nje. Loo mbuzo ndakubuya ndiwuphendule kwalapha endleleni.
“Hayi mntwan’am akukho nto kwaphela, nto nje kufuneka uqaphele kuloo ndawo ukuyo.” Iphendule yatsho le nzwakazi, seyithande ukundixhalabisa ke ngoku.
Kuthe kodwa nakubeni ivakala ingonwabanga yandinqwenelela amathamsanqa yabuya yabulela ngemalana endandibafakele yona. Okona kwakubaluleke nangakumbi kum kukuba ndandisazi ukuba ndizifumene iintsikelelo zikamama, kwaye wayeza kundibeka emithandazweni. Ndandinqwenela kakhulu ukuthetha notata kwakunye nabaninawa bam kuba ndandibakhumbula, kodwa ke umama yayinguye kuphela okhoyo endlwini ngoko ndavalelisa nje kuye, ndawubeka phantsi umnxeba. Ndayishiya loo fowuni ndixakiwe, ndingazi nokuba ndincume okanye ndixhalabe kusini na, kodwa ndabuya ndazixolisa ngelithi into eyayimenza avakale ngathi unxunguphele kukuba mhlawumbi wayevuka ebuthongweni.
Emva kokuthetha nomama emnxebeni ndaphathelela ukuya kumaziko engqesho ndisiya kujonga ukuba kwakungekabikho zithuba kusini na. Kaloku sithetha nje nomama besele ndidibene nomphathi wenye yeenkampani zekhompyutha kwindawo apha ekuthiwa yiKempton Park, apho kanye isikhululo seenqwelomoya, iJohannesburg International, sikhoyo. Ndazixelela ukuba ndiza kuzithengisa kakhulu kule nkampani, ndibabonise ukuba ndiqule ndaligangatha ngolwazi, kodwa ke oko bekungathethi kuthi andisayi kuzikhangela ezinye izithuba. Kaloku kuthiwa kwaNtu “Kubamb’ezingelayo”. Ndawagqogqa-gqogqa ke la maziko, ndingena ndiphuma, ndishiya icv yam mzini ngamnye. Kuthe ukuphuma kwam kowokugqibela ndawajika amabombo ndasingisa eWits University kwiziko lakhona elicebisa ngezemisebenzi. Ndandifuna kaloku iingcebiso ezithe vetshe zokufumana umsebenzi. Kulapho kanye apho ndathi ndabonana uMthetho, umhlobo wam omdala endandisakufunda naye eNtshona Koloni e-uwc. Eli tyendyana lalisele lisebenza eWits njengeclinical psychologist, likwahlohla kwaphaya eWits. Saxhawulana nje wabe sele esithi masiye e-ofisini yakhe apho safika sazivumbulula phantsi iindaba zakudala zaseKapa, sikhumbuzana ngazo zonke iziganeko ezihlekisayo zeliya lixa sasisese-uwc kunye. Yayingeyontsini nje kuphela, sasisakwabelana nangamaphupha ethu okuphuhlisa amakhaya kwakunye noluntu lweendawo esiphuma kuzo zaseMpuma Koloni. Sasivumelana ngemfuneko yokuphuhlisa abahlelekileyo, hayi nje ukuziphuhlisa.
Ndandimvuyela kakhulu ke lo mfana ngempumelelo yakhe, nam ndaziva ndinethemba. Sagqiba ke ukuncokola noMthetho savalelisana ndayitsala yavela ukubuyela eGermiston. Ndafika apho kukho uBongani kuphela, kungekho mntu wumbi, isithukuthezi sibhalwe apha kuye ebunzi. Ndathi ndifika nje wathi masikhe solule imilenze siye kubona intombazana ancuma nayo kwindawana apha ebizwa ngokuba yiDelville, cebu kuhle neGermiston le. Andilibazisanga ke, sakhwel’endleleni ngeenyawo. Sithe ke xa sibuya ndafowunelwa ngumhlobo wam ohlala eFive. Wayebuza ukuba ndiza kubabona nini na eFive, nam ke ngenxa yokukhumbula iFive ndamxelela ukuba siza kufika nje ukubuya kwamajitha emsebenzini kwangaloo mini. Ndandinomdla kakhulu wokubona iFive kwakhona kuba kaloku ndandikhumbula ixesha lam lokuqala ukuza eRhawutini, ngo-2000, apho sasihlala emkhukhwini omagumbi mabini noKhaya, uSiviwe kwakunye noZolisa. IFive le yayiyindawo yokuqala endayaziyo apha eRhawutini kwaye ndandinentaphane yabahlobo phaya. Ngezo ntsuku ke le ndawo yayingumthombo wolonwabo kwaye nabantu bakhona babenobuntu noxa bengathathi ntweni. Yayingabantu beendawo ngeendawo bethetha iilwimi ngeelwimi kodwa babeluqilima ukumanyana oku, bekhathalelene. Babesakubizana “makhi”, mntu ngamnye emazi omnye.
Ndikhumbula mhla uthile xa ndandiphaya, apho abahlali baye babonisa ubuntu bokwenene. Baye baqokelela imali yokuxhasa nkwenkwana ithile eyayiphumelele ibanga leshumi emagqabini – nge-exemption ngokwamakhumsha. Kaloku abazali bale dyongwana babehluphekile bengenayo imali yokumthumela eyunivesithi, kodwa uluntu lwakwazi ukuqokelela imali eyaneleyo yatsho le ntwana yakwazi ukuqhubela phambili ngemfundo yayo. Uvuyo olwalukuloo mntwana lolungathethekiyo!
Enyanisweni ke apha eFive bezizininzi izimokolo neembarha kodwa noxa kunjalo andizange ndabubona ubundlobongela kwaba bantu, kulo lonke ixesha ndihlala phaya andizange ndive ziganeko zihlasimlisayo. Umoya wawusoloko umhle, umhle kangangokuba wawusithi xa ubutsibe edolophini ugxagxamise ukubuya wakugqiba ukuthenga uleqe elokishini ukuya kuzonwabela. Xa kukho itheko okanye umcimbi mzini uthile, ubungalindi kumenywa, ubusuka ungene nje kodwa abantu bakwamkele ngezishushu bathi, “yonwaba”. Yayingabantu abantu bale ndawo, kungekho mntu ujongele omnye phantsi.
Ndiyaqonda ke sewuzibonela ke nawe mfundi indlela endandiyixabise ngayo le ndawo yaseFive. Ngoko ke ndandiza kuthi ukuze ndizive kakuhle ukuba ndifikile eRhawutini, ndizibone ndixhawula izandla “zoomheza” nabahlobo bam bakudala baseFive. Enye into ndandiza kufumana ithuba lokubona amanye amaNgcobo ahlala elokishini. Kaloku abahlobo bam aba bona baseGermiston babeziinzalelwane zezinye iidolophana zeMpuma Koloni, hayi eNgcobo. Ndandiza kuqala ke ukudibana nabakhaya bam abalapha kweleendunduma, ngoko ke ndandigcobile.
Mna noBongani sagqiba kwelokuba sipheke kwangexesha ukwenzela ukuba bathi bebuya abanye bafike isidlo sesilungile. Ngale ndlela ke sasingazukuphozisa maseko, babeza kufika nje badle, siyitshay’isaqhuma ukuya elokishini. Kaloku ngezolo sasifumene isimemo sokuya kwithekwana elaliza kuba sedolophini ngale mini ngoko ke sathi masiqale elokishini sihlale nje ithutyana sibuye ngokukhawuleza siye ethekweni emva koko. Sasinethuba elaneleyo lokuphinda siye ekasi ngempelaveki, ngaphaya koko sihlale uMgqibelo wonke, ngoko ke sasingenaxhala lale nto yokuba sasiza kuthi qu nje, sibuye. Ndathi ke kuba kaloku wena mfundi ndikwasisidodo apha ngasekuphekeni, ndaqonda ukuba mandenze esona sidlo sakhe salula: inyama ecoliweyo kunye neetapile. Ndandiyazi kaloku ukuba esi isidlo sasingenakuthatha xesha lingakanani kwaye sasingazukundiveza ubuqhitala bam. Esi ke sisidlo samavila namasoka!
Kuthe ke xa kuza kubetha eyesihlanu intsimbi, gangqa uKhaya noZolisa bebuya emsebenzini. Waxhelelw’exhukwane uKhaya unkabi lo ngokuya eFive waphela egxagxamisa akagqiba noko kutya. Ndiyathemba ke mfundi kwakungenxa yokungxama, hayi ukungabi nancasa kwesidlo. UZolisa yena wazilandula kwasekuqaleni, esithi udiniwe akanakukwazi ukuya elokishini, watsho esithi ufuna ukukhe alale. Ayiqhelekanga ke le kuba urheme lo watya inqina lehagu, ngokomthetho udla ngokuba abe ngowokuqala xa kusithiwa kuyahanjwa, angakhathali nokuba akabazi abo bantu batyelelwayo. Maxa wambi wayede asihlawulele eteksini kuba nje efuna ukuhamba. Kodwa kuthe ngale imini, xa kanye sisiya kwindawo ayazi nayithanda ngaphezu kwethu sonke, wala akafuna kuhamba noxa le ndawo ikufutshane. Wala kwaphela umfana kaGoqolo.
Igagu elikhulu uKhanyisa, umninawa kaKhaya, wayemaxhaphetshu efuna ukuhamba nathi. Emihleni sasisidla ngokuhamba naye xa singayi kude, kodwa ngale imini ndem’entla ndala andamvumela ahambe. Ndathi makashiyeke eli tyeli sasisaya eFive, ukuze sihambe naye ngokubuya xa sisiya ethekweni edolophini.
Kunanamhlanje andisazi isizathu sokumalela ukuba makahambe nathi, kuba kaloku kwa-umkhuluwa lo wakhe wayengenangxaki ngokuhamba naye. Ndiyabona nje ndandisafikelwe bubudala ndingafuni ukuphazanyiswa yilaaitie endleleni.
Lo mzuzwana uKhaya noBongani babegxagxamisa belungiselela ukuhamba ndabaleka ndaya kumgangatho ongasentla ukuya kutsala umnxeba ndichaze ukuba sisendleleni ezayo. Ndathi nje ukubuya kwam, saqhwith’izithende, indim, uKhaya noBongani. Apha endleleni kwakumnandi, uncumo lume ngeendlebe. Kuthe ke kuba noko kwakuqala ukuba nenkwankca, ndaboleka isilamba sikaBongani esiluhlaza. Mna kaloku ndandimke eKapa kushushu ngoko ke ndandingaziphethanga iimpahla ezisithileyo kuba ndandiyiqhele iJozi ishushu ngeli xesha lonyaka. Ndandizinxibele nje itreksuti yam emnyama endandiyisebenzisa xa ndisenza imithambo. Ndandingafuni ukubonwa nanguthathatha ukuba ndibuya edolophini, ndandifuna ukuba ngumntu njee ongacacanga, ongohlukanga ebantwini baloo ngingqi. Sacebisana ke ukuba sishiye noonomyayi. Kaloku wena sasiyilumkele nemigulukudu le. Saqonda ke ukuba masishiye zonke ezazinokutsala imigulukudu. Sagxanya sagugutha njalo ke sidlula ngakumzi-mveliso wenyama wakwa-Enterprise, sehlela ngezantsi sidlula udederhu lwemizi-mveliso yaseGermiston sayikhomba ngasesiporweni sikaloliwe. Kwakuthe nkcwe ke apha endleleni, kuvakala nje izingqi zezihlangu zethu. Kuthe kuba sekuqala noko ukubanda, senyusa isantya saba buxhina. Njengokuba sihamba sasiman’ukuqhulana, sikhumbuzana imihla yamandulo nezinto esasisakuzenza eFive.
Kuqalile kwathi thu kancinci imikhukhu embalwa okuye sisondela kufuphi, sajika sawushiya umgaqo sangena kwindledlana yeenyawo eqhagamshela idolophu nelokishi. Indlela le yayirhangqwe yingca ende eyomileyo, kubonakala ukuba imvula inqabile. Sayikhab’imisingizana saya phambili. Sahamba sadlula ibhulorho ekwisandla sokunene, sijonge phambi kwethu isiporo sikaloliwe esasiza kusiwela ukuya elokishini. Kwathi
