Umqondo wonyaka wokuqhakaziza waqala ukuqaliswa nguJulius Caesar. AmaRoma asendulo ahlanganisa ngokukhethekile usuku olulodwa ngoFebhuwari njalo eminyakeni emine. Ngesizo salokhu bakwazi ukulinganisela iphutha ekubalweni kwansuku zonke. Ngaphandle kwezinsuku ezingeziwe, abantu bebezophutha ngesikhathi sehlobo nasebusika.
Kakade kamuva, ngo-29 kuFebruwari kubizwa ngokuthi usuku lukaKasyan. Kwangumsanta owayengumuntu omubi kakhulu. Kwakucatshangwa ukuthi ngalolu suku imisebe yelanga ilinamandla amabi. Futhi uma bewela kubantu, kwaba khona izifo eziningi. Lena inkolelo-ze yasendulo, lapho wonke umuntu ayekholelwa khona.
Yiqiniso, ingxenye kuphela yalezo zibonakaliso ifinyelele ezinsukwini zethu. Omunye ukholwa kubo, kodwa omunye uyangabaza ngalezi zintandane.
Ingabe unyaka we-leap uhle noma omubi?
Empeleni, lena yonyaka ovame kakhulu, owenza usuku olulodwa ngaphezu kokujwayelekile. Isimo sengqondo sokubandlulula esasithola emuva esikhathini esidala. Ihlotshaniswa nezinganekwane eziningi kanye nezimpande zobuqaba. Sekuyisikhathi eside, abantu banezinkolelo nezenzo eziningi ezimbi ezihambisana nalonyaka. Ngakho-ke, ukwesaba okuphefumulelwe.
Isiyingozi kakhulu unyaka we-leap, ukuthi abantu abaningi bahlobanisa izinhlekelele kanye nezifo, izinhlekelele kanye nezinhlekelele, ngaphambi kokuzibeka ngokwengqondo ngezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zenkathazo. Isimo esinjalo singabangela ukuguquka kwengqondo.
Manje isayensi ayikwazi ukuphendula ngokucacile umbuzo othi kungani unyaka we-leap ubungozi. Ngokusho kwezibalo, lokhu kunyaka wonke wonke umuntu. Amaqiniso aqoqwe phakathi namakhulu eminyaka athi kuphela ingxenye encane yezinhlekelele, izinhlekelele nezinye izinkinga ezenzeka ngonyaka onyakazayo. Kuvela ukuthi zikhona ngendlela ehlelekile, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi inani lezinsuku ngonyaka futhi lokhu akunakugwemeka.