'Njengomgcini, kufuneka ukholelwe kuwe. Qokelela isibindi kwaye uzixelele oku: & apos; andizukufela apha. Ukuba indoda iyakwenza oku, ndingakwenza, nayo. & Apos; '
La ngamazwi kaMolly Ngulube, umhlola oneminyaka engama-23 kwiqela laseZambia laseKufadza, elithetha 'ukukhuthaza.' I-Afrika kunye ne-apos; iqela lakutshanje labasetyhini lokulwa nokuzingela ngaphandle kwemvume elisebenza ukukhusela izilwanyana zasendle ezixabisekileyo.
Uninzi lwabantu lucinga ukuba i-Afrika kunye ne-apos; s rangers ukuba bayoyikeka kwaye bangoyiki, besilwa kwiindawo eziphambili zolondolozo. Kodwa bambalwa bacinga ukuba ngabafazi.
NgoJuni 23, eyokuqala Usuku lweRanger yabasetyhini izakuphakamisa ulwazi kunye nenkxaso mali ukuxhasa abasetyhini abakhuthazayo abenza i-11% kuphela yehlabathi abasebenzi beRanger . Iphulo lokuvula, elenziwe ngumzobi kunye nolondolozo lwendalo UHolly Budge kunye noMargot Dempsey wesisa sase-UK Elephants , ijolise eAfrika.
Inkqubo ye- Mamba eziMnyama , ababizwa ngegama leAfrika & inyoka ebulalayo, yayingoovulindlela bamaqela amabhinqa kuphela. Eli qela, elasekwa ngo-2013 xa kwakuxhaphake ukuzingelwa kwemikhombe, lizinze eMzantsi Kruger National Park nase-Kosger, ikhaya kwilizwe liphela. Kwinyanga kaTshazimpuzi, uNkateko Mzimba wafumana ukunconywa okukhethekileyo kulo mdumo Amabhaso e-IUCN WCPA eRanger International - ubungqina bokuzinikela kwaba bafazi bangama-36 abavela kwizizwe zalapha abathi, bexhobe kuphela ukutshiza ipepile, bajikeleza ipaki kunye nemida yocingo kubantu abangamkelekanga, bejonga imigibe yekhamera kunye nokutshayela ityholo kwimigibe.
U-Nkateko wazimanya neqela ngo-2014, nangona umama no-apos babenexhala lokuba angabulawa ziingonyama okanye abazingeli abangekho emthethweni. Uluntu lwasezilalini nalo lwalungonwabanga: Uninzi lwaluhlala kwintlupheko; abanye ngokwabo babezingela ngokungekho sikweni.
IiMambas zidibanisa uluntu lwazo nolondolozo ngokusebenzisa iiklasi zeBush Babies kwizikolo ezili-13, zifundisa abantwana abayi-1,300 veki nganye. 'Sicela uluntu lwethu ukuba lutshintshe, lukhusele abantwana babo, bazame konke okusemandleni ukubonisa ukuba siyabathanda kwaye siyabaxhasa, kwaye sibanika nokutya, utshilo uNkateko.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, banciphisile ukuzingela ngokungekho mthethweni ngama-89% kwaye bakuphelisa ukusetyenziswa kwemigibe. Ukuba bangadibana nabazingeli bemikhombe, abaphethe imipu ngokubanzi, banxibelelana nesipele. Andifuni mpu. Asizelanga kulwa, kwaye silapha ukukhusela izilwanyana zasendle, 'uyacacisa.
Abafazi baseNkateko nabahlali ngoku banqwenela ukuba ziMnyama Mamba. Uyandixhasa, 'uyongeza. Ndilapha ngenxa yabo, kwaye ndifuna ukubanika amandla. Abasetyhini bahlala bejongelwa phantsi. Ngoku, bayakubona ukubaluleka kwethu ehlathini. Xa abantu benyoba, sithi hayi - asabelani ngolwazi. Abanye bathi lo ngumsebenzi wendoda, kodwa sibonisile ukuba singayenza le nto. '
Abagcini bepaki baseAfrika abangamanzi Amalungu omkhosi wolondolozo lwentombi obizwa ngokuba yiAkashinga bafumana uqeqesho olunzima ehlathini kufutshane nesiseko sabo. | Ityala: Brent Stirton
Ukhaliphile , Intsingiselo yabo baBakhaliphileyo, yayiyiyunithi yokuqala yabasetyhini ngokuchasene nokuzingela, eyasekwa ngo-2017 ePhundundu Wildlife Park kwiZambezi Valley. Ukuchitha iiveki ezininzi kunye neMamba eNtsundu kunye neAkashinga kukhuthaze iBudge ukumilisela uSuku lweRanger yabasetyhini.
'Ndifuna ukuzisa amabali abo emhlabeni,' uyachaza. Abanye ziinkedama zikaGawulayo, abanye bavela kwimitshato ephethe gadalala. Ngoku, baxhasa isonka kunye nabantwana babo baya esikolweni. Kodwa abanye abantu basetyhini abanayo le mpumelelo, kwaye uSuku lweeNdawo eziHlanganisiweyo loMfazi uya kuzisa imingeni yabo. '
Wongeza athi, 'Ndizive ndinenyhweba yokuzibonela ngokwabo umsebenzi wabo. Kwakufana nendawo yemfazwe - ii-Akashingas zonke zaziphethe ii-AK47s, zinezilwanyana zasendle kunye neempawu zabazingeli abangekho mthethweni abasingqongileyo. Indenze ndayiqonda indlela oyingozi ngayo umsebenzi wabo. Abadlala noluhlu. Oku kuyinyani, kuyinyani. '
Abagcini bepaki ababhinqileyo bephethe imipu eAfrika Ityala: Andrew McDonald
I-World Women Ranger Day ibonelela ngeqonga labalindi kwihlabathi liphela ukuba babelane ngengcebiso kunye nenkxaso yoontanga. Isisa siza kubonelela ngezibonelelo zokuphucula izixhobo kunye nezixhobo, kunye namabhaso minyaka le. 'Aba balindi bayimizekelo emihle, bayakhuthaza kwaye baxhobisa abantu basetyhini ngomyalezo oqinileyo wokuba nantoni na inokoyiswa ngoqeqesho, ukuzithemba, ukuzimisela kunye nokomelela, utshilo uBudge.
Ucoceko uLakara uyakubonisa oku. Ungumlondolozi wezilwanyana zasendle ekuhlaleni Iqela leNgonyamakazi Ukukhusela imihlaba emikhulu ejikeleze iKenya kunye neApos; Amboseli National Park, apho iindlovu zihambahamba khona eKilimanjaro kunye nezithunzi.
Ucoceko u-Amleset Lakara uwolezwe ngusibali wakhe uNesira Sayioki njengokuba olunye usapho kunye nabahlobo bejongile. Ucoceko u-Amleset Lakara uwolezwe ngusibali wakhe uNesira Sayioki njengokuba olunye usapho kunye nabahlobo bejongile. Ulilungu labo bonke ababhinqileyo abaxhaswe liQela leNgonyama, eliyinxalenye yeOlgulului Community Wildlife Ranger (OCWR) esebenza kwi-Amboseli Ecosystem, eKenya. Olu lutyelelo lwakhe lokuqala ekhaya emva kweenyanga ezine esentsimini, nanjengoko ifuthe lobhubhane we-COVID-19 lithintele abarhwebi ekubeni babuyele ekhaya kwangoko. | Ityala: © IFAW / Paolo Torchio
Iqela laqala ngo-2019 emva kokuba ibhinqa elingumama waseMaasai licele umngeni kulondolozo olungenzi nzuzo IFAW ukudala indima kubafazi abancinci abadlula ngaphaya kwenkcubeko. Imisebenzi yabo iyafana naleyo yamaqela angamadoda, kodwa enza umahluko obonakalayo kunyanzeliso lomthetho kule nkcubeko yoosolusapho yamaMaasai. Abasetyhini bathetha nabanye abantu basetyhini ngaphandle kwezithintelo zonxibelelwano abajamelana nazo namadoda, ngokuzithandela besabelana ngobukrelekrele obungafikelelekiyo ngaphambili kwiiNgonyamakazi.
Iqela leNgonyama elingaxhobanga lifumana ukhuseleko kubalondolozi beenkonzo zeZilwanyana zasendle eKenya ukuba badibana nabazingeli abayingozi. Xa kutshanje bafumana inyikima eyoyikisayo, nangona kunjalo, bebebodwa. 'Ngethamsanqa, uqeqesho lwethu lwasilungiselela, kwaye sonke sasinda,' utsho uPurity. 'Eyona nto imbi ngomsebenzi wethu kuxa inyathi okanye indlovu ibulala umntu.'
Ukucoceka kunye ne-apos; Umyeni ujonga intombi yabo eneminyaka emithathu ubudala xa yena esehlathini. 'Abarhwebi kufuneka bazincame bashiye iintsapho zabo ukuze bakhusele izilwanyana zasendle, utshilo. 'Kodwa uninzi lwabafazi bafuna ukwenza umsebenzi wethu ngoku. Kufuneka sizingce ngathi. '