Ngo-1900, umshicileli omculo odumileyo e.t. UPaull wavelisa incwadi yomculo eyayinomfanekiso okwisiciko ebhengeza ‘inkulungwane’ (Fig. 1). Njengoko ubona kumzekeliso, embindini womfanekiso ngusisithithi-njengamanani, ingelosi yenkqubela phambili, ithwele iflegi yenkulungwane entsha. Uphethwe ngamavili ngamaphiko, ofanekisela ixesha. Indiza yakhe iyamthatha kwikamva. Ukudada malunga, emva kwakhe, yimiqondiso yenkqubela phambili: Uloliwe, ikhamera, oomatshini, umshicileli kunye nomzi-mveliso.
Oluzuko lwaba oomatshini kunye netekhnoloji luphawulwe ngakumbi kumfanekiso ovele kumaphepha egazi lokurhweba kwiminyaka elikhulu eyadlulayo (Fig. 2). Ibonisa izazi ezimbini zezazi. Lowo uphakamileyo u-Aladdin ovela kwi-Orient olwakhe ibhotwe elihle kunye nesibane somlingo. Lowo usezantsi ngugqirha wale mihla, onesixhobo sakhe sanamhlanje unciphisa umlingo omtsha: wakhe iibhulorho, iinqanawa, iitora kunye nezakhiwo eziphakamileyo. I-Aladdin iboniswe njengokumele impuma kunye nexesha elidlulileyo, umatshini wemihlakazi wentshona kunye nobunzulu.
Le mifanekiso isinika i-akhawunti yoloyiso yehlabathi lanamhlanje. Ngaphakathi kule akhawunti yehlabathi lanamhlanje kunxulunyaniswa nokutshintsha kwetekhnoloji kunye nezinto ezintsha, oomatshini kunye neefektri, oololiwe kunye nabaqulunqi. Imbali yokuqhela kwezommishishiyi iba libali nje lokuphuhlisa, kwaye imeko yale mihla ivela njengexesha elimnandi lenkqubela phambili yetekhnoloji.
Le mifanekiso kunye nemibutho yaba yinxalenye yengcinga ethandwayo. Ngaba awuboni uhlengahlengiso ngokukhawuleza njengexesha lenkqubela phambili kunye nolwazi lwangoku? Ngaba awucingi ukuba ukusasazeka kweendlela zikaloliwe kunye neefektri, kwaye ukwakhiwa kwezakhiwo eziphakamileyo kunye neebhlorho Ngaba umqondiso wophuhliso loluntu?
Iphuhlise njani le mifanekiso? Kwaye sinxibelelana njani nezimvo? Ngaba i-Ofisi yezoMveliso ihlala isekwe kuphuhliso lwetekhnoloji? Ngaba nathi namhlanje sinokuqhubeka nokuzukisa ukuzukiswa kwendlela yokuphumelela kwawo wonke umsebenzi? Yintoni eyenziwe ngokomzi-mveliso ebizelwe ebomini? Ukuphendula imibuzo enjalo kufuneka siphendukele kwimbali yokuphuculwa kwezamashishini.
Kwesi sahluko siza kujonga le mbali ngokujonga kuqala eBritani, ilizwe lokuqala lemizi-mveliso, emva koko i-India, apho umzekelo wotshintsho kwimizi-mveliso wawusenziwa ngendlela yolawulo lobukodiya.
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