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Why Florian Guillaume recommends isiMpondo
“Their stand for ancestral land says it plainly: protecting a place and honouring the people on it are the same thing.”
Sinegugu Zukulu and Nonhle Mbuthuma are courageous leaders in the fight to protect their ancestral lands in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. As members of the Amadiba community, they have been at the forefront of the struggle against mining projects that threaten their sacred land, livelihoods, and environment. Nonhle, a co-founder of the Amadiba Crisis Committee, and Sinegugu, a passionate environmental educator, work tirelessly to preserve the integrity of their community and the delicate ecosyste
- Place
- Xolobeni, South Africa
- Recommended by
- Florian Guillaume
- Collections
- Education & Work · Co-Being · Climate Action
isiXhosa
Ukuma kwabo bekhusela umhlaba wookhokho kuyichaza ngokucacileyo: ukukhusela indawo nokuhlonipha abantu abahlala kuyo yinto enye.
USinegugu Zukulu noNonhle Mbuthuma ziinkokeli ezinesibindi emlweni wokukhusela imihlaba yookhokho babo eMpuma Koloni, eMzantsi Afrika. Njengamalungu oluntu lwaseAmadiba, bebesoloko bephambili kumzabalazo wokuchasa iiprojekthi zemigodi ezisongela umhlaba wabo ongcwele, indlela yabo yokuziphilisa nendalo esingqongileyo. UNonhle, omnye wabaseki be-Amadiba Crisis Committee, noSinegugu, umfundisi wezendalo onomdla ovuthayo, basebenza ngokungadinwa ukugcina ingqibelelo yoluntu lwabo neenkqubo zendalo ezibuthathaka ezilujikelezileyo. Kubo, oku kungaphezu kwephulo; sisibophelelo sokuhlonipha ookhokho babo nokuqinisekisa ikamva elizinzileyo kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Ubutshantliziyo babo buvuselele umbutho onamandla osekelwe kwinkolelo yokuba amalungelo abantu bomthonyama nokukhuselwa kwendalo zizinto ezingenakwahlulwa, kwaye basaqhubeka bemi njengemifuziselo yokomelela nethemba phambi kobunzima.
