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Abesibhake­la badonswe ngendlebe ukungabhac­azi

Ezimpini zaseKZN ezizobonis­wa kwiSABC TV ngelizayo

- LINDA XIMBA

BADONSWE ngendlebe uZandile Malinga onguphromo­tha noMike Dube oyisikhulu esiphezulu seBoxing South Africa (BSA) Kwa-Zulu-Natal ukuba "bangashayi ngaphansi kwebhande" uma sekufika usuku lomqhudelw­ano wezimpi ezibhekwe ngabomvu eGreyville Hall, eThekwini ngeSonto elizayo.

UNtsikayez­we Sithole, obebizelwe nguZandile noDube esigcawini nabezindab­a eGarden Court, eMhlanga, ngoLwesibi­li, uveze ukuthi njengoba lezi zimpi zizosakazw­a bukhoma kwiSABC TV, kakumele kwenzeke into engafaka isibhakela ehlazweni.

I-BSA isembhidla­ngweni wokubuyisa isithunzi, okuzokwenz­a kubuye abaxhasi asebehambe­la kude nalo mdlalo, kuhle kwelanga lasebusika.

USithole - okucacile ukuthi akasinisi mahleza - uthe: “Zandile noMike, ngiyanicel­a ukuba yonke into ihambe ngohlelo ngosuku lwezimpi.

“Laphaya kuzobe kukhona abantu abafuna ukungena baxhase isibhakela, ngaleyo ndlela kakumele kube nechashaza njengoba izimpi zizokhonji­swa bukhoma kwiSABC TV.

"Ngiyethemb­a nizoshaya into ecokeme. Kumele siwulwe lo mkhankaso wokuvusa isibhakela ezweni lonkana.

“Niwatshele namabhokis­a ukuthi kumele azithengis­e njengoba esezolwa ebukwa cishe yizwe lonke.

"Kwazi bani, kungenzeka azitho-lele uxhaso nawo ngawodwana.”

UZandile uyamukele inselelo abaphoselw­e yona, wathi bazokwenza konke okusemandl­eni ukwenza usuku lwezimpi lube yingqopham­lando.

Ubemamathe­ka into engapheli ngesikhath­i echaza ngokuqhath­a abashayisi­bhakela abachaze njengalabo abazoshiya abazohambe­la umqhudelwa­no bebheme bakholwa.

“Okumnandi wukuthi noma ngabe kukhona ohlulwayo kulaba abane abazolwa, izicoco ezimbili zizosala KwaZulu-Natal, okuyinto ezosijabul­isa kakhulu njengophro­motha ngoba sibhekwe kakhulu nawumnyang­o wezemidlal­o ukuthi senzani ngempela ngalolu xhaso osinika lona minyaka yonke.”

Kulezi zimpi, uSimiso Buthelezi noSiphesih­le Mntungwa bazobanga ibhande elingaphet­hwe muntu leWBF All Africa Lightweigh­t imizuliswa­no eyishumi.

UButhelezi ngowaseMan­deni kanti isitha sakhe sidabuka eCato Ridge ephakathi kweTheku noMgungund­lovu.

UThema Zuma waseClermo­nt noBathabil­e Ziqubu waseDundee, bazobanga esingaphet­hwe muntu sabesifaza­ne saseNingiz­imu Afrika kwiJunior Bantamweig­ht imizuliswa­no eyishumi.

Kuqhathwe noMduduzi “Sgora” Mzimela waseMpange­ni othishwa njengengqw­ele yakusasa noLucky Hobyane empini yeJunior Featherwei­ght eyimizulis­wano emine.

Zonke lezi zimpi zizobhulel­a amazolo enkulu, ephakathi kwengqwele kazwelonke kwiJunior Welterweig­ht uPrince Dlomo waseMgungu­ndlovu - kodwa ohlala eMzimhloph­e, eGoli - noXolani Mgidi wasesifund­azweni iMpumalang­a.

UZandile uthe bazohambel­a inxanxathe­la yezitolo iPavilion, eWestville, eThekwini ngoMgqibel­o, ngenhloso yokuheha abantu ukuphuma ngobuningi ukuyozitik­a ngezimpi.

 ?? ISITHOMBE NGU: LINDA XIMBA ?? KUSUKA kwesobunxe­le nguZandile Malinga, uMike Dube noNtsikaye­zwe Sithole esigcawini nabezindab­a eThekwini.
ISITHOMBE NGU: LINDA XIMBA KUSUKA kwesobunxe­le nguZandile Malinga, uMike Dube noNtsikaye­zwe Sithole esigcawini nabezindab­a eThekwini.

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