Amakhosi azimisele ukudedela umhlaba ukuze usetshenziselwe ezolimo inqobo nje uma kuzothuthuka umphakathi , kuvuleke imisebenzi futhi kukhulise umnotho wasezindaweni zasemakhaya. Isho kanje inkosi Sifiso Shinga weKwaZulu-Natal House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders abathe akubanjiswane ukukhiqiza ukudla.
Engxoxweni neFood For Mzansi, uShinga uthe umhlaba ukhona, nokho okushodayo ngabantu abanele abanamakhono KwaZulu-Natali. UShinga wenaba ngentuthuko ezindaweni zasemakhaya nanomphumela wokubiza kwezindleko zokwenza umsebenzi kanjalo nezikhukhula emnothweni wasezindaweni zasemakhaya.
UTiisetso Manoko: Yiziphi izingqinamba imiphakathi yasemakhaya ebhekana nayo uma izozikhiqizela ukudla?
Inkosi Sifiso Shinga: Isifundazwe sethu sinenhlanhla yokuthi sikwazi ukukhiqiza izinhlobo eziningi zokudla. Sinesimo sezulu esihle futhi umhlabathi wethu uvundile, izitshalo eziningi ziyakhula kahle. Into kuphela esishoda ngayo amakhono, abantu bethu abanawo amakhono afanele okulima.
Yingakho sicela uhulumeni nabemboni ezimele babambisane ngoba uma abantu sebenamakhono, izinto zizokwenzeka. Njengamakhosi, sikulungele ukukhipha umhlaba. Sifisa ukubona isifundazwe sizondla futhi sondla izwe lonke. Muningi umhlaba okhona, sizimisele ukuwudedela ukuze kuthuthukwe. Njengamakhosi asikwazi ukusonga isandla kube kunobubha futhi kushoda imisebenzi, kufanele sisukume sixoxe nezinye izinhlaka ukuze igcine ifikile intuthuko ezindaweni zasemakhaya.
Amakhosi alishumayela kanjani leli vangeli emiphakathini?
Kubalulekile ukuvuma ukuthi intuthuko yasemakhaya nezolimo ikakhulukazi esifundazweni esinezindawo engamakhaya kakhulu, kubalulekile. Uma ngibuka lapho sihlala khona, kunomhlaba futhi ezolimo yizona okuphilwa ngazo kakhulu.
Ngakho sibheka izinhlelo ezizokwenza umehluko ezimpilweni zabantu bethu abathembele kuphela kwezolimo nalabo abalimela ukondla imindeni yabo nemiphakathi.
Kungabe ezolimo seziphucukile esifundazweni emva kwalezi zinhlelekelele esezike zaba khona?
Imibhikisho yangoJulayi (ngo-2021), ukucinywa kukagesi nezikhukhula kuphazamisile impela, ikakhulukazi izikhukhula. Ukushoda kukagesi kubhebhezele isimo ngoba sekuyinto eyenzeka zonke izinsuku.
Siyazi ukuthi abanye abalimi banemishini esebenzisa ugesi ephazamisekayo uma kulokhu kucinywa ugesi. Abafuye izinkukhu nelabo abagaya ukudla yibona abathinteka kakhulu.
Siyazi ukuthi abanye abalimi bawile emva kwezikhukhula ezamosha umhlabathi nengqalasizinda okwenza kwaba likhuni ukuqhubeka nokulima.
I-KZN inobuholi obusha bezolimo, yikuphi enikulindele njengamakhosi nabaholi bama-Khoi San?
Silindele lukhulu kuNgqongqoshe omusha woMnyango wezolimo nokuthuthukisa izindawo zasemakhaya uMnu uSuper Zuma, ikakhulukazi uma sikhuluma ngentuthuko. Sizoxoxa naye maduzane futhi sithemba ukuthi ubudlelwane bethu buzothela izithelo ngomuso.
Umnyango wezolimo kufanele uzikhandle ukuqeda ububha esifundazweni zethu futhi sikholwa ukuthi yinto abanawo amandla okuyenza. Umsebenzi wethu ukubeseka ngemisebenzi yokuletha intuthuko ezindaweni zasemakhaya abazoyilethela abantu bethu.
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Yiziphi izinyathelo okufanele zithathwe yiKwaZulu-Natali ukuze kuthuthuke izindawo zasemakhaya?
Izindleko zokuba nepulazi ezifana nomanyolo, u-diesel nezinye ziyabiza, sidinga umnyango ungenelele ukusiza abalimi. Asikwazi ukwenza ezolimo ngaphandle kwentsha, sidinga ukuthi babe yingxenye yezolimo ukunciphisa isibalo sentsha engasebenzi.
Baningi abantu abasha abafundile kodwa abangazithandi. Kodwa bangasebenza kwezolimo besebenzisa ubuchwepheshe. Ngifisa ukubona intsha yaKwaZulu-Natali ingena lapho.
Kufanele ezobuchwepheshe nokuqhamuka nezinto ezintsha kwezolimo kuholwe intsha ngoba yibona abazi ngobuchwepheshe ukudla abantu abadala.
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