SIKWELIMAGAD' ahlabayo. Kuyezwela ngoba umuntu uke waphila kwelingafelwa nkonyane, kuphela nje sasingazi ukuthi siyatamasa. Sasibona sengathi "basezulwini elincane" laba abaphila ebukhazikhazini bobuphayiphayi bamalambu - bethi qhwekle obondeni bese kube semini ebusuku.
Sasingakavuswa wukutshiloza kwezihlonono komakhalekhukhwini. Sasivuswa yingila kwenhloko yamakhwibi esho ngemizwezwekazi. Kwabathatha amakhuba beyohlakula akekho owayetshela omunye. Isichumo seyambazi sesivele sididiyelwe ngayizolo, nequthu limumethe okokufukutha ukwenzela ukuxosha umashayandawonye nxa ethuka edukela ngakuwe.
Ngale kwalokho, thina bojahidada sishwayizela esithwatheni, kasidinge namkhumiso wendlela. Phela lapha ehlokozini sizohlangana nomvuthwamini sicoshe iminyovu isathithibele. Kokunye sikhwanye, sizithele kwathe tebhu amathunduluka, sinambithe isimuncu sihlakaze ukubophana kwemihlathi. Nasebusika amahlali athele woklo, nogoboyi bamoma baze bawashiye. Sifike siqhekeze sihubuluze emagobolondweni.
Sasisweleni ngoba nokokuhlwabula lokhu okuthengwa esimanjemanjeni, kwamaswidi nokunye sasinakho. Inhlaba ekhala ezihlahleni yayithe fehle, ushingamu lo sasiwuthola obisini oseluhwamuka lomgonswane, izimbuzi zazisikhiqizela umbhodlo, siqhephule, siqhofoze, ungafunga ukuthi umgazingo obutshwelezelwe umnumzane.
Ngiyanihlupha-ke namuhla nina enifunda lapha ngoba sekungathi ngikhuluma isiGrikhi. Empeleni yilo lolu lwethunga. Olwethu. Akunhloso yami ukunibuyisela ezinsukwini zakudala kodwa ngifikelwe wumuzwa wokusikhipha ngamankanka isiZulu, nginicakulele ubumnandi bokuthamunda ngale ndlela yegceke.
Angithi phela kuthangi (ngoLwesithathu mhla zingama-21 kuNhlolanja) bekugujwa usuku lolimi lwebele oluvetezwa ngokuthi i-International Mother Tongue Day.
Lolu suku-ke lungilethele imidlinzo nenkumbulo yokwakithi. Sasilithwabaza nje leli likaMthaniya, sihubha ombalane, sidlule enqwabeni yamatshe sicoshe libe linye eceleni, siliphimisele siliphose enqwatshaneni yesivivane sithi "sicekla inhlanhla".
Sasicusha kweyesabekayo imigede, lapho bethe bunyalala obabangibone nohodoba bezimamba. Olwami ulimi nabanye abaningi lwabunjwa yileyo migede, ukunqamula lawo maqele, ukungena kodukathole bamahlathi, ukushaya idadamu nentshiki ezijwini zalezo ziziba nokuntshentshetha kulezo zinyathuko okwakukloloda kuzo amakhondekazi nomathananazana.
Ayikho into engikitaza ukudlula ukulalela umuntu ethamunda ulimi lwakubo ekhululekile, kungekho kuklinyeka okudalwa wukuthi usesuke waqala ukucabanga ngesilungu ngaphambi kokuthi ahumushe engqondweni bese ebeka ngolimi lwakhe.
Ibhodi elakhele ukubhekela ukuvikelwa kwezilimi zethu, iPan South African Language Board (PanSALB) belenze umgubho libambisene noMnyango wezeMfundo noweZemidlalo, Ubuciko namaSiko, eMonti ngoLwesithathu. Sekuyaqhamuka-ke kulo mgubho ukuthi bekwethulwa uhlelo loMnyango wezeMfundo lokuthi izifundo zenziwe ngezilimi ezibili - isiNgisi nolwebele.
Kuhle lokhu futhi kuyancomeka. Kodwa kuthi angikhononde ngokuthi izilimi zakithi zisazoshetshwa. Yebo-ke sesacwila savela ngekhanda esilungwini, ngisho usikompilo lwethu seluyiso isilungu.
Mkhulu umsebenzi owenziwa yizinhlaka ezifana nePanSALB ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi izilimi zethunga ziyagcineka kodwa benginovalo lokuthi okwenziwa yiPanSALB akwehlukile nokuba nenqolobane nje. Sekuyoba isangcobe sokucoshela sezifundiswa, zifuna ukuthola amajazi abomvu ngokuthi sezithe “bhiji” ukuthi isiZulu esingatshobeliwe sasikhulunywa kanjani. Bukhona ubungozi bokuthi abazukulwane bethu ulimi loyisemkhulu luyobe seluyisiLatini sebuya kubo.
Ungizwa ngihayiza nje nami yingoba nginecala, njengabaningi. Ngikwitiza kube yindaba nezingane ngoba ngithi ngenzela ukuthi zingathwali kanzima olimini lwesiNgisi ezikoleni. Ngaze ngaba yingxenye yabahlwanyeli bakagatigati, ngiyazisa!
Kwamanje sekuvele kudume upotiyane eningini lethu uma sithuka sidibana negama lesiZulu elingacashe nokucasha. Kuke kuzalele ihlokohloko nalapha ezinkundleni zemihehezo, sichaphana ngayo yonke inhlobo yamabizo siphika ukuthi kalikho igama elinje esiZulwini. Kube kungelethu ngqo.
Azingene izilimi zethu ezifundweni. Kuyaphuthuma. Azikhule nezilimi zethu zebele, sikwethe esasingenakho njengoba bebenza obabamkhulu ngokuqamba ngemifakela uma lingekho elethu.
Ngitshikize kwangathi uMesisi ungiqhubukusha ngoqukulu kwamancane ngizwa umqeqeshi uZipho Dlangalala ethi unezifundo azihlelile azifundisa ngesiZulu. Uhlelo lwakhe olubizwa ngokuthi "Inkunz' isematholeni Youth Coaches Development" olwesifundo sezinsuku ezinhlanu sokucija abaqeqeshi abalungisela ukuthuthukisa intsha.
Kanti ibhola lingaqeqeshwa ngesiZulu? Nebala, nakhu nje eBrazil baqeqesha ngolwabo ulimi, eSpain namaJalimane bangundaza ngolwabo. Yini pho thina bese sikwitiza uma sekufanele sidlale? Mhlawumbe lokhu kufunda ngezethu izilimi kuzoqaqa nezethu izingane, ziyeke ukuphenduka olamthuthu enkundleni zisacinga umlungu enkankaza ngesiNgisi, kwasona esephula kungesona esakubo.
Sikhathele ukuvetezelwa ngabanye abantu, nathi asijikele kokwethu basizwe siveteza. Ngiyema la. Ngqi.