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saseMgungundlovu sesigcwele abathakathi abadlala ngezulu, okwezingane ezithengelwe ama-

zibike ukuthi kule mpelasonto esiphuma kuyona, umbani ushaye idolobhana lasePietermaritzburg amahlandla angamakhulu amabili namashumi ayisihlanu.

Phela abantu abadume ngokushayana ngezulu selokhu kwathi nhlo, ngabasesifundazweni iLimpopo. Kuthiwa lapho izulu

liyathengiswa nokuthengiswa. Uthola abantu behla benyuka emigwaqweni bethengisa amawolintshi, ama-aphula nonyazi.

Uma kukhona umuntu okucasulile, uyalithenga nawe izulu ukuze umbhaxule ngalo, umkhiphe ukuhlakanipha.

Kuthiwa ompetha balo izulu bayakwazi ukukuthengisela elingangoswazi, uma ungafuni ukwenza amademeshe, kodwa

thwasi lona okucasulile lapha emilenzeni.

Bayakunika nelingangesimolontshisi uma uthukuthele kakhulu, ufuna ukumgqema engeqiwa ntwala. Mina ngifisa ukuthe-

Phela kasisalali ngoba zikhonkotha ubusuku bonke, ziklewula sengathi zibona isipoki. Sengakhuluma ngaze ngoma amathe nalo makhelwane, ngimcela

ezihlakaniphile, ezikhonkotha into ecacile, hhayi lezi ezithuka izanya, ezikhonkotha ngisho izithunzi zazo.

Ngikhumbula sisakhula eMzimkhulwana, okuyindawo eyaqa-

umfulakazi osuka emaMpondweni, uMzimkhulu, budebuduze nomshini kashukela iMzimkhulu Sugar Mill, duzane nolwandle lwaseSayidi (Port Shepstone).

Kwakukhona omunye ubaba owayehlala ehlathini elalesatshwa ngabantu bendawo ngoba bethi ligcwele imikhovu nezimfene zabathakathi. Lo baba wayaziwa ngoMadlizinyoka, wayesabeka, emnyama sengathi ugcobisa upholishi wezicathulo. Wayesho ngamehlo abomvu sengathi uhlala ebhema intshokovane.

izulu, libaniza, kuthiwe nguye lo baba usavivinya imithi yakhe. Omama bendawo babengayi ngisho ukuyotheza kuleli hlathi, akekho umuntu owayazi ukuthi lo mlisa uliqhamukisaphi, futhi kungani ehlala yedwa kuleli hlathi nokuthi kungani engenamfazi nazingane.

Yize sasexwayiswa kuthiwe singalokothi siye kuleli hlathi, thina sasingena, sifuna ukuzibonela ngawethu ukuthi lo baba ukhona ngempela yini, futhi uyazidla yini izinyoka. Ngelinye ilanga samthola lo baba endlwaneni yakhe yodaka, eyayifulelwe ngotshani, yayingenasicabha, kodwa ivalwe ngamasaka.

Kwakulenga kuyo izikhumba zezinyoka ezinhlobonhlobo. Safika siphethe izinyoka ezintathu, kwazise phela sasizibulala

- ni. Wasinika amasentshana, wasitshela ukuthi sibomlethela ezinye uma sizithola.

Sase singapheli kuleli hlathi, kodwa singalokothi ukutshela abazali bethu ngoba phela sasiyophela yisibhaxu. Sathi uma simbuza ukuthi uyakwazi yini ukudumisa izulu, wathi yebo uyakwazi, kodwa wala ukusiboni-

Wasibonisa inyama yezinyoka ayeyipheka, washo nokuthi kayikho inyoka engambulala yena ngoba igazi lakhe ligcwele izihlungu ezinhlobonhlobo zezinyoka futhi yena uzibamba ngezandla zisaphila.

Mina ngikhule ngizibuza ukuthi uma ngempela bekhona abantu abakwazi ukudumisa izulu, ku- ngani bengazange basetshenziswe ngesikhathi somzabalazo ukushaya abelungu. Phela ungqoshishilizi wengcindezelo, uHendrik Verwoerd, nohulumeni wakhe kunga-

kwaphela ngabo, salithatha izwe lobabamkhulu.

ugesi eseyivelakancane, singabasebenzisa laba bantu ukuphehla ugesi. Ososayensi bathi umbani wugesi, ngakho-ke kungakhiwa iziteshi zikagesi ezisebenza ngo-

wa eMgungundlovu, esesibili sakhiwe eLimpopo. Singagcina sesithengisela i-Afrika yonkana,

Mhlawumbe singagcina sesibathumela naphesheya, sakhele abantu bakithi imisebenzi, bahole imali engasukumi phansi ngo-

nalutho.

thi singabasebenzisa nasekutheni iBafana Bafana iwine iWorld Cup, sishaye oBrazil noGermany laba ngomathithibala. Sengiyabona

sesithi: #ThakathaPositively!

Uma kukhona umuntu okucasulile, uyalithenga izulu umbhaxabule ngalo.