18/07/2024
Phakade lami
Ikhasi 8
"Ithemba, usanethemba. Ingani engakwazi ukuzinikezela kumina ngokuphelele emvakwayo yonkhe leminyaka?" Kwakucabanga uMalusi imoto yakhe ishaya kancane. Yize alele noZandile kukhona ayekubonile emehlweni akhe ayengakuthandanga "ITHEMBA. Noma UTHANDO? Wayezibuza eziphendula, UZandile kukhona aphezukwako noma hlampe uyangithanda ngempela? Ebusuku bayizolo uZandile wayenza ngenye indlela waze wathi uzomsiza ukuthi banyamalalise isidumbu salentombazana. Impela wayefuna ukuthi bazwane benze izinto ndawonye noZandile kodwa wayengakholwa ukuthi kungenzeka. Wayekholelwa ukuthi kukhona amasu aphezukwawo uZandile.
Wangena e garage "full tank" washo ephuma emotini wangena esitolo. Kwakukhala umculo omdala phakathi kushaya umoya wahamba waya lapho kukhona iziphuzo uthe eseyokhokha Wakhangwa yindoda ayibona kuphephandaba. Wayifanisa lendoda wazibuza ukuthi ngabe uyazelaphi. Walithatha iphephandaba waphuma nalo.
"Yinhle imoto mphathi" kubabaza isisebenzi sase garage sibuya nekhadi elimnyama lakwa nedbank, Wahleka kancane uMalusi, wathatha ikhadi wachazela isisebenzi ngemoto yakhe bathi ukuxoxa kancane. Wayengumuntu ozithandelayo ukukhuluma nabantu uMalusi futhi wayesijwayele lesisebenzi wasinika ushintshi obuye esitolo wathi sizobona sithengani wangena emotweni. Sajabula kakhulu siphethe imali engaphezulu kuka 150.
Uyayibona kancane lendoda enebala elimhloshana, inomzimba omkhulu kuyacaca iyajima, ine tattoo enkulu engalweni iveze amazinyo amhlophe qwa. Iphepha libhalwe ngamagama amakhulu OWESILISA UTHI ANGEKE APHUMULE BAZE BAPHEPHE ABANTU. Useyayikhumbula lendoda. Iyona lendoda asabambelele kuyo uZandile. UDumi wayengundaba mlonyeni kulezinsuku, abantu besmame bebabaza ubuhle balensizwa ko social media. Abanye baze basho nokuthi bona bangashiya imizi yabo for yena. Wahleka kancane uMalusi wabuka lendawo engemuvaa kwalendoda. Uyayazi lendawo.
(Emzini Ka Dlamini)
"Izolo mina ngikile nomaThabethe njengokusho kwakho ndoda. Izinto zonke bezilungile kodwa ke ufike udakwe.."(wayengasezwa luthu ephakamisa amehlo akhe uBafana) Wake wama wasula amehlo akhe ethi hlampe akaboni. Nanguya uMaThabethe ezidlalela no Adora behleka bobabili. Wayemphosa phezulu aphinde amncake ebese emfutha isisu bbrrrrr ahleke kakhulu u Adora. "Usho ukuthi asiyenzanga lento izolo?"
"ehene, ufike waxosha uMaThabethe wathi asisuke phambikwakho. Ukhale indlela yonkhe engazi ukuthi ukwenzeni ngimhambisa. Nginesiqiniso usakudinelwe lapho ekhona" kuphendula uMadlokovu.
Enhlizweni yakhe uBafana wabona ukuthi wayengeke ekwazi ukuphila ngaphandle kukaMaThabethe. Wavala ucingo ngokusheshe waya kuye wafike wambaba ngemuva. UMathabethe wayengamubunanga wathuka kodwa wazibona izandla zomyeni wakhe. Wafikelwa ukujabula wazizwa ekhululekile. Kulowo mzuzwana kwakungekho lapho efisa uba khona ngaphandle kwasezandleni zomyeni wakhe. "Ngiyeke Bafana! ungangibambi" washo ehlehla ezandleni zikabafana. Akekho umuntu wayekhuluma ngalendlela noDlamini kodwa uma kunguMaThabethe wayenganankinga kunaloko yayivele incibilike inhliziyo yakhe uma embona ediniwe. Muhle umntwanomuntu. Bakhuluma, ethetha uMathabethe ngokwenzeke izolo. uAdora wayemi phansi ebuka abazali bakhe edidekile ukuthi aye kumuphi noma ekhale ekugcineni wakhetha ukukhala. Wamthatha wangena endlini. "Angifuni ukukhuluma nawe Bafana". Wahleka kancane ubafana, wazi kahle ukuthi uzomthinta ngakephi. "Kumele ngikhulume noMaZoqo. Kufanele kube nenye indlela. Lena angeke isebenze" Wabona okomfana kwakhe kudlula kuqhuba izinkomo.
"Mazwakhe!"
"Baba"
"Gijima uye lapha kunyoko uthathe ukudla ufike udle lapha elawini lami, uthi uthunywe imina. Nangu ukhiye"
"ebo baba"
"Ihamba njani indaba ye licence?"
"badinga imali laba bantu, kodwa ngizoya khona ngolwesibili"
(wahleka kancane uDlamini)
"pho uzoyithathaphi imali ungasebenzi?(akaphendulanga uMazwakhe wazihlekela wabuka phansi wabhala ngenduku yakhe)
"Lapha esisefeni uzothatha lemali oyidingayo, ngiyayazi imali elapha ungathathi imali ethandwa uwena" Washo ehleka uDlamini ehamba. Uyayithanda insizwa yakhe, yize inenhloniphe uyazizwa izidumo zayo. Isihlule izinsizwa ezindala ngesibhakela noma izithandela ukuthula ulaka alufakwa "Kufuze mina impela loku"
Wadumisa imoto wayikhomba ezansi emzini wenyanga yakhe uMazoqo.
(Emzini KaMazoqo)
"Ikhona enye indlela Dlamini kodwa inobungozi obukhulu"
"Noma yini Mazoqo, kuphela nje uma umndeni wami uphephile" Kuphendula uDlamini.
Lapha emlilweni kukhona okubila iyashunqa intuthu.
"Lesilwane engakunika sona sinamandla kodwa asihlali kuwe, sisebenzela abantu abaningi nako ke okwamanje sikwezinye indawo." (wathula okweikhashana umazoqo wabhonga . UDlamini wayembuka azibuza ukuthi ngabe ukhona umuntu omubi ukudlula lomuntu emhlabeni.
"Esingakwenza, (kuqhubeka uMazoqo) ukuthi ngikunike esinye isilwane esinamandla ukudlula lesi onaso kodwa sona komele uhambe naso, uyohlala naso emzini wakho siyokuvikela kodwa konkhe okwakho kuyoba ngokwaso."
"Umndeni wami wona?"
"Uyovikeleka kodwa"
"Pho sisalindeni Mazoqo"