UBUNTU

Ubuntu busemuntwini. Ubuntu busenhliziyweni yomuntu. Ubuntu butholakala endleleni umuntu aziphatha ngayo; indlela umuntu ahlonipha ngayo abanye abantu. Umuntu ulakho ukuthi athi yena uyahlonipha, njalo ulakho ukutshengisa ngezenzo ukuthi ulenhlonipho, kodwa nxa kungekho ngaphakathi kwakhe kuyabe kuyize leze. Kanengi sisizwa ukunconywa kwabathile kutshiwo ukuthi balobuntu. “Awu, umfana kaGatsheni lo osebenza eGwanda ulobuntu.” “Uthi bayathaba yini abakoZondo! Amaphahla abo la afunda eMatopo ubuntu bakithi! Bayadela oMama abazakuba ngoninazala qotho!” Kuyini okuyabe kubonakele kulabo bantu? Yibuntu.

Izolo bekuthi nxa inina lomuzi loba abatsha lapho ekhaya besipha abadala ukudla, baguqe phansi bebagezisa izandla, babuye baguqe bezobapha ukudla lanxa sebebutha izitsha. Ibe iyinhlonipho enkulu leyo. Bebuyibuntu impela. Sikhumbule phela ukuthi izolo abekade engekho amathebuli la osokudekelwa ukudla kuwo abantu behlezi ezihlalweni. Bekukuhle-ke ukuguqa ngoba inhloko yomuzi ihlezi esiqobaneni, omama labogogo behlezi emacansini loba phezu kwezigcabha. Abanye abantu bayabuza ukuthi kambe lamuhla kusasweleka na? Kambe oguqayo angezake akwenze lokho loba engelabo ubuntu, kuyingoba kungumthetho walapho ekhaya. Mina ngibona sengathi longaguqiyo kodwa elobuntu obupheleleyo angayitshengisa inhlonipho efaneleyo loba engaguqanga phansi ngamadolo. Ubuntu busemuntwini.

Minengi imikhuba yekadeni eminye engasasebenzi kahle empilweni yalamuhla. Omunye umkhuba engibona umane ukhahlameze abaphila ngawo yilo owokuthi umamazala lomkhwenyana abangadli ndlunye. Mhlawumbe kwakulula kudala kwakhiwe kulezindlu ezinengi. Pho lezi ezemadolobheni ezinye zakhona azinkulu, njalo indlu isuka ibe lamakamelo amabili, loba amathathu. Lokho kwenza umkhwenyana loba uninazala athwale nzima sokumele adinge indawo yokucatsha esidla. Mina ngibona empilweni yalamuhla kufanele nje umamazala akhululeke lomkhwenyana akhululeke, bazidlele nje kungabi ndaba zalutho. Phela ubuntu busemuntwini hatshi ekusadalaleni ngemikhuba lamasiko thile.

Minengi-ke imikhuba yezolo okukhanya sengathi ilokucindezela kancane. Kambe wena ukubona njani lokho?

Barbara Nkala