Imibono yamasiko ilolonga indlela imiphakathi ebona futhi iphathe ngayo izilwane—kungaba ngabangane, abantu abangcwele, izinsiza, noma impahla. Le mibono igxile kakhulu emasikweni, enkolweni, nasebunjalo besifunda, ithonya yonke into kusukela kumasiko okudla kuya emikhubeni nemithetho. Kulesi sigaba, sihlola indima enamandla edlalwa isiko ekuthetheleleni ukusetshenziswa kwezilwane, kodwa nokuthi ukulandisa kwamasiko kungaguqukela kanjani ekubeni nozwelo nenhlonipho.
Kusukela ekudunyisweni kokusetshenziswa kwenyama ezindaweni ezithile kuya ekuhlonipheni izilwane kwezinye, isiko akulona uhlaka olumisiwe—liwuketshezi futhi lihlala lilolongwa kabusha ngokuqwashisa kanye namagugu. Imikhuba eyake yabhekwa njengevamile, njengokunikela ngezilwane, ukulima kwasefekthri, noma ukusetshenziswa kwezilwane ekuzijabuliseni, kubatshazwa ngokwandayo njengoba imiphakathi ibhekana nemiphumela yokuziphatha nemvelo. Ukuziphendukela kwemvelo bekulokhu kunendima ebalulekile ekubekeni inselele inselele, futhi okufanayo kuyasebenza nasekuphatheni kwethu izilwane.
Ngokugqamisa amazwi avela emiphakathini namasiko ahlukahlukene, sifuna ukunweba ingxoxo ngale kokulandisa okuvelele. Isiko lingaba ithuluzi lokulondoloza—kodwa futhi libe yinguquko. Uma sizibandakanya ngokujulile namasiko nezindaba zethu, sivula umnyango wokuya emhlabeni lapho ukuzwelana kuba okuphakathi kobunikazi bethu obabiwe. Lesi sigaba sikhuthaza inkhulumomphendvulwano enenhlonipho, ukuzindla, nokucatshangelwa kabusha kwamasiko ngezindlela ezihlonipha kokubili amagugu nempilo.
Ubuhlobo bethu nezilwane bumakwe ngokungqubuzana okukhulu, obukwa izinkambiso zamasiko, ukucatshangelwa kokuziphatha, nokuxhumana okungokomzwelo. Ukusuka ezifuywayo ezithandekayo kunikeza ubungani efulezweni elikhuliswe ngokudla noma izidalwa ezisetshenziswa kwezokuzijabulisa, indlela esibona ngayo nokuphatha izilwane iveza ukuxhumeka okuyinkimbinkimbi kokuhlonipha ukuhlonipha inhlonipho nokuxhaphaza. Le micabango engqubuzanayo inselelo yokuthi sibhekane nezinkinga zokuziphatha ezizungeze inhlala-kahle yezilwane, ukusimama, kanye nokukhombisa okubucayi kokuthi izinqumo zethu zithinta kanjani izimpilo zabantu kanye neplanethi ephelele