amaqelana omzimba esikhaleni, kwaye kulawulwa ngumthetho wuni weli lizwe.

Lungelo: yintoni ekufuneka uyenzile. Bubi: yintoni ongenzi. Into ekufuneka yenziwe, ongayenziyo, yeyona ngxaki ibalulekileyo yokucinga nokwenza isenzo ngasinye kubomi bomntu ngamnye. Into ekufuneka yenziwe nokungafanele uyenze ihambelana nokuqonda bonke ubomi babucala noluntu babucala.

Umthetho kunye nobomi babantu bamelwe ngurhulumente kunye nolwakhiwo lwentlalo lwabantu, olubonisa kwihlabathi iingcinga kunye nezenzo zobomi babucala zabucala. Iingcamango kunye nezenzo kubomi babucala bomntu ngamnye zinegalelo ngokuthe ngqo ekwenzeni urhulumente wabantu, kwaye urhulumente wehlabathi ambambe lowo unoxanduva ngesiqu sakhe seTrune.

Urhulumente kazwelonke wenzelwe ukugcina ucwangco phakathi kwabantu kunye nokwenza ubulungisa ngokulinganayo kubo bonke. Kodwa urhulumente akazukuyenza loo nto, kuba ukhetho kunye nokubandlulula nokuzikhathalela ngokunxulumene nabantu, amaqela kunye neeklasi, baneempendulo zabo kumagosa karhulumente. Urhulumente unika abantu iimvakalelo neminqweno yabo ebantwini. Ke ngoko kukho intshukumo kunye nokuphendula phakathi kwabantu kunye norhulumente wabo. Kungoko kukho ukungoneliseki, ukungavisisani kunye nokuphazamiseka phakathi komntu kunye norhulumente phantsi kwembonakalo yangaphandle kurhulumente. Ngubani ekufuneka abekw 'ityala kwaye abekw' ityala? Izityholo kunye noxanduva kwidemokrasi kufuneka ihlawulwe ikakhulu ebantwini, kuba banyula abameli babo ukuba babalawule. Ukuba abantu abakhethe kwaye bakhethe eyona ndoda inamandla kwaye inamandla okulawula, kuya kufuneka bahlupheke ziziphumo zabo zokungakhathali, ukukhetha, ukubandlulula, okanye ukubandakanyeka ekwenzeni okungalunganga.

Ingalungiswa njani korhulumente imali, ukuba kunokwenzeka? Oko kunokwenzeka; inokwenziwa. Urhulumente wabantu akangekhe enziwe ukuba abe ngurhulumente onyanisekileyo nonobulungisa ngemithetho emitsha yezopolitiko, ngoomatshini bezopolitiko, okanye ngezikhalazo nje zikawonke wonke kunye noqhanqalazo. Imiboniso enjalo inokunika amandla okwethutyana. Eyona ndlela yokwenyani yokutshintsha urhulumente kuqala ukwazi ukuba yintoni elungileyo, kwaye yintoni ephosakeleyo. Ke ukunyaniseka nokuzinyanzela ngokwakho ekugqibeni ngento omawukwenze nokuba ungakwenzi. Ukwenza okulungileyo, kwaye ungenzi okuphosakeleyo, kuya kuphuhlisa ukuzilawula kuluntu. Ukuzilawula kulawulo lomntu kuya kwenza ukuba urhulumente azenzele ngokwakhe, idemokrasi yenyani.

Ilungelo lokushicilela 1980 ngu The Word Foundation, Inc.