Ngoko ke, uLwesihlanu odlulileyo yayingomnye wemihla ekukhumbuza ukuba kutheni senza oko sikwenzayo. Ingxolo eqhelekileyo yelebhu yayixutywe nesandi esicacileyo... ewe, ulindelo. Besilindele inkampani. Asikuko nje nayiphi na inkampani, kodwa liqela lamaqabane esisebenze nawo iminyaka, ekugqibeleni singene kwiingcango zethu.
Uyazi ukuba kunjani. Utshintshiselana ngee-imeyile ezingenakubalwa, uba kwiminxeba yevidiyo qho emva kweveki, kodwa akukho nto ifana nokwabelana ngendawo efanayo. Ukuxhawulana kokuqala kwahlukile. Ubona umntu, hayi umfanekiso weprofayili kuphela.
Asizange siqale ngedekhi yePowerPoint ecocekileyo. Inene, asizange sisebenzise igumbi leentlanganiso. Endaweni yoko, sibathathe saya ngqo ebhentshini apho kwenzeka khona umlingo. UJames, weqela lethu le-QC, wayephakathi kovavanyo oluqhelekileyo xa iqela lalihlanganisana. Okwakufanele ukuba yidemo ekhawulezileyo kwajika kwaba kukuntywila okunzulu kwemizuzu engamashumi amabini kuba umntu ophambili kwezobuchwepheshe, uRobert, ubuze umbuzo olula kakhulu malunga nezisombululo ze-buffer esingazifumani rhoqo. Amehlo kaJames akhanya nje. Uyayithanda loo nto. Wayilahla incoko yakhe eyayicwangcisiwe, baza baqala ukuthetha—bephosana ngamagama, bephikisana ngezinto ezazicingelwa ngomnye nomnye. Yayiluhlobo oluhle kakhulu lwentlanganiso, leyo ingacwangciswanga.
Eyona nto yayiphambili kutyelelo, ewe, yayikukubaizixhobo zovavanyo olukhawulezayo lwe-ractopamine. Sasiprinte zonke iinkcukacha zethu, kodwa uninzi lwazo zazihleli etafileni. Ingxoxo yokwenyani yenzeka xa uMaria ephakamisa enye yeeprototype strips. Waqala ukuchaza umngeni esasijongene nawo nge-membrane porosity yokuqala, kunye nendlela eyayibangela ngayo iipositives ezingezizo ezintle kwiimeko ezinomswakama ophezulu.
Kulapho uRobert wahleka kakhulu waza wakhupha ifowuni yakhe. “Uyabona oku?” watsho, esibonisa ifoto engacacanga yomnye weengcali zabo zasemsebenzini esebenzisa uhlobo oludala lwesixhobo sokuvavanya kwindawo ebonakala ngathi yindawo yokugcina izinto enomphunga. “Yiloo nto siyenzayo. Ingxaki yakho yokufuma? Yintloko yethu yemihla ngemihla.”
Kwaba njalo ke, igumbi lavutha. Sasingasekho inkampani enika umthengi. Sasingabantu abasombulula iingxaki, singqonge ifowuni kunye nomcu wovavanyo, sizama ukuqhekeza into efanayo. Omnye umntu wabamba ibhodi emhlophe, kwaye kwimizuzu embalwa, yayigutyungelwe yimizobo engaqhelekanga—iintolo, iifomyula zeekhemikhali, kunye namanqaku emibuzo. Ndandibhala amanqaku ekhoneni, ndizama ukuqhubeka. Yayingcolile, yayintle, kwaye yayiyinyani ngokupheleleyo.
Siye sachitha isidlo sasemini emva kwexesha elicwangcisiweyo, sisaphikisana kakuhle malunga nokubonakala kwemigca yokulawula. Iisandwich bezilungile, kodwa incoko ibimnandi kakhulu. Sithethe ngabantwana babo, indawo efanelekileyo yokutyela ikofu kufutshane nekomkhulu labo, yonke into kwaye akukho nto.
Babuyele ekhaya ngenqwelo moya ngoku, kodwa loo bhodi imhlophe? Siyigcina. Sisikhumbuzo esingaqhelekanga sokuba emva kwayo yonke ingcaciso yemveliso kunye nesivumelwano sokubonelela, zezi ncoko—la maxesha okukhungatheka kunye nokuphumelela ngenxa yesixhobo sovavanyo kunye nefoto embi yefowuni—ezisishukumisela ngokwenene phambili. Andikwazi kulinda ukuphinda ndikwenze oko.
Ixesha leposi: Novemba-26-2025