02/12/2022
NGIMSULWA PRT 1 (lendaba ibhalwe nguMsawenkosi Mtshali)
Kanti ngoneni ngempela? Zamosheka kangaka izinto zami? Angikaze ngiphoxeke kangaka empilweni yami!” kusho uSanele enikina ikhanda.
“Kanti ikuphi inkinga? Izinyanga ezintathu ezidlule bezinzima kakhulu. Konke ebengikuzama akuphumelelanga,” ukhuluma yedwa ezibuza eziphendula njengoba ebuka ibhasi lakwa-Transnat elithwele izingane zesikole.
Ugwinya amathe, aqalaze ngokuqaphelelisisa, abone ukuthi ayikho imoto eza ngaphambi kwakhe. Unyathela imoto, sinyuke isivinini, alidlule ibhasi lakwa-Transnat.
Uxakekile emqondweni uSanele, ujulile ngemicabango. Uzithola ecabanga ngogogo wakhe osewadlula emhlabeni, uMaKhoza. Ulikhumbula sengathi lenzeka njengamanje usuku lapho bexoxa noMaKhoza.
“Mzukulu,” kwasho uMaKhoza. “Uma sekuzokhanya kuyaye kube mnyama kakhulu. Kuyasiza ukubekezela.”
USanele wabuka uMaKhoza ngokumangala, wathi, “Ngiyezwa, Gogo.”
“Ungawiswa ubala, mzukulu. Unganciki kumuntu, umuntu uyashintsha. Konke kulele ezandleni zakho. Uma ungazisukumeli wena, angeke ukuthole okudingayo empilweni. Impumelelo ayizi kumuntu, futhi akulula ukuthi uphumelele uma ungazikhandli wena – ukulala angeke kukusize ngalutho. Abafundile bathi, ‘work like a slave if you want to live like a king in future.’”
“Kodwa nawe, uyabona ukuthi ngiyazikhandla, Gogo.”
“Ukube kuya ngami, ubungeke uzikhandlele umcebo wabanye abantu. Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe, angeke kulunge uma wena uzofeza imibono yabanye abantu. Kuzuza bona ngamandla akho, hhayi wena!”
“Kunjalo impela, Gogo, kodwa kunzima. Kulukhuni ukuziqalela into ngingedwa ngoba imali anginayo. Yingakho kufanele ngincike kwabanye abantu okwesikhashana.”
Kuhlengezela izinyembezi kuSanele njengoba ekhumbula amazwi ayeshiwo uMaKhoza.
“Ungalinge ujabulele imadlana! Lomuzi kumele wakhiwe kube ikhaya elinomnyeni nonkosikazi – izingane zigcwale igceke. Ungalinge ulingise uyihlo owashiya unyoko nezingane wayokipita emzini womfelokazi eWitbank!” kwasho uMakhoza, ukuthukuthela kugcwele ebusweni.
“Ngeke ngenze njongobaba mina, Gogo,”
Ngiyojabula uma kunjalo. Okunye okufanele ukwazi ukuthi qhubeka ufunde, uhlukane nabangani abangathandi ukufunda! Uyayithanda yini lempilo osuyiphila? Ingabe kumnandi ukuhlala uthamele ilanga nsuku zonke?”
“Ngiyazama nje, Gogo. Ngivuka nsuku zonke ngibheke izikhala zemisebenzi ephepheni. Nawe, Gogo, ungisola noma isidingo singekho.”
“Lalela, mzukulu,” kwasho uMaKhoza ebuka uSanele ngamehlo agcwele uthando.
Isaqhubeka ....😉👍