Eminyakeni embalwa edlule sizwile okuningi ngokungafani nokwehlukana phakathi kwezizukulwane — ukuthi bafuna ini, baluthola kanjani ulwazi lwabo, nokuthi bahamba kanjani nokuthi kungani behamba. IGen Z ithatha imininingwane ngokushesha nangokubukeka, futhi iyashesha ukwethembeka ezindaweni, imikhiqizo noma imibono. Isifiso semillennials sokuhlangenwe nakho ngezinto siye sabumba futhi savuselela umnotho wokwabelana. Abasebenza kanzima uGen Xers bagxila emndenini futhi badinga ukuphumula nokuphumula. Futhi phezu kwesimo esichazayo se- "Okay Boomer", i-Baby Boomers iphindwe kabili ekwabelaneni ngefa lokuhamba namalungu omndeni futhi bazimisele kakhulu ukutshala imali ekulandeleni ifa, ukufika kulezo "zindawo zamabhakede", nokuzifaka kokuhlangenwe nakho kohambo.
Kepha, njengoba sifika esigabeni sokutakula se- Covid-19 ubhadane emasontweni nasezinyangeni ezizayo, sonke sizoba nokuhlangenwe nakho okwabiwe komhlaba wonke okwenzeka ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane. Manje sonke siyingxenye yeSizukulwane C - isizukulwane sangemva kwe-COVID. I-GEN-C izochazwa ngokushintsha komqondo emqondweni okuzoshintsha indlela esibuka ngayo futhi senze ngayo izinto eziningi. Futhi kulokho okuba ngumnotho wethu "Ojwayelekile Ojwayelekile" i-GEN-C izovela emakhaya ethu. Ukuqhela emuva kwenhlalo, sizobuyela ehhovisi nasezindaweni zokusebenza, futhi ekugcineni sibuyele ezweni elizofaka phakathi ukubona abangane nomndeni, mhlawumbe imibuthano emincane; kucatshangelwe kabusha imicimbi yamasiko nezemidlalo; futhi ekugcineni ekuhambeni kwe-GEN-C.
Futhi lokho kubuyela ekuhambeni kubaluleke kakhulu emnothweni womhlaba. Emhlabeni jikelele, ezokuvakasha kanye nezokuvakasha zibalwa nge-11% ye-GDP yomhlaba futhi zakha imisebenzi engaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-320 zabasebenzi abasebenzela abahambi abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.4 minyaka yonke. Futhi lezi zinombolo azilusho lonke udaba. Ziyingxenye nje yomnotho oxhumene nomhlaba lapho ukuhamba nezokuvakasha kungumgogodla wokuphila — imikhakha kusuka kwezobuchwepheshe, ukwakhiwa kwezivakashi, ezezimali, ezolimo konke kuncike ekuhambeni nasezokuvakasha.
Kusenemibuzo eminingi engaphenduliwe. Yini leyo ejwayelekile entsha? Sizosuka nini enkingeni siye ekululameni? Icebo lokuphuma ngemuva kwe-COVID lithatha hlobo luni? Yini okudingeka siyenze ngaphambi kokuba i-GEN-C iphinde ihambe? Yibuphi ubuchwepheshe, idatha kanye nezivumelwano ezizodingeka kithina njengama-GEN-Cs asenza sizizwe siphephile futhi?
Kepha noma sisesimweni sokuqhelana nomphakathi, imininingwane yokuqala ikhombisa ukuthi isifiso sokuhamba sisekhona. Njengabantu silangazelela okuhlangenwe nakho okusha nenjabulo yokuhamba. Ukuhamba kunezela kakhulu kwisigqi nasekunotheni kwezimpilo zethu. Ngakho-ke, njenge-GEN-C sidinga indlela eya phambili.
Akungatshazwa ukuthi ezokuvakasha ziphakathi kwemikhakha ethinteke kakhulu yile nkinga, kepha futhi isenhliziyweni yokululama. Iminotho enamandla kakhulu izobe ibangela ukuvuseleleka, kanti ezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha zizoba yinsakavukela — kanye nenjini yokuqasha kuyo yonke imikhakha. Okubalulekile emhlabeni wonke ukuthi sisebenzisane emikhakheni yonke, ezifundeni zonke, ukwenza uhlaka olungasiza ukuxazulula inselelo yomhlaba jikelele yokuthi ungaqala kanjani kabusha umnotho wezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha.
IJamaica inombono oyingqayizivele wokuqiniswa — amandla okululama ngokushesha ezimweni ezinzima. Njengesizwe esiyisiqhingi, bekufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi sicabange ngokuqina. Isiqhingi siyindida ngokuthi ngezindlela eziningi sisengozini kakhulu kunamanye amazwe — sibona ukuzamazama komhlaba okwadala umonakalo eHaiti, ukubhujiswa kwePuerto Rico yiSiphepho uMaria - kodwa ngezindlela eziningi ukuba yisiqhingi kunikeza amandla kanye nekhono lokwenza ngobukhali.
Ngonyaka odlule, sisebenzisana neNyuvesi yaseWest Indies sakha iGlobal Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre futhi ngokushesha sakha izikhungo zodadewethu emhlabeni jikelele. NgoMeyi lesi sikhungo sizobamba umhlangano ojwayelekile nesigungu esizochwepheshe abavela emhlabeni wonke abazokwabelana ngemibono nezixazululo ezindabeni ezibucayi ukuqala kabusha umnotho wezokuvakasha nowezokuvakasha we-GEN-C. Ngokubambisana sizosebenzela ukuthola izixazululo zobuchwepheshe, ukuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda, ukuqeqeshwa, izinhlaka zenqubomgomo ezibalulekile ukubhekana nezempilo nezokuphepha, ezokuthutha, indawo esiya kuyo kanye nendlela ephelele yokuqiniswa kwezokuvakasha.
Inselelo entsha eyabiwe yomhlaba idinga izixazululo ezabiwe, futhi sizibophezele ekutholeni indlela eya phambili. Isizukulwane sethu sonke sincike kuso.
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