Owayesayinwe ngezansi wayeneminyaka eyishumi ngo-Ephreli 10, 26. Usuku olubi lapho umhlaba wawusondela enhlekeleleni ethile yenuzi. Futhi into ehlekisayo ukuthi kwakungeyona ibhomu elalisongela ukuqeda umhlaba kwi-Cold War eyaqhubeka nokusongela ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe II.
Kusukela ngalolo suku, iChernobyl ifakiwe esichazamazwini somuntu oyingozi futhi nanamuhla, ukusondela ngemibiko noma amavidiyo asakazwa ku-inthanethi ngendawo enkulu yokukhishwa kuyethusa. Kungaba amakhilomitha angama-30 endawo efile. Yize ukuzimisela "kwabafileyo" bekungeke kube yindida kakhulu. Impilo ngaphandle kokuthokomala ibihlala ezikhaleni ebezihlala abantu ngaphambilini. Eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-30 selokhu kwenzeke le nhlekelele, izimila seziwine ukhonkolo futhi izilwane zasendle zasendaweni zaziwa ngokuthi zisendaweni ephephe kunazo zonke ezake zaziwa. Vele, ukuvezwa yimisebe esacashile akukwazi ukuphepha impilo yonke, kepha ukungazi lutho ngezilwane kuyinzuzo lapha ngokumelene nokwanda kokufa.
Okubi kakhulu ngalezo zinsuku ezalandela inhlekelele ngokungangabazeki kwakuwukusebenzelana nemimoya. ISoviet Ukraine ayikaze inikeze isithombe esiphelele ngale nhlekelele. Futhi phakathi kwabantu abebehlala emvelweni basabalalise umuzwa wokushiywa othinteka kahle ekuboniseni uchungechunge lwamanje lwe-HBO kulo mcimbi.
Ebhekene nokudonsa okukhulu kochungechunge, akukaze kube buhlungu ukuthola incwadi enhle egcwalisa lokho kubuyekezwa kokubi okunjalo emhlabeni wonke. Futhi le ncwadi ingenye yalezo zimo lapho iqiniso liyiminyaka elula kusuka eqanjiwe. Ngoba izindaba zabantu okwaxoxwa nabo, zenza ubufakazi bezinsuku ezimbalwa ezibonakala zimisiwe ku-limbo ye-surrealism kwesinye isikhathi ehlanganisa ubukhona bethu, bakha konke lokho komlingo. Okwenzeke eChernobyl yilokho okushiwo yilamazwi. Lesi sehlakalo besingenxa yanoma yisiphi isizathu, kepha iqiniso ukuqoqwa kwemiphumela elandiswa ngabalingiswa abakule ncwadi, nangabanye abaningi abangasenalo izwi.
I-naivety imicimbi ebhekane nayo ngezinye zezakhamizi ebithembele kuzinguqulo ezisemthethweni iyaphazamisa. Ukutholwa kweqiniso kuyayithokozisa futhi kuyesabise imiphumela lo mhlaba we-nuclei egxilile abenayo eqhume ukuguqula ubuso baleyo ndawo amashumi eminyaka ezayo. Incwadi lapho sithola khona ikusasa elibuhlungu lezakhamizi ezithile ezikhohlisiwe futhi zahlaselwa izifo nokufa.
Manje usungathenga incwadi ethi Voices of Chernobyl, incwadi ethokozisayo kaSvetlana Aleksievich, lapha:
Ngiyabonga ngesincomo, ngizobheka incwadi. Okwamanje ngibheke uchungechunge futhi ngiyamangala ngokungabi namandla lapho umuntu engaya khona ukufihla umcimbi obucayi kangaka.
Siyabonga!