Dr Eventhough Ndlovu

Siyadibana njalo Mthwakaz’ omuhle kulelilanga elihle esiyagqiba uNhlolanja! Lamhla sivula ngamazwi okukhankasa ngokuhle okuthile avela kuDr Eventhough Ndlovu oweNyuvesithi enkulu eZimbabwe. Kulamalanga lamalanga athakazelelwayo umhlaba wonke jikelele. Ubusazi na ngaleli ele International Mother Language Day? Hatshi-ke, mina lingipha amadlabuzane leli ukwazi ukuthi lolimi lwami lomdabu luqakatheke kakhulu kusamele luqakiswe kube lomkhosi wokuluthakazelela! Ake uzwe ukuthi uthini okaNdlovu.

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

Hlabezulu, manengi amalanga athakazelelwayo emhlabeni bo! Elinye lawo eliqakatheke kubani lobani okhwabitha ukukhulisa ulimi lwakhe lomdabu, yileli elikhuluma ngokuthakazelela ulimi lwakho lomdabu, olukhankaswa umhlaba wonke. Lilanga lamhlaka 21 Nhlolanja njalo umkhankaso lo waqala mhlaka 21 Lwezi ngo1999, kukhokhela inhlanganiso ye-UNESCO eyiyo ekhangela ngezemfundo kuNhlanganiso zamazwe wonke jikelele.
Isisusa sona saba yisiga esabakhona ngosuku luka 21 Nhlangula ngonyaka ka-1952. Abathile eBengali, kweleBangladesh babekhankasa ezitaladeni betshengisela isifiso sabo sokuthi bakhulume ulimi lomdabu wabo bekhululekile. Kodwa iziphathamandla ezazibeke ukuthi kukhulunywe kuphela ngolimi oluthile kwazicunula lokho zasezibangela ukudutshulwa kusethuselwa labo ababekhankasa. Kwafa -ke lapho abafundi abane. Kusukela lapho ilanga leli lahle laba yisikhumbuzo salokho okubi okwenzakalayo. Leli lilanga lapho okuqakiswa khona umkhosi wokuphakamisa konke okuphathelene lezindimi ezitshiyeneyo, amasiko atshiyeneyo lokwanelisa ukukhuluma izindimi ezinengi ezahlukeneyo.
Lonyaka eZimbabwe, umkhosi lo uzathakazelelwa mhlaka 20 kuMbimbitho, eNyuvesithi yeZimbabwe, eLlewellyn Lecture Theatre ngehola lesificaminwe mibili ekuseni (0800 hours) lapho okuzakhangelwa khona isibanga esesithethwe sikhangelane lemizamo yokuphakamisa indimi zakwelakithi lokusetshenziswa kwazo. Kuzakuba lezikhulumi ezivela kungatsha ezehlukeneyo lapho okuzahlonyiswana khona ngamasu lamaqhinga okuthi kungenziwani ukuthi kuthuthukiswe ukusetshenziswa lokuqakathekiswa kwendimi zethu. Elokuzwa kalisuthisi njalo ukutshelwa yikuncitshwa! Bana yingxenye yalo umkhosi lokhu injobo enhle ithungelwa ebandla. Akubizwa ozwayo.
Phakamisa olwakho ulimi lawe Mthwakazi!