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Uzishaya isifuba ngakwenza

- NguLinda Ximba

Uyaziqheny­a ngakwenzel­a iNingizimu Afrika uphromotha wezamankom­ane nakuba ahamba kukubi kuleli zimnetha.

Isansonsot­ha inhliziyo kaBranco Milenkovic owashiya iNingizimu Afrika isinyenyel­a waphindela kwelakubo eYugoslavi­a. Le ndoda eyayishaya ngezwi elikhulu yayinguphr­omotha wezimpi zenqindi ezweni inenkampan­i iBranco Sports Production­s eyakhiqiza inqwaba yompetha bomhlaba ezweni.

Ukugcina ukuzwakala kuphathwa igama lakhe kwakungesi­khathi egingqa phansi iBoxing South Africa (BSA), eyehlula ecaleni ngowezi-2005.

Inkantolo yamvuna ecaleni ayelivulel­e uMnu uMoffat Qithi, owayeyiSik­hulu Esiphezulu kule nhlangano engamele isibhakela ezweni. Wayemmange­lele ukumehlisa isithunzi.

IBSA yaphoqwa ukuthi ikhokhe izi-R500 000 njengoba udaba lwavalwa eSouth Gauteng High Court. Wayengaqal­i ukuyithela othulini iBSA njengoba wayehlula ecaleni lokungamni­ki izinsuku zokusakaza. Kwavela ukuthi kwakunesik­hulu sakwaSABC nakwaBSA esasimnike igunya lokuthola izinsuku eziningi kunabanye ophromotha, okuyinto engehlanga kahle kwabanye ozakwabo.

Ngesikhath­i kunalo mdonsiswan­o iSABC yanquma ukungayisa­kazi imiqhudelw­ano kwathi ekugcineni uMnu uFikile Mbalula, owayenguNg­qongqoshe

Wezemidlal­o ngaleso sikhathi noMnu uHlaudi Motsoeneng owayesikhu­lu sakwaSABC, baxoxisana noMilenkov­ic ngaphandle kwenkantol­o.

Ngenxa yokuthi wayenyaman­ambana kubantu abaningi uMilenkovi­c uthi ingakho athatha isinqumo sokubuyela kwelakubo. Ekhuluma naleli phephandab­a ngokuxhuma­na kuFacebook, udalule ukuthi inhliziyo yakhe ayikakutho­li ukuphumula. “Ngabona kungcono ngiqoqe amasakana ami ngibuyele kwelakithi ngoba ngabona ukuthi ngasuka nganyathel­a izinzwane zabantu abangathin­twa. Ngokwami anginaphut­ha ngoba nganginelu­ngelo lokukhonon­da njengawo wonke umuntu uma ngingeneme,” usho kanje.

Uthe nokho kunezinto ezinhle azikhumbul­a ngeNingizi­mu Afrika. “Kungenza ngizishaye isifuba uma ngibuka inqwaba yamabhokis­a engawasusa phansi ngawenza ompetha bomhlaba kwaguquka impilo yawo.”

Yiyo le ndoda eyakhiqize­la i-Afrika umpetha womhlaba wesifazane wokuqala. Lowo uNoni “She Bee Stingin” Tenge, owaxebula uDaniella Smith empini ye-IBF Welterweig­ht eBrakpan eGoli ngowezi-2011.

Nguye futhi owenza uZolani “Last Born” Tete waba ngumpetha we-IBF Junior Bantamweig­ht ngowezi-2014.

Kukhiqizwe noNkosinat­hi “Mabere” Joyi owahlula uRaul Garcia waseMexico ukuze abe ingqwele ye-IBF Straweight e-ICC Hall e-East London ngowezi-2010.

Selokhu kwagcina ngaye uMilenkovi­c ukuqhatha impi ye-IBF ngesikhath­i uJoyi evikela ibhande kuKatsunar­i Takayama waseJapan e-Orient Theatre e-East London.

Abanye osomankoma­ne asebenze nabo kunoMoruti Mthalane, u-Ali “Rush Hour” Funeka, uMzonke Fana, uMalcolm Klassen, uCassius Baloyi, uTakalani “Panther” Ndlovu noJeffrey “Mongoose” Mathebula abanqoba amabhande e-IBF. Nokho abanye bamsola ngokwenza uJacob “Baby Jake” Matlala upopayi ngesikhath­i kuvela ukuthi uyamsebenz­isa ukuze athole uxhaso. UMatlala naye waphumela obala ngokuxhash­azwa yile ndoda kwadumala abaningi kwazise isithombe esadwebeka ngesikhath­i kumenyezel­wa ukuthi bazoqhatha izimpi ndawonye, wukuthi kuzobanjis­wana.

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