Usuku lwabaseTyhini lweHlabathi

UMatshi yinyanga yembali yabasetyhini. Namhlanje luSuku lwaManina lweHlabathi. Umxholo walo nyaka uthi Khetha ukucela umngeni—osekelwe kwisiseko esithi “Ilizwe elicela umngeni lihlabathi eliphaphileyo kwaye kumngeni kuza utshintsho.” (https://www.internationalwomensday.com)

Kuhlala kuhenda ukubonisa abasetyhini abangabokuqala ukubamba isikhundla sabo sobunkokeli. Abanye babo bafazi bafanelwe kukukhwazwa namhlanje: U-Kamala Harris, umfazi wokuqala ukuba nguSekela Mongameli wase-United States, uJanet Yellen owayengumfazi wokuqala ukuba ngusihlalo we-US Federal Reserve kwaye ngoku ungumfazi wokuqala ukukhonza. njengoNobhala we-Ofisi kaNondyebo wase-US, oonobhala bethu abatsha bamasebe ase-US aMandla kunye noRhwebo, apho ubuninzi bobudlelwane bethu nolwandle bulawulwa. Kwakhona ndifuna ukuqaphela u-Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala owasetyhini wokuqala ukusebenza njengoMlawuli-Jikelele woMbutho woRhwebo weHlabathi. U-Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala sele sele ebhengeze into ephambili yakhe yokuqala: Ukuqinisekisa ukuba iminyaka ende yeengxoxo malunga nokuphelisa izibonelelo zokuloba emanzini etyuwa zifike kwisisombululo esiyimpumelelo sokuzalisekisa iimfuno zeNjongo ye-UN yoPhuhliso oluZinzileyo lwe-14: Ubomi obungaphantsi kwamanzi, njengoko kuhambelana nokuphelisa ukuloba ngokugqithisileyo. Ngumngeni omkhulu kwaye ikwalinyathelo elibaluleke kakhulu ekubuyiseleni ubutyebi elwandle.

Abasetyhini baye badlala indima ephambili ekulondolozweni nasekulawuleni ilifa lethu lendalo iminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu-kunye nokugcinwa kolwandle, sisikelelwe kwiminyaka emashumi ngobunkokeli kunye nombono wabasetyhini abafana noRachel Carson, uRodger Arliner Young, uSheila Minor, USylvia Earle, u-Eugenie Clark, uJane Lubchenco, uJulie Packard, uMarcia McNutt, kunye no-Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. Amabali angamakhulu angakumbi awabaliswa. Abasetyhini, ngakumbi abafazi bemibala, basajongene nemiqobo emininzi kakhulu ekulandeleni imisebenzi yenzululwazi yaselwandle kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo, kwaye sihlala sizibophelele ekunciphiseni loo miqobo apho sinakho.

Namhlanje bendifuna ukuthatha umzuzwana ndibulele abasetyhini base-Ocean Foundation yoluntu-abo bakwiwethu Ibhodi yebaphathi,kwethu IBhunga lezoLwandle, kunye nathi IBhodi yabaCebisi; abo balawula i iiprojekthi ezixhaswa ngemali esizibambayo; kwaye kunjalo, abo bahamba abasebenzi bethu abasebenza nzima. Abasetyhini babambe isiqingatha okanye ngaphezulu sabasebenzi kunye neendima zobunkokeli kwi-The Ocean Foundation ukususela ekusekweni kwayo. Ndinombulelo kuni nonke abathe banikela ngexesha labo, italente namandla abo kwiSiseko se-Ocean malunga namashumi amabini eminyaka. I-Ocean Foundation inetyala lemilinganiselo yayo ephambili kunye nempumelelo yayo kuwe. Enkosi.