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Usuku lwabahlengikazi,TUsuku lwaMazwe ngaMazwe lwabongikazi, lunikezelwe kuFlorence Nightingale, umseki woqeqesho lwale mihla lobunesi. Umhla we-12 kaCanzibe minyaka le lusuku lwamazwe ngamazwe lwabahlengikazi, lo mnyhadala ukhuthaza uninzi lwabongikazi ukuba bafumane ilifa kwaye baqhubele phambili injongo yokonga, "ngothando, umonde, unonophelo, uxanduva" lokunyanga zonke izigulane, benze umsebenzi omhle kumsebenzi wokonga. Kwangaxeshanye, lo mnyhadala ukwancome ukuzinikela kwabongikazi, wavakalisa umbulelo nentlonipho kubo, uphucula umgangatho wentlalo yomsebenzi wabongikazi, kwaye ukhumbuze abantu ngokubaluleka kweshishini lokonga.

Ngolu suku lukhethekileyo, abantu baza kubhiyozela kwaye bakhumbule usuku lwabongikazi ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, eziquka ukwenza imibhiyozo, ukubamba ukhuphiswano lwezakhono zabongikazi njalo njalo. Le misebenzi ayibonisi nje kuphela izakhono zobungcali kunye nokuzinikela kwabongikazi ngokuzinikela, kodwa ikwakhulisa ulwazi loluntu kunye nentlonipho kwishishini lokonga.

Abongikazi ngamalungu ayimfuneko kwaye abalulekileyo eqela lezonyango. Ngobuchule kunye nezakhono zabo, benza igalelo elikhulu kwizinto zokunakekelwa kwezonyango, izixhobo zonyango kunye nezixhobo zonyango ezilahlayo. Abongikazi badlala indima ebalulekileyo ekulweni nentsholongwane, ukunyanga abonzakeleyo kunye nokunyamekela abagulayo. Bahlala befuna ukujongana noxinzelelo oluphezulu lomsebenzi kunye noxinzelelo olukhulu lwengqondo, kodwa bahlala bebambelele kwisithuba, kunye nezenzo zabo eziphathekayo zokutolika uthumo kunye noxanduva lwengelosi emhlophe. Ke ngoko, kolu Suku lwabongikazi, sifuna ukunika imbeko ephezulu kwaye sibulela kubo bonke abongikazi. Enkosi ngokuzinikela kwenu kunye nomoya onoxanduva, kwaye enkosi ngegalelo lenu elikhulu kwezonyango nakwimpilo yezigulana. Kwangaxeshanye, sikwanethemba lokuba uluntu lunganika ingqwalasela nenkxaso ngakumbi kubongikazi, ukuze umsebenzi wabo uqinisekiswe kwaye uhlonitshwe ngcono. Njengomvelisi weemveliso zonyango ezilahlwayo, siya kuqhubeka sizabalazela ukuphuhlisa nokuvelisa izixhobo zonyango ezisebenzayo ukuphucula umphumo womongikazi wabongikazi.