Kulo Juni, iLebhu yokuFundisa ngendlela yokuBhala ekwiZiko leeLwimi eSU ibhiyozela iminyaka eyi 20 yasungulwa! iLebhu yokuBhala iyazingca ngobubele enabo, ukwamkela nendawo ekhuselekileyo apho abafundi nezifundiswa besoloko beziva bekhululekile ngokuxoxa ngemiba yokubhala kunye nenkxaso abayifumana kubasebenzi bethu abazinikeleyo ekucebiseni ngokubhala.
Into eyaqala njengephupha kuNjing Leon de Stadler (owayesakuba nguMlawuli weZiko leeLwimi), lafezekiseka xa iLebhu yokuFundisa indlela yokuBhala ivula iingcango zayo ngoJuni ka2001. Ngenxa yokuba savula ngeNyanga yoLutsha kwaye sisebenza nabafundi abaninzi abafuna ukuba ngabasebenzi abanekamva elihle, sibona kufanelekile ukuba sigqamise esi siganeko sibalulekileyo kwiNyanga yoLutsha.
KwiLebhu yokuBhala, sikholelwa ekubeni wonke umntu kumele ukuba aviwe kwaye abonwe. Kodwa xa ungakwazi ukuthetha ‘isiYunivesithi’ asoze ubenalizwi ekhampasini. Yile nto kanye esenza ukuba sisebenze nababhali ukuze siphuhlise amazwi abo ngokwezemfundo kwaye siphucule nesakhono sabo sokukwazi ukuba nengxoxo mpikiswano ngemiba abayivezayo. Indlela esiyisebenzisayo yokufunda ngokobulingane yasungulwa ngumMerika wombutho weentshukumo zenkqubela yenzululwazi ngokufundisa kwiminyaka yo 1970 kwaye yayisandisa ukungena kwabafundi kumaziko emfundo ephakamileyo nokuthabatha inxaxheba kwimisebenzi yemfundo.
ILebhu yokuBhala ihambe indlela ende ukusukela ekuqaleni kwayo, kwigumbi lokucebisa elalibolekwe eYunivesithi kwiSebe lobuNtlalontle, kwiminyaka eyi 20 eyadlulayo. USharifa Daniels noRose Richards babelisebenzisa kunye igumbi lokucebisa njenge ofisi yabo kwaye bene imeyile enye, ngelo xesha omnye wayelishiya igumbi ukuze kubekho indawo. INtloko yeFakhalthi, eyayine ofisi ekwiminyango emibini ukusuka kwiofisi yabo neyayingayazi ukuba kwakuqhubeka ntoni, yayisijonga ngesikrokro xa yayisibona sisihla sinyuka kulo paseji inde. Kwimigangatho emibini ephezulu, kwiSebe lesiAfrikansi nesiDatshi, uAnne- Mari Lackay wayesabelana ngedesika neqela labantu kwigumbi lokufundela lomntu wonke. Kwakungekho namnye kuthi owayenefoni, nto leyo eyayisenza ukuba rhoqo xa kufuneka sidibene, sihle sinyuka kulo manqwanqwa.
Ngelo xesha lika2001, sasineendibano zokucebisa nabafundi abayi 20, ngoku sidibana nabayi 3000 nangaphezulu. Nangona uSharifa wathatha umhlala phantsi ngo2018, uRose no Anne-Mari basasebenza kwiLebhu yokuBhala kwaye bajoyinwa nanguSelene Delport, uVinelene Hartley noCelestia February. Sixhaswa nangabafundi abasele benezidanga nabamalunga namashumi amathathu aneshihlanu abaqeqeshelwe ukuba ngabacebisi bokubhala. Uninzi lwabafundi beyunivesithi abasebatsha baye baqhube babengamakhankatha ezifundo nabacebisi bababhali abasakhasayo buqu.
Ngaphambi kokufika kuka2020- ongunyaka ubunzima kabhubhane weCovid 19- iindibano zethu zokucebisa uninzi lwazo besizenza ubuso ngobuso. Ukuqalisa kwalo bhubhane ukuhlasela saye sabona indlela ababengamakheswa ngayo abafundi nendlela ababekhathazeke ngayo ngomsebenzi wabo wezifundo, sawuthathela kuthi umceli mngeni wokuqalisa ukudibana ngobuxhaka xhaka bale mihla uMS Teams. Iqhuba kakuhle. Kwinyanga ka Apreli iyodwa nje safikelela kubafundi abangaphezulu ko 500 ngokusebenzisa ubuxhakaxhaka bale mihla. Iindibano zokufundisa ukubhala zabafundi abasele benezidanga, abamalunga nama 60 ngonyaka, nabo basebenzisa ubuxhaka xhaka bale mihla kwaye buyimfuneko enkulu.
Siziva siculumancile kwaye sinombulelo omkhulu ngeli thuba lokusebenza nabafundi. Aba ngababhali abanelizwi langomso kwaye ngesakhono esihle sokubhala bangavakala apho kufaneleke khona. Ukuba ufuna ukubhala kakuhle ngokwezifundo, wamkelekile ukuba ubhukishe indibano yokucebisa ngokubhala kunye nathi. Ukuba ngaba ikhona into engenye ongathanda sikuncede ngayo, nceda usithinte ngokusithumela imeyile!
– nguRose Richards noAnne-Mari Lackay; ulwimi luguqulwe nguZandile Kondowe
Qaphela: KwiZiko leeLwimi ,siyithobele imithetho emiselweyo yeCovid 19. Le mifanekiso yayithathwe phambi kokufika kobhubhane.
