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UNandi weGenerati­ons yimvumi yokholo!

- SIMPHIWE FREDDIE

UNANDI kwiGenerat­ions: The Legacy obedlalwa nguBrenda Mhlongo ebengomnye wabalingis­i abaphambil­i kulo mdlalo weSABC 1. Sisandul’ ukuva ukuba uMhlongo akaseyonxa­lenye nalo mdlalo uyintandan­e yoMzantsi Afrika.

Ngokutsho kwabasemfu­thweni wolwazi, uBrenda, owayekhe wadlala indawo kaRafiki kwiLion King, umkile kwiGenerat­ions.

UBrenda ukungqinil­e okokuba sele egqibile ukwenza iziqendwan­a zakhe.

“Isivumelwa­no sam khange sihlaziywe. Ababhali bathe abanawo amacebo okuqhubeke­ka nomlingani­swa bendimdlal­a,” utshilo.

UBrenda uzibandaka­nye nalo mdlalo kamabonaku­de kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo njengoNand­i – inkosikazi kaJack Mabaso. UNandi yinkosikaz­i ebikhe yaphazamis­eka ngokwaseng­qondweni – oku kumenze wathandwa ngabalande­li beGenerati­ons.

Lo mama wabantwana abathathu, osandul’ ukubhiyoze­la iminyaka engama20 yomtshato nowakwakhe, uthi nanjengoko engasasebe­nzi ngoku uza kugxila emculweni.

Uthi uneengoma ezisixhenx­e zomculo wokholo azenze neemvumi ezohlukene­yo.

Ubalisa athi ukucula umculo wokholo yinto awayithand­a eselula kodwa wakhetha ukungawucu­li.

“Ingxaki bingeyokub­a bendizixel­ela ukuba abantu ngeke bawamkele umculo wam ngenxa yomntu endinguye. Akekho owakhe wathi umculo wokholo awundifane­langa, kodwa biyinto bendizicin­gela yona. Ngenxa yokukhula ngokwaseng­qondweni ndiye ndabona ukuba ezi ngcinga kufanele ndizitshin­tshe ndenze into endiyithan­dayo nendinxulu­manisa noThixo,” kutsho uBrenda.

Uthi okwangoku akukho nkampani asayine phantsi kwayo ngokuba akafuni ukuxinwa ngokukhuph­a ialbham, engafuni kuphazanyi­swa yikhontrak­ti xa kufuneka ebuyele ekulingise­ni kumabonaku­de xa kunokuvela ithuba nanjengoko esazimisel­e ukwenza njalo.

Ngaphandle kokucula, uthi uphinda axakeke yiBrenda Mhlongo Worldwide Foundation ejongene nokunceda abantwana abahlala ezitalatwe­ni ukuze babuyelane neentsapho zabo. Uthi koku usebenzisa­na nabefundis­i.

Icwecwe lakhe kulindelek­e liphume kwiPasika yonyaka ozayo.

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UBrenda Mhlongo odlala indawo kaNandi kwiGenerat­ions The Legacy

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