UMax Westerman wayeyeyona ntatheli yeTV ixesha elide eNetherlands esebenza eMelika. Ngaphambi kokuba abe ngunobhala weRTL Nieuws, wayesebenza njengentatheli kwiNewsweek. Umsebenzi wakhe wabonakala ngosuku oluphambili- kunye namaphephandaba eveki ekhaya naphesheya. Wenza iiseti ezimbini zeTV kwaye wabhala eyona nto ithengisa kakhulu uMax & Isixeko.
UMax uye weza 25 unyaka wobomi bakhe eMelika. Kwincwadi yakhe esanda kupapashwa “Kuwo onke amaZwe” upeyinta umfanekiso ongenelelayo waseMelika ngokusekelwe kumava akhe obuqu. Iziko leeNtlekele eziGqwesileyo lizoba izicatshulwa ezithile “Kuwo onke amaZwe” kunye nodliwano-ndlebe noMax Westerman malunga nokusebenzisana kwakhe nabantu baseMelika xa kufikwa ekwenzeni iimpazamo kunye nokubeka umngcipheko. Kwaye malunga nokusilela okuqaqambileyo!
Malunga namabhongo, amandla positive kunye daredevil:
Umoya waseMelika: umxube wamabhongo, amandla positive kunye daredevil. Sisizathu sempumelelo yabo. Abantu baseMelika bathatha imingcipheko ngokulula kunokuba senza kwaye bayoyiki kangako ukusilela. Loo moya wendalo ubenza babe nomtsalane baze bakhuthazeke njengabantu abangamalolo, kodwa njengabantu ngamanye amaxesha aboyikeka. Uluvo olunokufunyanwa kuvoto lwezimvo zehlabathi. Noyena mthiyi mkhulu waseMelika uhlala ecinga ngokumangalisayo ngabemi baseMelika kwaye uwugcinele umsindo wakhe kurhulumente wabo.. ..Abantu baseMelika… bayaphambana, umhle kwaye uyaphambana. Ngawo amandla abo. Banobuganga bokuphupha bukhulu. Kwaye ukuleqa amaphupha abo ngaphandle kokuhlala bezibuza ukuba abamelwane bacinga ntoni. …ukuthanda kwabo ukuphumelela, ukuba ngoyena ubalaseleyo, kuyo yonke into abayenzayo. Phantse yonke into eyenzekayo kolu luntu lukhuphisana kakhulu - kwezoqoqosho, kwezopolitiko, uluntu- inento yokwenza namabhongo angenamda oku... ukodlula isiqu sakho kunye nabanye. "
Malunga nexesha elifutshane lokuqwalaselwa kwabantu baseMelika:
Abantu baseMelika banexesha elifutshane lokunikela ingqalelo. Bazama yonke into kwaye ukuba ayisebenzi, Ngaba bayilibele kwakhona kwaye basebenzela into entsha. Olu phawu lunegalelo kwimpumelelo yabo kodwa lukwanceda nasekuchazeni isizathu sokuba bajamelane nezona ngxaki zinkulu kwilizwe labo - ucalucalulo nobuhlwempu- sukubamba. Azinakusonjululwa ngobusuku nje obunye, kodwa ukukhwaza umgaqo-nkqubo wexesha elide. Kwaye abantu baseMelika abanamonde waloo nto: ufanele ukwazi ukusombulula nayiphi na ingxaki namhlanje.”
Ngaphezulu kwengqiniba kunye nokubhanga:
“Kwelinye icala uluntu ngengqiniba, apho kubalwa abaphumeleleyo kuphela: ‘Indawo yesibini yeyabantu abangaphumelelanga’. Kwelinye icala, ilizwe apho abalahlekileyo bafumana amathuba amaninzi amatsha. Kwaye bayawathatha nabo. Bangaphezu kwesigidi abantu baseMelika abatshonayo minyaka le. EYurophu, nabani na ofaka iifayili zokubhanga uthathwa njengongaphumeleliyo, umMelika umbona njengosomashishini onesibindi sokubeka umngcipheko. "
Malunga noongameli baseMelika kunye nokungaphumeleli:
"Inyaniso yokuba uGeorge Bush wayephulukene ne-serial de kube neminyaka engamashumi amane wafumana ingqalelo engakumbi eNetherlands kunaseMelika.. Alikho ixesha lokuba ufumane isabelo sakho sempumelelo. U-Abraham Lincoln wayengumthengisi wevenkile ngaphambi kokuphelisa ubukhoboka njengomnye wabongameli abakhulu baseMelika. UHenry Ford wayenoluhlu olude lokungaphumeleli xa weza nemodeli yakhe ye-T Ford kwaye wangena kwixesha lakhe leemoto.. Abantu baseMelika bayawathanda amabali anjalo abuyayo.”
Malunga neZiko lokusilela okuqaqambileyo:
“Eyona ndawo intle! Ndivumelana ngokupheleleyo nefilosofi yakho. Ayisiyonto ukuba ndiyigqibe incwadi yam 'kuwo onke amazwe', ephume mva nje, kunye nomgaqo: ‘….leyo sesinye sezifundo endazifundiswa nguMelika: kufuneka ube nobuganga bokwenza iimpazamo.”
Jonga kwakhona ukusilela okuqaqambileyo kukaMax Westerman kumzi-mveliso we-ham kwindawo yethu yogcino-lwazi malunga nokungaphumeleli kwakhe ukuphumelela njengomnini-ndawo 'wefektri ye-ham'.
Iziqendu kweli nqaku zithathwe kuhlelo lwakuMazwe onke, IMelika kaMax Westerman., Abapapashi baseNew Amsterdam. ISBN 978 90 468 0290 8. Bona kwakhona www.maxwestermann.nl kunye www.nieuwamsterdam.nl
