SHEILA MHLONGO
Njengengxenye yokubungaza inyanga yentsha iShoprite Group ibungaza umsebenzi kaNosihle Mchunu, ongumshayeli weloli oneminyaka engu-29, owazalelwa KwaZulu-Natal. UNosihle akagcini ngokushayela amaloli amakhulu anamasondo angu-22 kuphela kodwa ugqugquzela nabanye abesifazane abasha ukuthi babe nentshisekelo yamaphupho amakhulu.
Ngo-2021, wathatha isinqumo sokulandela iphupho lakhe lokuba umshayeli weloli elikhulu futhi wathola ilayisense yeCode 14. Ngemuva kokuphumelela uhlelo lokuqeqeshwa lweShoprite, waqashwa ngokugcwele. Manje useqhubeka nokushayela izinkulungwane zamakhilomitha ngokuphepha futhi ngenhlonipho.
Ngevidiyo yakhe eyasabalala ngoDisemba 2023 lapho umama wakhe embona eshayela edolobheni lakubo eKeate’s Drift, uNosihle waba nodumo lwesikhashana. Nokho, walala ethuthumele ngoba uthi ufuna ukugxila emsebenzini, hhayi ukuthi adume.
UNosihle uhlale eHazelmere, unabantwana ababili futhi uthi nakuba umsebenzi wakhe unzima futhi udla isikhathi, uyakwazi ukusiza umndeni wakhe. Uyalubonga usizo lukamama wakhe, okwenza kube lula ukuhlanganisa ubuntombi nomsebenzi.
Uyalibona igalelo labesifazane embonini yezokuthutha futhi uthi iShoprite idlala indima enkulu ekwethuleni abesifazane emisebenzini ehlotshaniswa nabesilisa. Uhlala enethemba lokuqeqesha abanye abesifazane abasuka emadolobheni amancane njengakubo.
Umyalezo wakhe kwabesifazane abasha:
“Ningesabi ukuthatha izinqumo ezinzima. Abesifazane bangenza kahle kakhulu uma ngikwazile, nani ningakwazi.”
Uma ufuna ukuba ngumshayeli weloli, ungafaka isicelo ohlelweni lwe-Shoprite Truck Driver Learnership oluhlinzekwa yi-SafetyCloud.
