27/07/2025
Indaba Yami: Kungani Ngaba Iqhawe Lama Lungelo Abasebenzi eNingizimu Afrika
NguThulasizwe Nkabinde – Umsunguli we-NFRWU & The Spear of Workers
Sanibona,
Igama lami ngingu Thulasizwe Nkabinde, futhi ngifisa ukwabelana nani indaba yami — okuyiqiniso, ebuhlungu, futhi egcwele izifundo. Lena yindaba yami — engiholele ekutheni ngizinikele empilweni yokulwa nokuvikela amalungelo abasebenzi bakuleli.
Ngesikhathi ngisafunda esikoleni, ngangikholelwa ukuthi impilo yangaphandle ihle kakhulu, igcwele inkululeko nezindlela eziningi zokuphumelela. Ngakhetha izifundo ezifana ne-Accounting, Economics, ne-Business Studies ngoba ngangifuna ukuba usomabhizinisi. Ngangingazi ukuthi ngizobhekana nempilo ehluke kakhulu kunalokho ebengikulindele.
Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa ngiqede i-matric, ngaqala ukusebenza izikhashana — ngifuna nje ukuzitholela imali encane futhi ngicacise ikhanda lami ngaphambi kokwenza izinqumo zokugcina zempilo yami.
Kodwa lapha kwaba ukuqala kobuhlungu bami.
Ukusebenza Kwempilo: Ukuhlukunyezwa Nokungabi Nandaba
Isipiliyoni sami sokuqala sangishiya ngiwumoya:
Ngisebenza kwenye indawo yokusika inyama, abasebenzi babengazi ngisho isikhathi sabo sokuphela komsebenzi — kwakuwuhlupho olukhulu lwe-overtime abangakhokhelwa lona. Omunye wabasebenzi waphahlazeka esebenzisa umshini, waphuka iminwe, futhi waphuthunyiswa esibhedlela. Lapho ebuya, inkampani yamxosha — yamphuca nezinye izinzuzo zakhe zempilo yokusebenza.
Leli kwakuyisinqumo esingenabulungiswa, esingumusa nesihlabayo. Abanye abaqashi abanandaba nhlobo — abacabangi ukuthi abasebenzi banemindeni, banezidingo, futhi balungile ukuphathwa njengabantu. Umsebenzi omningi, imali encane, inhlonipho engasekho, futhi uma kwenzeka uhlushwa inkinga ngenxa yomsebenzi — kuyehlelwa ukugezwa izandla.
Ngabona abasebenzi abaningi benqatshwa amalungelo abo — behlukunyezwa, besetshenziswa, bengenanoma iyiphi indlela yokuzivikela. Ngakwazi ukuthi lokhu akulungile — kodwa ngangingenayo indlela yokusiza. Lokho kwangiphatha kabi kakhulu.
Ukuguquka Kwempilo Yami: Ukusuka Kokubona, Ngaba Yiqhawe
Ngaleso sikhathi nganquma ukufunda nge-Labour Law (umthetho wezisebenzi). Ngangifuna ukuqonda amalungelo abasebenzi nezibopho zabaqashi. Engakuthola kwangishaqisa:
Umthetho wezisebenzi eNingizimu Afrika uyasebenza — kodwa abasebenzi abanalo ulwazi ngawo, futhi abaningi bayesaba ukuwusebenzisa ngoba besaba ukushushiswa noma baxoshwe.
Lapho-ke ngenza isifungo sami:
Ngizoyinikezela impilo yami ekulweni inkululeko yabasebenzi eNingizimu Afrika.
Ngaleso sizathu ngasungula iNational Fuel & Retail Workers Union (NFRWU) — inhlangano yomfelandawonye ezimele, eyakhiwe kusukela phansi ngenhloso yokuvikela abasebenzi abahola phansi. Uma ungumphakeli kaphethiloli, umabhalane, umhlanzeli, umpakathi, noma umthengisi — wamukelekile ukujoyina. Together, we rise!
Ngiyakuqonda futhi ukuthi abanye abantu basabekayo noma bangesona isithandwa sezinhlangano. Yingakho ngasungula iSpear of Workers, inkundla enikezela ngosizo lwezomthetho nokuqondisa abasebenzi ezinkingeni zendawo zokusebenza. Ngalena indlela, sizisiza abasebenzi ukuthi baxazulule izinkinga ngendlela yomthetho — hhayi ngamazwi noma imizwa, kodwa ngolwazi nangomthetho osemthethweni.
Uma kudingeka usizo ngezindaba ezifana nokuxoshwa okungafanele, ukulimala emsebenzini, ama-overtime angakhokhelwa, noma ukuhlukunyezwa emsebenzini — xhumana nehovisi lethu eSmartPoint Edustation. Sizohamba nawe, sikulwele, sikuvikele.
✊ Basebenzi baseNingizimu Afrika — anisekho nodwa.
Uma uke wahlukunyezwa, wacindezelwa, noma waphathwa kabi emsebenzini — kunethemba.
Kukhona iSpear of Workers.
Joyina iNFRWU noma usixhumane ukuze uthole usizo.
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