Enye yezinto ezibalulekile ezakha intando yeningi labantu esebenzayo inkululeko kwabezindaba. Ngakho-ke kufanele sigqugquzelwe ukukhishwa kamuva-nje kweNkomba Yomhlaba Yenkululeko Kwabezindaba, lapho iNingizimu Afrika yenze kangcono kakhulu, yakhuphuka ngezigaba ezilishumi isuka endaweni yama-35 emhlabeni ngowezi-2022 yayoba sendaweni yama-25 kulo nyaka.
Inkomba Yomhlaba Yenkululeko Kwabezindaba, ehlanganiswa minyaka yonke yinhlangano i-Reporters Without Borders, ihlolisisa isimo sobuntatheli emazweni ayi-180 nasezindaweni zawo. Ibheka isimondawo abasebenzi bezezindaba abasebenza kuso ngokubheka izimo zepolitiki, uhlaka lwezomthetho, ukuphepha kanye nommongo wezomnotho namasiko kwezenhlalo.
Inhlangano le ichaza inkululeko yabezindaba “njengekhono lezintatheli ngayinye ngayinye nangokusebenzisana nezinye ukukhetha, ukukhiqiza nokusabalalisa izindaba emphakathini ngaphandle kokugxambukela kwezepolitiki, ezomnotho, ezomthetho kanye nezenhlalo, futhi ngaphandle kokusatshiswa ngokuphepha kwazo siqu nangokwengqondo.”
Njengoba intando yeningi labantu entsha iqhathaniswa naleyo enemikhuba egxilile kumthethosisekelo, kufanele sizigqaje ngokugqugquzela kwethu inkululeko nokuzimela kwabezindaba. Ngokocwaningo, isimo sabezindaba eNingizimu Afrika “siqinile, sehlukahlukene futhi siyashukumisa” esikhathini lapho ubuntatheli
sebuphenduke umsebenzi onobungozi kakhulu kwezinye izingxenye ezehlukene zomhlaba.
Inkululeko yabezindaba iyinsika yokuhleleka kwentando yeningi labantu. Izintatheli zethu ziyaqhubeka nokuziphendulela nokuhlomisa izakhamuzi. Uphenyo
lwabezindaba ludonsele amehlo inkohlakalo, ukuhlukunyezwa kwabantu ababuthakathaka, ukubulawa kwezingede, nazo zonke izenzo ezingalungile ngaphakathi embusweni, emkhakheni ozimele, kwezemfundo nakweminye imikhakha.
Ukukhula kwezinga lobuntatheli kwizakhamuzi kanye nokusabalala komakhalekhukhwini besimanjemanje kwenze kwalula ngayoyonke indlela ukuthi izigameko ezidinga abezindaba, kubanda – kanya izenzo kanye namazwi osaziwayo emphakathini, ukuthi asatshalaliswe ngokuphazima kweso kubantu abaningi.
ENingizimu Afrika, izintatheli zikhululekile ukusebenza ngaphandle ngokunqandwa ukusho lokho ezifuna ukukusho, ukuxhashazwa noma ukujeziswa yinkantolo, noma ngabe zigxeka kabuhlungu labo abasezikhundleni zeziphathimandla.
Noma kunjalo, iNingizimu Afrika isabhekene nezinselele eziningi. Izikhungo eziningi zabezindaba ziyazabalaza ukuthi zime njengoba zibhekene nokuguquka kwezo buchwepheshe, lokho okushintsha indlela obekwenziwa ngayo kwabezindaba kanye nemithelela yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19.
Le miphumela nakanjani idicilela phansi ukugqama nokuhlukana komkhakha wethu wezindaba. Eminyakeni esanda kwedlula, kube nezigameko lapho izintatheli bezesatshiswa noma zihlaselwa zisemsebenzini wazo.
Ezinye zahlanjalazwa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana noma zalandelwa ngosaziwayo bezepolitiki. Njengomphakathi, kufanele sizigxeke kakhulu lezi zenzo futhi sisebenze ukuthi sizigweme.
Nakanjani kubalulekile ukuthi abezindaba ekusebenzeleni umphakathi benze lezo ziphathimandla zakuhulu – meni, kumabhizinisi kanye nasemphakathini ukuthi
ziziphendulele. Khona manjalo, abezindaba banendima ebaluleke kakhulu ekufanele bayidlale ekufundiseni nasekwaziseni izakhamuzi ngezindaba ezithinta zona.
Ngonyaka ozayo izwe liphikelele okhethweni jikelele.
Njengoba izakhamuzi zilungiselela ukuyokwenza lo msebenzi obaluleke kakhulu, abezindaba kufanele basebenzise ikhono labo namandla ukugqugquzela izakhamuzi eziningi ukuthi zibhalisele ukuvota. Kufanele kwenze umehluko omkhulu ukubhala ngezindaba zasemphakathini ngesinye isikhathi eziyaye zikhishwe
kancane ezindabeni. Ngaphandle kokufuna ukuguqula ingqondo yabavoti, abezindaba kufanele bagxile ezindabeni ezibalulekile ezithinta abantu uma bedinga
ukuthatha isinqumo sokuthi bavotele bani.
Inkululeko yabezindaba, njengamaningi amalungelo aqukethwe kuMthethosisekelo wethu, siyinqobile. Ivuka esimweni lapho abezindaba ngokwabo besebenza
ngokuqaphelisisa ukuthi izindaba zabo zihlala zithembekile, ziyanemba, azithathi hlangothi futhi zineqiniso.
Ekugcineni, isimo sabezindaba asichazwa ukuthi bame kuphi kwinkomba, kodwa ngokuthi bafaka liphi igalelo ekwakheni intando yeningi labantu eqhakazile
enezakhamuzi ezinolwazi, ezinamandla futhi ezibamba iqhaza.
