- Ukufumana phi: UMzantsi Afrika, iPhondo laseGauteng;
- Ifowuni: +27 14 577 9000;
- Iwebhusayithi: gauteng.net
Kuyinto yendalo ngokwemvelaphi yokuphuhliswa kwembali ukuba indawo yeGugu leMhlaba-iSigqeba soMntu, esabandakanywa uluhlu lwe-UNESCO ngo-1999, lufumaneka kwiRiphabhuliki yaseMzantsi Afrika , indawo apho kukhonjiswe khona ukungabonakali kwixesha elidlulileyo. Ukubukeka kwinto enje into engabonakaliyo ungashenxisa ukusuka eGoli malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-50.
Iyintoni isikhumbuzo kwisiKhwama somntu?
Isikhumbuzo Isibilini sabantu asiyona nje isikhumbuzo sokuzimela-nje, njengowhenketho owokuqala ukuva eli gama lingacinga. Yinkimbinkimbi eyenziwe ngamaplanga omlambo ohlala kwindawo engama-474 km ubukhulu. Ingqikithi kukho iifumba ezingama-30 kwaye nganye yazo iyingqayizivele ngendlela yayo, kuba yayiyindawo yokufumana i-resisi yezinto ezikhoyo, ezixabisekileyo zembali.
Ukuzalwa komntu kuthathwa njengendawo yokuzalwa yezizwe zakuqala zaseAfrika, ezathi, ngokweengcamango eyaziwayo, zazihlalisa iindawo zokuhlala zokuqala zabantu ezavela kuqala kwilizwekazi laseAfrika.
Izinto eziye zafunyanwa zanceda abavubukuli bafumana amaninzi amahlanu angamawaka eendoda zasendulo, ezininzi izilwanyana zihlala kunye nezixhobo ezenziwe zizizwe zaseAfrika.
Kwiminyaka eyi-11 edlulileyo i-Centre yokufumana iindwendwe yavulwa kwinkimbinkimbi, kodwa kwanoku ngoku abaphandi baqhubeka befuna kule ndawo ukuba bangabonakalisa ntoni iimfihlo zembali emide. Abavakhenkethi abaza apha ngehambo bafumana ithuba elikhethekileyo lokujonga kwizinto ezifumanekayo kwaye bazive ngomoya okhethekileyo wembali eyenziwe ngabantu basendulo, bona iindawo zasendulo zabantu kunye nobuhle obuhle be-stalactites kunye ne-stalagmites. Isiko sokwamkelwa sisasaza izigaba zokuziqulunqa koluntu kwiziboniso ezizodwa. Ngaphandle koko, imibukiso eyahlukeneyo ihlelwe apha, ifumaneke ngokutyelela. Kusondele kakhulu kwintlanzi ihotele enhle, apho ungahlala khona ubusuku.
Ngendlela, utyelelo alinaso ixesha lokufunda yonke imihlathi, kwaye ngoko ke, ukuya kwiCaldle yoluntu kunye nokunciphisa ngexesha, kuyacetyiswa ukuba unqume ukukhetha kwakho ekubukeni okubalulekileyo kubo:
- Umkhombe weSterkfontein;
- Ummango weMimangaliso;
- Umlambo waseMalapa;
- I-Swartkrans;
- umqolomba «Ukunyuka kweNkanyezi».
Iimingcwaba ezinomdla kakhulu kwi-Cradle of Mankind
Ngoko, ekubeni seMgodini woluntu, kuyafaneleka ukuba uye kwiqela lemimangcwaba uSterkfonteyn , eyaziwa ngokuba ngowama-1947, uRobert Broome noJohn Robinson apha okokuqala bafumene i-aseparithithi ye-Australopithecus. Ubudala beemingcwaba malunga ne-20-30 yezigidi zeminyaka, bahlala kwindawo engama-square metres ayi-500.
Umqolomba "iMimangaliso" yenye yeendawo zeLifa leMveli kwaye unomdla omkhulu kubakhenkethi. Ixabiso lalo liyesithathu kwilizwe lonke, kwaye ubudala buyiminyaka yezigidi nesigidi. Abavakhenkethi emqolombeni bahlonywa ngohlobo lwe-stalactite kunye ne-stalagmite formations, apho kukho iziqwenga eziyi-14, ezifikelela ekuphakameni kweemitha ezili-15. Inomdla kukuba, ngokutsho kwabaphandi, ama-85% emaphandleni nanamhlanje aqhubeka nokwanda ekukhuleni.
Omnye umhume othakazelisayo ubizwa ngokuba nguMlambo waseMalapa. Kwiminyaka eyisi-8 edlulileyo emaphandleni abavubukuli bafumene i-remains of squelettes, abaneminyaka engama-1.9 yezigidi zeminyaka, kwaye kwafunyanwa ntsalela yeebhokhwe, ngoko ke abavakhenkethi apha baya kuba nento yokujonga.
Iingqungquthela zabantu basendulo zimele emqolombeni othi "i-Swartkrans" kunye nomqolomba othi "Ukunyuka kweNkanyezi". Ngendlela, ekugqibeleni kwaye kuqhutywe ukucandwa kwangexesha elidlulileyo kwaye ligqithise ixesha ukususela ngo-2013 ukuya ku-2014, ukwenjenje ukuba abakhenkethi balinde "i-fresh" efunyenwe ngaphambili.
Ngaloo ndlela, ukuba kukho ukukhethwa phakathi kokuya kutyelela isikhumbuzo kwiCradle of Mankind, okanye ukungahanjisi, akukho sizathu sokungabaza impendulo efanelekileyo. I-Afrika ithathwa njengendawo yokuzalwa yoluntu kunye nobomi obutsha kwaye kuphela apha kwilifa eliyingqalileyo eliye laqhubeka lisaphila nanamhlanje, unokuqiniseka ngoku.
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