Kunzima kominzelwe yindodana
Uvuka ayobheka isidumbu olwandle
USEPHILA ngokuvuka ayohlala olwandle usuku lonke owesifazane waKwaNkombose, eMtubatuba, agade isidumbu sendodana yakhe eminze olwandle ngeledlule.
Ufikelwa yisibibithwane uNkz Zenzile Thenjiwe Mlungwana uma echaza ngokuminza kukaMxolisi Mlungwana (19), obefunda uGrade 12 KwaNkombose High School.
Okumfikisela ngezinyembezi kakhulu wukuthi indodana yakhe iminze ebuka, kungekho angakwenza. Ubekhiphe izingane zakhe beyobhukuda olwandle eJabula Beach, eSt Lucia.
Uthi namanje kusenzima ukwamukela isimo kanti usephila ngokuvuka ekuseni ayohlala olwandle ngethemba lokuthi uzosithola isidumbu sendodana yakhe.
Utshele ILANGA ukuthi okwenza ayohlala olwandle, wukuthi abatshuzi abafike ngelanga okuminze ngalo indodana yakhe, kabakaze baphinde babuye. Kunalokho bamtshela ukuthi makalinde, isidumbu sizovela sekuqhume inyongo.
UNkz Mlungwana, onguthisha ngokomsebenzi, uthi akazi nokuthi uzofundisa kanjani njengoba izikole zivulwa ngoLwesibili.
“Ngelanga aminze ngalo uMxolisi, sivuke ekuseni senza umsebenzi wasegcekeni, okuthe sesiqedile ngababuza ukuthi yini engingabenzela yona ukubabonga. Yena nodadewabo ababili bangitshele ukuthi bengakuthokozela ukuya olwandle beyobhukuda.
“Ngilungise ukudla sangena emotweni sahamba. Sifike khona sadla ngaphambi kokuba babhukude. Baqede ukudla bahamba benodadewabo omncane. Ngithe ngisashintsha izimpahla, ngabona udadewabo egijima ethi mangiphuthume uMxolisi uyahluleka wukuphuma emanzini.
“Ngigijime ngaya khona kodwa besekonakele ngoba ubephakathi olwandle evele ngekhanda, ubebonakala ukuthi uzama ukucela usizo kodwa elokhu esithela emanzini ngoba amagagasi abenamandla kakhulu, wagcina ngokunyamalala emanzini.
“Ngizamile ukucela usizo konogada abebekhona kodwa besabile nabo ukungena emanzini, bangisi- za ngokuthi sishayele amaphoyisa.
“Aqale angitshela ukuthi mangiyobhalisa isitatimende kodwa ngenqaba ngoba bengifuna athumele abantu abazongisiza sibheke ingane yami emanzini. Bagcine befikile abebezongisiza, bangena olwandle kodwa babuya belambatha,” kusho yena.
Uthi uyakuqonda ukuthi indodana yakhe isishonile kodwa akufisayo nje wukuthola ithambo layo akwazi ukuzingcwabela yona.
Okhulumela amaphoyisa KwaZulu-Natal, uCapt Nqobile Gwala, uthe kuvulwe idokodo ngokulahleka komuntu emuva kokuba umfana oneminyaka eli-19 ubudala eminze olwandle ebhukuda. Uthi namanje ubengakatholakali.