By Esona Magawana.
ISebe lezoLimo eMpuma Koloni kutshanje libambe umboniso odlamkileyo wezolimo kwiBala leMidlalo laseMthatha kwiSithili sase-OR Tambo, apho amafama asakhasayo nahlangeneyo, ekunye nabathungi abaxhasiweyo, bebebonisa ngeemveliso zabo.
Lo msitho, obubanjwe ngomhla wesine (4) KweyoMsintsi 2025, ubethelele ukuzinikela kweSebe ekukhuthazeni iimarike ezizinzileyo notyalo-mali ukulungiselela imveliso yezolimo ekumgangatho ophezulu.
UMphathiswa wezoLimo, uNonceba Kontsiwe, uthethe nabazimasi, ebulela iinzame ezinkulu zamafama ngelixa ebalula umngeni onzima wokufikelela kwiimarike.
“Into endiyiqapheleyo apha kukuba amafama asebenza ngokuzimisela, kwaye siyayibona le nkqubo, apho babonisa into abayivelisileyo, njengendlela exabisekileyo yokuqhubela phambili ezolimo nesiseko sokuthengisa imveliso yabo,” uthethe watsho uMphathiswa uKontsiwe.
Nangona kunjalo, uKontsiwe ubalule umqobo obonakalayo: “Ndimele ndiyiqaqambise imicelimngeni abajongene nayo ngoku, uninzi lwabo lusithi abanayo imarike, kubonakala ngathi xa besiya kwiivenkile bajongelwa phantsi ngabaphathi nangabanini abakhetha ukuthenga kwiinkampani zamanye amaphondo, sifuna ukubakhuthaza, sibancedise ngamaziko ohlukeneyo ukuze bafikelele kwiimarike.”
Uphinde wagxininisa ukungxamiseka kokuqinisekisa unxibelelwano lweemarike, ingakumbi kwizinto ezitshabalalayo, esithi, “Siyazi, ingakumbi ngemifuno, xa ivunwa, inokubola kwaye ibe yinkcitho. Ngoko ke, sifuna ukubakhuthaza kwaye sivule amathuba emali ukunceda ukwandisa imveliso yabo.”
UMphathiswa ukwavakalise uchulumanco kukuthatha inxaxheba kwezikolo zamabanga aphakamileyo ezolimo, egxininisa indima embaxa-mbini yezolimo ekuqesheni nasekuphuhliseni izakhono. Ukongeza, abathungi, abaxhamli benkxaso yesebe ngoomatshini boshishino, babonisa izinto zabo.
Umthungi ophumelele iimbasa uNobuntu Saka ulincome kakhulu igalelo leli sebe esithi: “Isebe lisincedise kakhulu, ngoku siqeqesha ulutsha namanina ukulwa nentlupheko,” watsho esithi nangona beneevenkile, bafuna iimarike ezandisiweyo nezixhobo.
UNombuyiselo Mlonyeni, omele ookopolotyeni bakamasipala we-Ingquza Hill, ababandakanyeka kulimo, ukuthunga, kunye nokulungiswa kwemveliso yezolimo, uqinisekise ukuzinikela kwabo ekudaleni amathuba emisebenzi nokuphelisa intlupheko, ngelixa ekwaqaqambisa imfuneko yokuphuculwa kwezixhobo, izakhiwo, ukubiyela, kunye nokufikelela kwamanzi.
Lo mboniso usebenze njengeqonga elinamandla lokukhawulelana nale mingeni kunye nokugaya inkxaso kumacandelo akhulayo ezolimo noshishino.