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16 EyeNkanga 2023 – 22 EyeNkanga 2023 – Intatheli kaDizindaba

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Njengoko sihlonipha inkumbulo yamajoni ethu angazange abuye kwiMfazwe eNkulu ngaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka eyadlulayo, kunye neMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini kunye neemfazwe ezilandelayo.

I-cenotaph efana neli litye lesikhumbuzo lihle apha sisikhumbuzo samajoni awileyo, kodwa usenokungazi ukuba igama elithi “cenotaph” lithatyathwe kwigama lesiGrike elixandileyo nelithetha ingcwaba elingenanto.

Ayibonisi nje kuphela ukungabikho kwamajoni awileyo, kodwa ikwalingcwaba-indlela yokuqhuba umngcwabo nokunika abantu indawo yokukhumbula abo babathandayo kunye nokuzilela ukulahlekelwa kwabo.

Abafana abaninzi bangcwatywa kumasimi akude nekhaya neentsapho zabo, yaye andinakuyithelekelela indlela ekumele ukuba kwakunjani ngayo oko kubantu bakowabo. Kwaye ngokukodwa kubazali babo.

Akukho mzali kufuneka angcwabe umntwana.

Njengomama okanye utata, ujonga umntwana wakho osandul’ ukuba ngumntu omdala onemvakalelo yokumangaliswa nethemba ngekamva lakhe. Ucinga ngamashumi eminyaka adlulileyo ukususela kwiminyaka yobudala, kwaye ucinga zonke izinto – zonke eziphilayo – umntwana wakho uya kwenza kwiminyaka ezayo.

Ebudeni beeMfazwe ezimbini zeHlabathi, izigidi zabazali kwihlabathi liphela bafumana eyona lahleko inzulu inokucingeleka njengoko kwakufuneka bamkele ukuba amakhwenkwe abo akayi kubuyela ekhaya kwaye angaqhubeki aphile ubomi obupheleleyo, aqale iintsapho kwaye achukumise ubomi bomntu. abanye.

Kwaye oko kuquka amawakawaka abazali apha eMzantsi Afrika.

Malunga nama-7,000 amajoni oMzantsi Afrika aphulukana nobomi bawo phakathi ko-1914 kunye no-1918. Oku kumalunga nama-250,000 abemi boMzantsi Afrika bazo zonke iintlanga abathe bavolontiya ukusebenza kunye noMkhosi oManyeneyo.

Kumashumi amabini anesiqingatha eminyaka emva koko, abanye abemi baseMzantsi Afrika abangama-11,000 – abaphuma kumavolontiya angaphezu kwama-330,000 – abazange babuyele ekhaya besuka kumadabi aseMntla naseMpuma Afrika, nase-Italiya kwiMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi.

Usizi kunye nelahleko kunzima ukuyiqonda. Andinakuthelekelela ukuba aba mama nootata babehambe ngantoni ekuthumeleni amakhwenkwe abo ngeenqanawe ukuya kumabala edabi kumgama wamawaka eekhilomitha, besazi ukuba kwakukho ithuba elihle lokuba bangabuyi.

Kwaye ndibabiza ngokuba ngamakhwenkwe, kuba babeyiloo nto. Uninzi lwaba bathe bavolontiya bebelingana naba bantwana sibathumela eyunivesithi namhlanje, okanye nabo bahleli phantsi ngoku bebhala iimviwo zabo zebanga leshumi.

Abaninzi babekwishumi elivisayo, i-18 okanye i-19 leminyaka ubudala, ababengenaxesha lokuphila ubomi babo abadala kwaye bathunyelwa ukuba baye kulwa imfazwe ecwangcisiweyo, eyaqalwa kwaye yaqhutywa ngabantu abadala.

Ingcinga yokuthumela inkwenkwe yakho entle ngenqanawa iye emfazweni eyoyikekayo kunzima ukuyicinga. Kwaye ukufumana iindaba zokuba akazukubuyela ekhaya yeyona nto imbi anokuthi adlule kuyo nawuphi na umzali.

Yiyo loo nto sibakhumbula namhlanje. Inxalenye yokuvakalisa umbulelo wethu omkhulu ngokuzinikela kwabo ekukhuseleni ihlabathi kolona zwilakhe lubi lunokucingeleka, kodwa ngokuyinxenye nokuzilela ukufa kwabo kabuhlungu.

Sime apha ngasengcwabeni labo elingenanto, kwaye nangona inkulungwane idlulile, sibuhlungu ngokulahlekelwa ngaba bafana kwaye sibuhlungu kunye neentsapho kunye nenzala eyathi ndlela-ntle kunyana, umntakwabo, uyise ngendlela. kwakamsinya kakhulu.

Kodwa uninzi lwazo lwabuya ngokwenene ekupheleni kwezo mfazwe. Abaninzi bamkelwa ziintsapho ezizele luvuyo nezikhululekileyo kumazibuko nakwizikhululo zikaloliwe, emva koko baphila ubomi obanelisayo nobonwabisayo.

Siwonge ngokumangalisayo namhlanje ukuba kunye nathi namalungu amabini asaseleyo kumadoda oMzantsi Afrika abhalisiweyo ngexesha leMfazwe yeSibini yeHlabathi – kwaye ngokoko besinokuqinisekisa, ngamagqala amabini kuphela asaphilayo.

Bobabini basikelelwe ngobomi obude nobanelisayo obuchithwe kunye neentsapho ezinothando kunye nabahlobo, kwaye bobabini basijoyina namhlanje kwiminyaka engama-99, babhalise ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-80 eyadlulayo xa babesebatsha.

Owokuqala kubo, uMnumzana Jackson Human, uzimanye nathi apha kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kwaye ndinembeko enkulu kwaye ndinombulelo kuba ekwazile ukwenza oko kwakhona kulo nyaka.

UMnumzana uJackson ligqala eliphuma kwi-Indian Malay Corps kwaye usebenza kwicandelo lezothutho eMntla Afrika.

Kuliwonga ukuba nawe namhlanje, mhlekazi, kwaye ndiyabulela ngegalelo lakho lokuzincama kuyo yonke loo minyaka idlulileyo.

Undwendwe lwethu lwesibini olukhethekileyo namhlanje nguMnumzana William Small, igqala lomkhosi wasemanzini elabhalisa ngo-1942 lineminyaka nje eli-18 ubudala, kwaye lasebenza njengoMbhali waselwandle okwaziyo ukuchwechwela inqanawa.

Ukusukela oko wabuya emfazweni, uMnumzana Small – ophuma kummandla wase-Underberg KwaZulu-Natal – uye waqhubeleka esenza igalelo elikhulu kubutyebi belizwe lethu njengeGosa eliyiNtloko loLondolozo kwingingqi yoKhahlamba.

Enkosi ngokuhamba yonke le ndlela namhlanje, mhlekazi, kunye nomsebenzi wakho wokuzincama ngexesha lemfazwe.

Umnumzana Jackson kunye noMnumzana Small basinika unxibelelwano oluphilayo kwixesha kunye neziganeko esingenakuzilibala. Ubukho babo apha kufuneka busikhuthaze ukuba sifune ukwenza ngcono kwaye singaphindi izinto ezimanyumnyezi zenkulungwane edlulileyo.

Ndiyavuya ukwabelana nawe ukuba sinezinye iindlela ezininzi zokukhumbula nathi. NgoLwesihlanu ndibe newonga lokubeka isithsaba soSuku lweSikhumbuzo kwiSibhedlele saBantwana seRed Cross War Memorial eRondebosch.

Njengoko unokuxela kwigama, eso sibhedlele simangalisayo sabantwana sakhiwa ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1950 njengesikhumbuzo semfazwe ephilayo kumajoni ethu awileyo.

Yayingumbono wabasebenzi baseMzantsi Afrika ababemi e-Italiya belindele ukubuyela ekhaya emva kwemfazwe. Bechukunyiswe kakhulu kuko konke ababekubonile ngexesha labo lenkonzo – kwaye ngakumbi kukubandezeleka okungenangqondo kwabantwana emfazweni – bacebisa ukwakhiwa kwesibhedlele esizinikeleyo sabantwana eKapa njengesikhumbuzo esiphilayo semfazwe.

Bonke abo basebenzi banikezela ngenxalenye yemivuzo yabo njengegalelo, kwaye ukunyusa ingxowa-mali kawonke-wonke kwenza i-dent enkulu kwixabiso lesibhedlele ngelo xesha le-£ 700,000.

Namhlanje iSibhedlele saBantwana soMnqamlezo oBomvu sithathwa njengesinye sezibhedlele zabantwana ezikhokelayo kwihlabathi, ukunyanga abantwana abangama-250,000 abagulayo nabalimeleyo kulo lonke ilizwe nakwilizwekazi minyaka le, kwaye andinakucinga ngendlela engcono yokuhlonipha inkumbulo yamajoni ethu awileyo.

Esinye isikhumbuzo semfazwe abangaziyo abantu baseKapa abaninzi, sifihlwe kumphezulu wewotshi yeHolo yethu entle yesiXeko. Apho sinecarillon – isixhobo somculo esenziwe ngeentsimbi ezingama-39 ezicudiswe ngocoselelo – eyafakwa kwikhulu leminyaka eyadlulayo njengembeko kumajoni awileyo eMfazwe yeHlabathi yoku-1 ngowayesakuba nguSodolophu waseKapa, ​​u-Anna Thorne, njengomnikelo woxolo ovela kumajoni. abafazi bomzi.

Ukutyhubela amashumi eminyaka, ubuchwephesha besixhobo buwele ekudakaleni kwaye sele kulithuba elide ukusukela oko ukupeliswa kweentsimbi kuye kwathwalwa kuso sonke isixeko.

Kodwa iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba siqalise iphulo lokunyusa ingxowa-mali yokuyibuyisela kwakhona, kunye ne-organ yombhobho omangalisayo kwiHolo yeSixeko, kwaye ngenye imini kungekude kakhulu siya kuphinda sive ezo ntsimbi zikhala phezu kweParade nangaphaya. .

Uninzi lweentsimbi zazibhalwe nokuba ngamagama amabala emfazwe eMfazwe yokuQala yeHlabathi, okanye amagama abo bathe banikela ngazo, kwaye iya kuba yimfazwe.

Imbeko kumagorha ethu emfazwe akwazi ukudlala icarillon ekuphela kwayo esebenzayo kwilizwekazi lase-Afrika kwakhona.

Kwaye kwinyanga ezayo, kwintlanganiso yeBhunga elikhethekileyo, kuyakubakho esinye isikhumbuzo segorha lemfazwe loMzantsi Afrika.

Kutshanje sivuselele isithethe sokunika iCivic Honours kubantu baseKapa – abaphilayo okanye abangasekhoyo – abathe benza igalelo elibonakalayo kwihlabathi ngenkonzo yabo nangeziphiwo zabo.

Kwaye omnye wabamkeli abali-13 amagama abo kunye nezinto abazifezileyo ziya kubhalwa kwiNcwadi yeeHonours kulo nyaka ngu-Adolph Gysbert Malan – owaziwa kwabo basebenze kunye naye njengoSailor Malan – umlo woMzantsi Afrika weMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi yomqhubi wenqwelomoya kwiRoyal Air Force. .

USailor Malan wayeyiNkumanda yePhiko kwi-74Spitfire Squadron kwaye wayegqalwa njengomnye wabona bantu bakhulu be-RAF, abavunyiweyo ngelona zinga liphezulu lokudubula inqwelomoya yotshaba kwindawo yakhe yokukhwela.

Ekubuyeni kwakhe emva kwemfazwe, uMalan wathatha umgaqo-siseko ngokuchasene nocalucalulo kwaye wakhokela uqhanqalazo oluninzi phantsi kwebhanile yeTorch Commando.

Ndinebhongo ngokunikezela ngeeHonours zeSixeko sethu emva kokusweleka kwiSailor Malan.

Yaye ngoxa sikhumbula yaye sibuxabisa ngokunzulu ubuqhawe babantu abafana noMalan, okanye amadoda awongwayo siSibhedlele saBantwana soMnqamlezo oBomvu, namadoda enkumbulo yawo le cenotaph yamiswayo, makhe sicinge kwakhona ukuba loo nkumbulo imele ithetha ntoni kuthi.

Ifanele ibe sisikhumbuzo senkohlakalo kunye nokuba lilize kwemfazwe. Ngelahleko engenangqiqo kunye nexabiso elikhulu elihlawulwe ziintsapho, uluntu kunye namazwe. Xa sikhumbula loo madoda, nathi sifanele ukuba senze isifungo sokungaziphindi ezo mpazamo.

Kodwa xa ndijonga okwenzeka ehlabathini ngoku, kubonakala ngathi asikhange sizithobele ezo zifundo. Ukoyikeka okudlalwa kuMbindi Mpuma, kunye nokuhlala okuqhubekayo kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwe-Ukraine, yintlungu kwi-21st Century.

Kufuneka senze ngcono. Asinakuvumela ihlabathi lethu ukuba libunjwe kwaye lilawulwe ngabaphathi bemfazwe. Sifuna iinkokeli ezithiyileyo ukulwa nokubulala kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwemfazwe-ekuphela kwenjongo yazo kukufumana indawo esivumelana ngayo kunye nokufuna ukuvumelana okusebenzayo.

Ngenxa yokuba ezo zisombululo zimele zibekho, kwaye ezo zivumelwano zifanele zifunyanwe.

Ndithandazela ukuba amazwi engqiqo kunye nothetha-thethwano abe phezulu kwaye omelele kwezi meko zengxabano ezimbi, kwaye ukuba abenzi boxolo baphumelele phezu kweenkosi zemfazwe.

Ihlabathi linee-cenotaphs ezaneleyo. Asisafuni matye ezikhumbuzo angakumbi kubafana namabhinqa aselula athunyelwa ukuba afele ngenxa yokuzingca nebangelwa yintiyo yabanye.

Ngo-2023, ngako konke esikubonileyo kwinkulungwane edlulileyo kunye nazo zonke izifundo ebesizifundile, kufanele ukuba kubekho indlela engcono kunokulwa imfazwe.

Kufuneka kubekho indlela yokufumana ubuntu bethu obuqhelekileyo kunye nemilinganiselo yethu ekwabelwana ngayo, kunokuba sinikezele kwiinkqubo zamadoda anobundlobongela.

Leyo iya kuba yeyona ndlela ilungileyo yokuhlonipha inkumbulo namadini abo bafa kwiiMfazwe Ezinkulu.

Ungaze ulibale, kodwa kwakhona ungaze uphinde.

Makube sisibhambathiso eso namhlanje njengokuba sinika imbeko kumajoni ethu awileyo esibathandayo.