Ntanga wa Mati wa iSimangaliso
iSimangaliso Kusuka Empfhukeni
‘Wetland Park kufanele kuri ndzhawu yin’we ntsena e misaveni laha kungana xihadyana (mpfuvu) xa khale swinene emisaveni naswona laha kungana xiharhi lexikulu swinene (nldopfu) emisaveni hinkwayo laha swihanyaka kun’we eka ecosystem na hlampfi ya khale swinene ( coelacanth) emisaveni hinkwayo xikan’we na xiharhi xale matini (whale) emisaveni hinkwayo.’ Nelson Mandela
Cape Vidal e iSimangaliso Wetland Park i ndzhawu ya KwaZulu-Natal. Yina nhova yohlawuleka, beach xikan’we na nkatsakanyo wa doroba, swirhandziwa ngopfu hi mindyangu.
Ntanga wa iSimangaliso Wetland wuvuriwe World Heritage Site yosungula e Afrika Dzonga hi lembe ra 1999 naswona yitekela enhlokweni nkoka wa misava hinkwayo tani hi ndzhawu leyingana ntumbuluko wo saseka swinene, biodiversity ya nkoka na ndzhawu ya nkoka leyi fambelanaka swilo leswi hanyaka na ndzhawu ya swona.
Ntanga lowu wa 332,000 hectare wuna mativa yanharhu eka wona, wuva na nhungu wa ti ecosystems leti hlanganaka, yina ndzhavuko wo phasa tinhlampfi lowu sukelaka eka 700 wa malembe, nhova yotala ya Afrika Dzonga leyi tsakamaka, ndzhawu leyingana estuarine system leyikulu e Afrika, 526 wa tinxaka ta tinyenyani nati coastal dunes ta 25,000 wa malembe.
Ntanga lowu wu fambisiwa hi iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority hiku tirhisana na Ezemvelo KZN leyi fambisaka swiphemu swotala swa vupfhumba xikan’we na nhlayiso hi hala tlhelo na lava khumbhekaka tani hi vaaki va Bhangazi, vatshami vosungula va Eastern Shores. Lowu i ntwanano lowunga twisisekeki naswona wufanele kutisa ntshamiseko exikarhi ka nhlayiso na mbuyelo wa vaaki. Loko swaha tetano, lawa i matirhelo lawa mintanga yotala e Afrika yingata fambisisiwa xiswona eka nkarhi lowu taka. Nhluvukiso wa iSimangaliso wa haya e mahlweni. Kutlula kwalomu ka 14,000 hectares ta swibyariwa leswi xavisiwaka swisusiwile kutani miisava yi pfuxeleriwa. Tinxaka ta swiharhi swofana na tindlopfu, swibejwani, buffalo, cheetah na tinguluve ta nhova switlhelerisiwile entangeni lowuya. iSimangaliso swivula ‘masingita na xihlamariso’ hi ririmi ra xi Zulu. Aswi tiki kuvona leswaku hikokwalaho ka yinis.
Translated by Ike Ngobeni
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