Malungu aHloniphekileyo e-ICERM,

Ngokuvala unyaka kufika ixesha lokucingisisa, lokubhiyozela kunye nesithembiso. Sicinga ngeenjongo zethu, sibhiyozela impumelelo yethu, kwaye sonwabele isithembiso sokuphucula inkonzo yethu ngokufunda kwimisebenzi emihle ekhuthazwa ngumsebenzi wethu.

Loo nto sinikela ngayo amandla ethu ngendlela yeengcinga, amazwi nezenzo zethu, ibuyela kuthi ngokohlobo. Ke ngoko, ngokwendalo yeenjongo zethu ekwabelwana ngazo, izinto esinomdla kuzo, kunye nezimvo, sizifumana sidityanisiwe ngenjongo enye. Njengemihla yangaphambili yawo nawuphi na umzamo, lo nyaka uye wachithwa sifunda indlela yethu, ukuzuza ulwazi, nokuvavanya amanzi. Njengoko ingxelo yonyaka iza kubonisa, lo gama sisesekuqaleni kohambo lwethu, mkhulu umhlaba oye wagutyungelwa kwaye kwaqaliswa uthotho olumangalisayo lwamanyathelo. Konke oku kuqhubeka ukukhokela uphuhliso lwethu kunye nokwazisa izicwangciso zethu zekamva.

Alikho elinye ixesha lonyaka abathi abantu abaninzi banqumame baze bacingele abantu abangoogxa babo nangeemfuno ekwabelwana ngazo zentsapho yoluntu. Ke, kufanelekile ukuba ekuqaleni koNyaka oMtsha sihlaziye ukuzibophelela kwethu omnye komnye, kuthumo lwethu, nakwabo basweleyo, sisazi ukuba amandla ethu anqunyelwe kuphela yimida yamava ethu adibeneyo, ukuqonda kunye nokuqonda. Ubuchule esibuzisayo, kunye nexesha esizimisele ukutyala ngalo.

Kwezi nyanga zizayo, siya kuqhubeka sizenza sifumaneke kwabo babanjwe kungquzulwano olunogonyamelo, kumaxhoba anjalo ngaphandle kwesiphoso sawo, nakwabo bakhetha ukwenzakalisa omnye komnye ngokuqhutywa yintiyo ezalwa kukungaqondani. Kwaye, siya kuqhubeka nokwabelana ngolwazi olukhoyo kunye nezixhobo eziluncedo kwabo bazinikele ekuncedeni bona kunye nabanye ngendlela yethala leencwadi lethu elikhulayo, oovimba beenkcukacha, izifundo, uphononongo lweencwadi ezikwi-intanethi, usasazo lukanomathotholo, iisemina, iinkomfa kunye nokubonisana.

Lo akuwona umsebenzi omncinci, kwaye i-ICERM ka-2014 iya kufuna izakhono zethu ezidityanisiweyo kunye neetalente ukuba siza kuzinikela kwinqanaba lomgudu ofanelwe ngumsebenzi obaluleke kangaka. Ndenza umbulelo ongazenzisiyo kuni ngamnye wenu ngomsebenzi enithe nawenza ngo-2013; iimpumelelo zakho ezidibeneyo zithetha ngokwazo. Ngenzuzo yombono, impembelelo, kunye novelwano ngamnye wenu anako ukuzisa, sinokulindela imitsi emikhulu kwiintsuku ezizayo.

Ndikunqwenelela okuhle wena kunye neyakho kuNyaka oMtsha kunye nomthandazo woxolo.

UDianna Wuagneux, Ph.D., uSihlalo, iBhodi yabaLawuli, iZiko leZizwe ngezizwe le-Ethno-Religious Mediation (ICERM)