Lucky Sithole
Kuthiwa ngosuku lukaKhisimusi ngo-1914, amasosha aseJalimane namaNgisi ayelwa eMpini Yemazwe Omhlaba Yokuqala, adlala umdlalo webhola lezinyawo.
Izindawo zesikhumbuzo emhlabeni jikelele zibungaza lolu daba ngokukhumbula iqhaza eladlalwa izinsizwa ezalwa empini enesihluku kunazo zonke emlandweni womhlaba, zasebenzisa usuku lukaKhisimusi ukuthelelana amanzi ngendlela ekhetheke kakhulu.
Ngemuva kokuphuma emiseleni, benza okwenziwa izinsizwa uma zihleli zingenzi lutho. Badlala ibhola.
Umfanekiso wesithombe sesonto i-St. Luke’s e-Liverpool sitshengisa isosha laseJalimane nelaseBrithani bexhawulana ngemuva komdlalo webhola. Isikhumbuzo somfanekiso wesithombe sesivumelwano sokuthula e-Ypres, e-Belgium sinebhola phezu kwesisekelo esenziwe ngemabula. Isikhumbuzo somfanekiso wesithombe esise-Mesen, e-Belgium sinebhola phezulu elibhalwe amagama athi “A lull in thenzondo”.
Isikhumbuzo somfanekiso wesithombe esenziwa iNkosana uWilliam ngo-2014 e-National Memorial Arboretum e-Staffordshire, sitshengisa izandla ezihlangene zesosha laseBrithani nelaseJalimane ezakhelwe ebholeni.
Uma isiqeshana sevidiyo yaku-YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOz9SpWc_yE) esivela kubhayisikobho kaRichard Attenborough yango-1969 ethi-Oh! What a Lovely War singakufikiseli ngezinyembezi, kungamele uzihlole ukushaya kwenhliziyo yakho ukuze ubone ukuthi usenayo yini inhliziyo.
Abekho ofakazi abawubona umdlalo webhola owawubanjelwe endaweni engenabantu eqhweni ngo-1914. Izincwadi ezazivela ngaleso sikhathi, zibonakala zitshengisa ukuthi amasosha ezwa ngalomdlalo webhola, kodwa akekho ngisho noyedwa owawubona umdlalo.
Akusenandaba. Kodwa umbono wokuthi ezemidlalo nezombusazwe zingahlukaniswa, cishe iphupho elingaphusile. Kumele sibhekane neqiniso. Unyaka omusha awukakaqali, kodwa i-China neMelika sebebanga imidlalo yama-Olimpiki aseBusika. Kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi kufanele silahle umqondo wokuthi ezemidlalo zingakwazi ukudlula ngisho nenzondo eyingozi kakhulu kupolitiki.
Sengathi ezemidlalo, noma ngabe umdlalo wokuhlola e-Twickenham noma umdlalo webhola lezinyawo emgwaqeni owubhuqu e-Alexandra, ungabumba umhlaba ngo-2022. Ingabe lokho kungaba iqiniso.