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“Okusebenza kumalungelo obunikazi emhlabeni wonke kufanele kube lula kakhulu ngamalungelo abantu, okuwukuthi ayaphoqeleka. Iqiniso libukeka - okungenani okwamanje - lihluke ngokuphelele.
Lapho izinto zokusetshenziswa zithengwa umhlaba wonke, zivame ukudlula eziteshini ezingenakubalwa nezinyathelo zokukhiqiza ngaphambi kokuba zifinyelele kubathengi kuleli. Noma ngabe ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu kusezindabeni emikhakheni eminingi, kuncane kakhulu okwenziwayo ngakho futhi nezinkampani zikhuluma nabahlinzeki bazo abaphezulu.
Isibonelo somkhakha woshokoledi sikhombisa ukuthi ukuzithandela kunganikeza imizwa ebalulekile uma kukhulunywa ngokusimama. Kepha akwanele ukufeza uguquko olukhulu lube ngamaketanga okuhlinzeka okufanele. Ngoba izinkampani ezinkulu sekuneminyaka zethembisa ukumela amalungelo abantu futhi ziyeke ukugawulwa kwamahlathi, kodwa okuphambene nalokho kuyenzeka manje. Ngokokuqala ngqa eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20, ukuxhashazwa kwezingane okuxhashazwayo kuyanda futhi emhlabeni wonke.
Ucwaningo olusha lilinganisela ukuthi cishe izingane eziyizigidi eziyi-1,5 eNtshonalanga Afrika zodwa kufanele zisebenze ngokulima i-cocoa esikhundleni sokuhlala esikoleni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izindawo ezihlala zikhudlwana ziyasuswa ukuze kuvuleke indawo yamakhambi wodwa. Isinyathelo esenziwe yiGhana ne-Ivory Coast, amazwe amakhulu akhulisa u-cocoa, ukulwa nobuphofu bemindeni yokulima i-cocoa sisongela ukwehluleka ngenxa yokumelana nabathengisi be-cocoa abakhulu abanesikhundla esiphakeme emakethe. Zithini izithembiso zokuzithandela uma kungalandelwa isenzo? Lezo zinkampani empeleni ezimisele ukusebenza ngokuziphatha kufanele zithwale izindleko ezidingekayo zodwa futhi lezo ezikhokha kuphela izindebe zomlomo zinenzuzo yokuncintisana. Sekuyisikhathi sokuqeda ukungahleleki kahle kwezinkampani ezibhekele lokho nokwenza ukuthi bonke ababambe iqhaza ezimakethe baphendule.
Ngakho-ke kujabulisa kakhulu ukuthi lesi sihloko ekugcineni siyahamba. Ngonyaka wamazwe omhlaba wokulwa nokuqashwa kwezingane, iJalimane yanquma ukuthatha isinyathelo esinesibindi. Ngokuzayo kuzoba nomthetho wokuthengwa kwempahla lapho odinga amalungelo abantu nokuzikhandla okufanele kwezemvelo. Noma ngubani ongazithobeli angabekwa icala, noma ngabe ukwephula okubangelwa yilokho kwenzeka phesheya.
Lesi yisinyathelo sokuqala esibalulekile esiqonde ekwenzeni kube nobulungiswa kanye nokwenza izinto obala. Izakhamizi azizimisele ngokwengeziwe ukwamukela uhlelo lwezomnotho olubona abantu njengezinto ezishibhile kakhulu ekukhiqizeni. Njengabathengi, manje sebenaka kakhulu nangaphezulu ukuthi imikhiqizo abayithengayo isukaphi futhi abasazimisele ngokuziba nje izikhalazo. Ukucabanga kabusha kwaqala kudala. Uhlelo lwezomthetho lwaseJalimane kufanele futhi lube yisibonelo sezwe lethu. Nginxusa labo abathatha izinqumo kwezepolitiki e-Austria ukuthi basekele uhlelo lomthetho wokuthengwa kwezimpahla waseYurophu okuzoxoxwa ngawo emakomidini e-EU ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo. Ngoba kungaba nezimpendulo zomhlaba wonke ezinseleleni zomhlaba wonke. Isinyathelo sokuqala sesithathiwe, manje kuningi okumele kulandelwe ukuze kusetshenziswe ngokulinganayo amathuba anikezwa ngokungangabazeki ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke. "
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