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INyanga yeSizwe yoKwazisa ngeziThulu

By USarah W.

Ubuthulu yinto endandingazange ndayazi. Kwintsapho yam, akukho nto ingaqhelekanga njengoko injalo kwiintsapho ezininzi. Kungenxa yokuba ndinamalungu amathathu osapho angevayo, kwaye into ehlekisayo kukuba akukho nasinye isithulu sabo esifuzo, ngoko ke asikho kusapho lwam. Umakazi wam uPat wazalwa esisithulu, ngenxa yesigulo awasifumana umakhulu wam xa wayekhulelwe. Utat'omkhulu (ongutata kaMakazi uPat) weva ngengozi. Kwaye umzala wam wayesisithulu kwasekuzalweni kwakhe kodwa wamkelwa nguMaggie uMaggie (udade kaMakazi wam uPat kunye nenye intombi zikaTamkhulu wam) eseyintombazana.

Ukukhula kwam ixesha elininzi bendilichitha neli cala losapho ingakumbi umakazi. Intombi yakhe, umzala wam uJen, kunye nam sisondelelene kwaye sasingabahlobo abasenyongweni ekukhuleni kwethu. Sasine-sleepovers lonke ixesha, ngamanye amaxesha iintsuku ekupheleni. Umakazi wam uPat wayefana nomama wesibini kum, njengoko wayenjalo nomama kuJen. Xa ndihlala kowabo umakazi uPat wayesithatha asise ezu okanye kwaMcDonald's, okanye siqashe imovie ezoyikisayo eBlockbuster sizibukele ngesitya esikhulu sepopcorn. Kwakusebudeni bezi hambo ndaye ndajonga ukuba kunjani kumntu ongevayo okanye ongevayo ukuba anxibelelane nabasebenzi okanye abasebenzi bamashishini ahlukeneyo. Sisebancinci noJen, umakazi wayesisa kwezi ndawo kungekho mntu umdala. Sasibancinci kakhulu ukuba singamelana neentengiselwano okanye unxibelelwano lwabantu abadala, ngoko ke wayezijonga ngokwakhe ezi meko. Xa ndijonga umva, ndimangalisiwe yaye ndinombulelo omkhulu kuba esenzela oko.

Umakazi unobuchule bokufunda imilebe, nto leyo emenza akwazi ukuthetha nabantu abevayo kakuhle. Kodwa asinguye wonke umntu onokumqonda xa ethetha ngendlela mna namalungu entsapho esithetha ngayo. Ngamanye amaxesha, abaqeshwa babenokuba nengxaki yokuncokola naye, nto leyo, endiqinisekileyo, eyayimkhathaza uMakazi uPat, kwakunye nabasebenzi. Omnye umceli mngeni weza ngexesha lobhubhani we-COVID-19. Ekubeni wonke umntu enxibe iimaski, oko kwakusenza kube nzima ngakumbi kuye ukunxibelelana kuba wayengakwazi ukufunda imilebe.

Nangona kunjalo, ndizakuthi njengoko ubuchwepheshe buqhubela phambili ukusukela kwiminyaka yoo-'90, kuye kwaba lula ukunxibelelana nomakazi wam ukude. Uhlala eChicago kwaye mna ndihlala eColorado, kodwa sithetha ngalo lonke ixesha. Njengoko ukuthumela imiyalezo kuye kwaba yinto eqhelekileyo, ndakwazi ukuchwetheza emva naphambili ukuze ndiqhagamshelane naye. Kwaye ngokuyilwa kweFaceTime unokuba nencoko ngolwimi lwezandla nanini na efuna, naphi na apho akhoyo. Ndisemncinci ekuphela kwendlela yokuthetha nomakazi xa singekho buqu kukusebenzisa umtshini wokuchwetheza (TTY). Ngokusisiseko, wayechwetheza kuyo, kwaye umntu wayesitsalela umnxeba aze adlulisele imiyalezo ngefowuni ngapha nangapha. Yayingeyondlela ilungileyo yokunxibelelana, kwaye sasiyisebenzisa kuphela kwimeko kaxakeka.

Ezi yayizingxaki endandizibonile. Kodwa ndiye ndacinga ngayo yonke eminye imiba amele ukuba wajamelana nayo endingazange ndicinge ngayo. Ngokomzekelo, umakazi ngumama yedwa. Wayeyazi njani xa uJen wayekhala njengomntwana ebusuku? Wazi njani xa isithuthi sikaxakeka sisondela ngelixa eqhuba? Andazi ncam ukuba le miba yaphendulwa njani kodwa ndiyazi ukuba umakazi akazange avumele nantoni na ukuba imyekise ukuphila ubomi bakhe, ukukhulisa intombi yakhe yedwa, nokuba ngumakazi omangalisayo kunye nomama wesibini kum. Zikhona izinto ezizohlala zincamathela kum ekukhuleni kwam ndichitha ixesha elingaka nomakazi wam uPat. Nanini na ndiphuma ndize ndibone abantu ababini bethetha ngentetho yezandla, ndiye ndifune ukubulisa. Ndiziva ndithuthuzelekile ngamazwi asondeleyo kumabonwakude. Kwaye ngoku ndifundisa unyana wam oneenyanga ezisi-7 ubudala igama elithi “ubisi” kuba iintsana ziyakwazi ukufunda intetho yezandla ngaphambi kokuba zikwazi ukuthetha.

Ubuthulu bugqalwa ngabanye “njengesiphene esingabonakaliyo,” yaye ndiya kuhlala ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile ukwenza indawo yokuhlala ukuze uluntu olungevayo lube nako ukuthabatha inxaxheba kuzo zonke izinto ezinokwenziwa ngabantu abangevayo. Kodwa ngokubona kwam ndakufundayo, inkoliso yabantu abangevayo ayikujongi njengesiphene. Lonto ke kum ithetha nomoya kaMakazi wam uPat. Ukuchitha ixesha nomakazi, utatomkhulu, kunye nomzala wam kundifundise ukuba abantu abangevayo bayakwazi ukwenza yonke into abantu abangevayo abakwazi ukuyenza nangakumbi.

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