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Umfama 101:  Indlela yokuvelisa ivatala

Ingaba wakhe wayicinga eyokuba kufuneka ulime ivatala/ivatilamuni? Njengoko ilizwe lizilungiselela ixesha leziyunguma eliqapheleka ngamaqondo ashushu nemfuneko yokuyihlaziya, iingcali ichaza ngeengcebiso zokulima ivatala/ivatilamuni.

by Vateka Halile
20th October 2023
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Ivatala/ivatilamuni sisiqhamo esithandwa kakhulu yaye ihlobo alinakuba lilo ncam ngaphandle kwayo. Kuhlelo lwale veki lokuQokelelela ukuTyala, ingcali icacisa ngako konke ekufuneka ukwazi ukulima ivatala/ivatilamuni egqibeleleyo.

Iivatala/iivatilamuni zityalwa ukususela entlakohlaza ukuya kutsho ekuweni kwamagqabi emthini. Kumanye amaxesha onyaka, inobuntuntunu kakhulu, ngoko ke kufuneka ityalwe kwixesha lonyaka elichanekileyo ngendlela echanekileyo. 

Njengomfama wemifuno nevatala/ivatilamuni oseRustenburg, emNtla Ntshona, uKarabo Rampete angayingqina inyaniso yokuba ivatala/ivatilamuni ikholwa kakhulu ngumhlaba oyintlabathi novunduvundu wodidi lwepH esisi5.8 ukuya kwisi6.2.

Ukulima ivatala/ivatilamuni

URampete ucebisa ukuba kwenziwe isifundo esingobume bomhlaba ukuqinisekisa ukuba ngaba imozulu yethuba elide iya kufaneleka ukulima ivatala/ivatilamuni phambi kokutyala izityalo. Imozulu inokwahluka kakhulu ngokunjalo ukususela kwindawo ethile ukuya kwenye, utsho.

Uqaphela ukuba ukulungiselela umhlaba izityalo kubaluleke gqitha phambi kokuhlwayela imbewu. 

“Amafama kufuneka aqinisekise ukuba atyala ngexesha lonyaka elifanelekileyo, ukuqinisekisa ukuba umhlaba ulungisiwe.”

URampete ucebisa ukuba kubalulekile ukwenza uxilongo lomhlaba iinyanga ezintathu phambi kokuba uqalise ukutyala ivatala/ivatilamuni.  

“Qinisekisa ukuba umhlaba wakho uchanekile. Kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba awufanelekanga kusetyenziswa, awunakulungiswa.”

Isikhokelo esingokukhuselwa kwevatala/ivatilamuni

Ukugcina iintaka, izinambuzane nezinye izidalwa zingasondeli kwivatala/kwivatilamuni, kufuneka uthathe amanyathelo okuthintela. URampete uthi isivuno sakhe senza kakuhle emva kokuba ehlwayele imbewu emhlabeni. 

“Xa utyala, qinisekisa ukuba ukuphana izithuba kuchanekile, kuba xa ukuphana izithuba kungachanekanga, izityalo zakho azizokukhula kakuhle.”


*KUCELWA UQAPHELE OKULANDELAYO: Asibanga nako ukushicilela imizuzu engama20 yokugqibela yengxoxo. Sicela uxolo ngenkxamleko enithi niyifumane ngokumalunga noku. – ngabakwaFood For Mzansi.

Ngethuba lale seshini, uRampete uyacacisa kwakhona:

  • Indlela yokunkcenkceshela ivatala/ivatilamuni;
  • Kutheni kubaluleke kangaka ukuphanda ngezemarike; kunye 
  • Neengcebiso ezingokulungiswa komhlaba.

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Vateka Halile

Vateka Halile grew up in rural areas of Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape. She was raised in a traditional family setting and found writing to be a source of comfort and escape. Vateka participated in an online citizen journalism course through Food For Mzansi, and her passion for health and medicine-related stories was born. Her dedication to community work and love for social justice and solidarity spaces is evident in her quality time with the community when she isn't working.

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