Lembula Ingubo Lingene Kusendaweni
yaseMahhukwini
engaphansi
kwesizwe
sabaNtungwakholwa
eMnambithi. Le ndawo ivamise ukuhlaselwa wubugebengu obunzima ngendlela exakayo uma sekusondele izikhathi zePhasika (March/April) kanye nangezikhathi zamaholide kaNcibijane. Into esuke isematheni ngalezi zikhathi ukulahleka kwemfuyo. Into ekhungatha umphakathi kulendawo wukuthi, yize ilahleka ngapha nangapha imfuyo yabo kodwa akekho oke aphume esidlangalaleni athi ‘izinkomo zami zintshontshwe nguSibanibani.’ Kodwa ngaso sonke isikhathi abalahlekelwe bahlale bethi ‘Imfuyo yami ilahlekile ngisola uSibanibani.’ Uma unegazana elithi malibe libana igama lakho kuhlezi kudlalwa kulo. Namuhla ziyishumi izinsuku kuZibandlela, lana kukwaMaMkhize kwaXulu isibongo, uMaMkhize uhlala nomzukulwana wakhe uSiyanda ophothule izifundo zakhe zikaMatikuletsheni
ngonyaka
ofile
eMagwababa.
USiyanda
akakwazanga
ukuqhubeka nezifundo zakhe abenephupho lokuyozenza eNyuvesi yaKwaZulu (UNIZUL) ngenxa yezezimali, kodwa amaphuzu abemuvumela ukuthi azenze izifundo zokuba nguSonhlalakahle, kwazise uyazifela ngalomkhakha. UMaMkhize usegugile impela ngoba usesebenzisa udondolo ngisho ehamba, kanti futhi akasakwazi nokushesha. Kusemini bebade ilanga linsizwa likhipha umkhovu etsheni uMaMkhize uzihlalele phansi kwesihlahla okulokhu kuheleza umoya opholile kuso, uzilukela amacansi, osekuyiwona asizayo kuleli khaya ukuthi imbiza igcine ifike eziko, kwazise uMaMkhize wanqatshelwa impesheni ngezizathu ezingaziwanga yize iminyaka ikhomba ukuthi kumele engabe waqala ukuyitamuza eminyakeni eyishumi nanye eyadlulayo. Intombi endala iluka lamacansi ayivalile emlonyeni; ikhuluma yodwa yize kudlala umdlalo womoya emsakazweni. Kuyazicacela nje ukuthi lento ayikhulumayo ayiwuphethe kahle umphefumulo wakhe. “Hhayi ngeke, angimbize u-Ayanda phela lendaba akuyona eyami, ngeyakhe. Uma izolokhu ihlukumeza mina ngedwa ngeke kulunge.” kubalisa ukhulu kaSiyanda. “WeSiya-nda! Siyanda! WeSiya-ndo!” lowo nguMaMkhize ehoshoza ememeza. “Akobe sekuphinde kwahamba lokhu nalomnganyana wako onguKhangelani.” Kuqhuba intombi endala izithamundela yodwa. Ukhulu kaSiyanda ukhuluma
lamazwi-nje okunguSiyanda kumile emuva kwakhe kumulalele. UMaMkhize aphenduke, “Hawu kodwa Siyanda mzukulu, sekwabiza imali yini ukusabela? Awusabeli ngani ngempela? Sengimemeze kwaze kwasha izwi kodwa wena uzithulele nje.” uMaMkhize efudumala. “Ngisabelile khulu wami, okungenzeka ukuthi ukhulu akangizwanga.” uSiyanda esho ngomoya ophansi nokhombisa inhlonipho maqede athathe icansi eduze kukaMaMkhize alindlale bese ehlala ezotha, kubonakala nje ukuthi lomtwana uhlonipha ngendlela emangazayo. UMaMkhize aphumule. “Ngikubizele indaba yokulahleka kwemfuyo kamakhelwana wami.” uMaMkhize akhokhe umoya. “Mzukulu, uMlaba akakufuni nalapho uhambe khona ngoba ukholelwa ekutheni nguwe kunye nomhlobo wakho enizitshontshile.” uSiyanda ashaqeke. “Awu, ubaba uXimba usengaze angicabangele into enjena kodwa?” kubuza uSiyanda ekhombisa ukuthi akalindele mpendulo kanti nale nkulumo uyayeshwama. “Uthi-ke uMlaba, wena uzenza umuntu olungile kanti ngaphakathi kuwe unosathane nomhobholo, ufana nempisi embethe isikhumba semvu.” kuqhuba uMaMkhize. Zivele zizehlele zilakanyana izinyembezi kuSiyanda uma ezwa lamazwi afana nenkemba evutha amalangabi engena ejula enhliziyweni yakhe. “Kodwa Siyanda, kukangaki
ngikuxwayisa
ngokuthi
hlukana
phansi
nalomhlobo
wakho
onguKhangelani buka manje usuzulelwa ngamanqe?” kubuza uMaMkhize. “Khulu, senginezinyanga ezintathu ngingabonani noKhangelani. Lokhu bengikwenzela ukuvika zona izimo ezifana nalezi; bengizama ukuvika ukubhecwa ngobubende inyama ngingayithanga mbibi.” uSiyanda ekhala. “Hhayi cha, iyangidida-ke manje le ndaba, ngoba izinkomo zikaMlaba zilahleke ngesonto eledlule, kodwa wena uthi uKhangelani lona enizintshontshe naye izinkomo zikaXimba ezingamashumi amathathu wamgcina ezinyangeni ezintathu ezedlule. Ngapha uXimba ubhodla umlilo umlilo futhi ufunga uyagomela ukuthi nguwena noKhangelani enizithathile.” intombi endala iyiqede le nkulumo isijuluke imanzi nte kwazise vele i-hypertensive ngokwendalo. USiyanda athi uma ebona lesi simo kugogo wakhe aphuthume endlini abuye nojeke onamanzi abandayo nethawula elimanzi. Afike akunike ugogo wakhe. UMaMkhize aphuze lamanzi maqede azisule umjuluko sakuzithoba ehefuzela. Into exakayo manje ukuthi usehefuzela samuntu ovukwe yiphika. Yonke lento eyenzekayo iwudle kakhulu umoya kaSiyanda agcine engasazi nokuthi athatheni ahlanganise nani.
Kusenjalo ezwe abantu besilisa bequbula ngasemgwaqeni bekhuza izaga namakhwela eqhuma phezulu. Phakathi kwezinye izaga ezazikhuzwa yilezi ezithi: Isela lemfuyo lifa kabahlungu Lingazwelwa ngumuntu. USiyanda kuvele kumkhanyele ukuthi leli qulu njengoba likhuza izaga lize lana kwaXulu; lize kuye. Athi esadideke kanjalo uSiyanda, ngokuphazima kweso alizwe ukuthi leli qulu selisesangweni lakubo elalivuliwe, selishintshe nesaga selithi: Uyayivubela! Uyayivubela impi, uyayivubela! Zithi zisasizwa ngaphakathi lesi saga izinsizwa sekushisa negazi kwezinye, sivele sishintshwe ngokushesha kuthiwe: Niyamesaba na? Asimesabi! Nina Mbabazane, Somuqonda ngqo, Nizodlula kuphi? Sizodlula kuye lona esiqondene naye! (bekhomba uSiyanda) USiyanda aphakamise ikhanda amehlo akhe agcwele izinyembezi awaphose kuleli qulu, athuke kome nasozwaneni lapho ebona izikhali ekuhlonywe ngazo; kukhona izimbazo, izagila, ocelemba, amasikela, imphini yamapiki, amafosholo, izingcingo ezinameva,
isigubhu
esino-petrol,
intambo
yokubopha
izinkomo,
amathayi,
amabhawodi, izando ngisho nesiphambano imbala. Esamangele enjalo uSiyanda lisho phakathi emagcekeni akoXabhashe leli qulu sekukhala amakhwela kuphela liholwa nguye kanye umfokaXimba (uMlaba). UMlaba alidonse eze nalo leli qulu lakhe lize lifike lithi shaye phansi kwesihlahla. Lezi zinsizwa zifike phansi kwesihlahla bese eyathula amakhwela. “Kodwa Mlaba, noma ngabe umzukulwana wami ubekonile kodwa usungaze umhlomele ngalendlela enihlome ngayo?” uMaMkhize
ekhala futhi ephefumulela phezulu. “Wesalukazi, mina bengingazimisele ngokwenza lokhu okwenzekayo manje kodwa ngiphoqwe ngamaphoyisa! NgoMsombuluko ngaya kuwo ngiyobika
lolu daba lokulahleka kwezinkomo zami, ngithe uma
ngiwabikela usizi lwami avele angibuza umbuzo othi ‘kungani sidlala izingane sibadala, asizibambi ngani ngoba yizo ezebayo?’ Ngithe uma ngiphuma esizindeni samaphoyisa ngoba ngibona ukuthi sengiphenduke inhlekisa awangisizi ngalutho ngase ngihlangana noMpanza ozichaze ngokuthi ungowaseDriefontein. UThabekhulu uvele walubona ebusweni bami usizi. Ngibe sengimlandisa ngokulahlekelwa kwami nangokuphoxeka engikuthole emaphoyiseni. UMpanza
ukhombise ukuzwelana kakhulu nami nokuyilapho angichathazele
kwelengane ngeNkangala Forum; okungamalunga omphakathi waseDriefontein alwa nobugebengu ngokuzithathela umthetho ngezandla zawo. Nami ngibe sengihlala phansi ngadla amathambo engqondo mayelana nale ndaba engiyitshelwe nguThabekhulu, kangangokuba ngigcine ngifinyelele esinqumweni sokuthi nalana kule ndawo siyayidinga nathi into enjengaleyo ezolwa nobugebengu. Yiyona-ke lena eniyibonayo”
uMlaba
ekhomba
leli
qulu.
“Pho,
seningaze
nizombulala
umtanomtanami?” kubuza uMaMkhize. “Yewena gogo, ubani othe sizowubulala lomgodoyi wakho? Musa ukuphapha salukazi!” uMlaba esho ngolaka esefudumele. “Akekho mtanami othe nizombulala kodwa
ngibona izikhali eniziphethe ziyixoxa
yonke indaba.” uMaMkhize ebubula ngezwi elinosizi. “Angeke olifuyile
kodwa
sifuna
ukulizwisa
ubuhlungu
obukhulu.
silibulale leli sela
Silifundise
isifundo
silifundisele nabanye, nothing less nothing more.” uMlaba emoyizela. “Zinsizwa, ngicela ababili badonse lesi salukazi bayosifaka kuleyandlu kalawondi basivalele ngaphakathi bese beshuda ngaphandle.” uMlaba akhulume maqede kunyomuke izinsizwa ezimbili kuleli qulu, zidonse uMaMkhize ngendlakadla kuze kudabuke iphinifa lakhe lisale phansi. Aphatheke kabuhlungu uSiyanda uma ebona ugogo wakhe esehambaze, uSiyanda asukume ngenhloso yokuyosiza ugogo wakhe, zigxume zihlale kuyena izinsizwa zimvimba kuze kudabuke isikibha sakhe kuqhume nempama kube njeyaya. “Mufaseni izandla nezinyawo lo mfana, nimuhlanganise nalesi sihlahla uyedelela lodoti.”
kukhomba uMlaba edla imihlathi. “Boss, umagriza sesimvalele kanjalo.”
Kukhuluma enye yalezi zinsizwa ebezidonsa uMaMkhize. “Ngiyabonga bafowethu ngalokho. Ndoda, wena ophethe upetrol hamba uyofafaza kuleyandlu enogogo
maqede
uyokhele.”
uMlaba
ehleka
kuvela
elomhlathi.
“Singadlala
abantu,
sizagidagidwa yinhlabathi.” ”Awu kodwa bab’ uMlaba ungayenza kanjani into ebuhlungu kanjena?” uSiyanda ebubula ebona indoda ka-petrol iwafafaza wonke amalitha amahlanu ka-petrol maqede ikhiphe umentshisi ephaketheni bese ihleke kakhulu bese yokhela. Lushe lunqonqe uphahla lukalawondi luze luwele ngaphakathi. UMaMkhize ekhala ngaphakathi engena kusizwa ngumuntu. Ngapha noSiyanda akamile ekukhaleni, ulokhu ekhale njalo ngenxa yalesi sihluku ugogo wakhe azokufa ngaso.uMaMkhize azwakale ekhala kakhulu kushintshe nezwi, emuva kwalokho kukhala okukhulu bese kuzwakale ukuqhuma okukhulu okufana nokwesikhali
senyuzi.
Emuva
kokuqhuma
kuvele
kuphele
nya
nokukhala
kukaMaMkhize, uSiyanda azibonele ukuthi bekuqhuma ikhanda likagogo wakhe, adazuluke kakhulu. Leli qulu livele lishaye ihlombe namakhwela umalizwa loku kuqhuma. Abantu sebemi phezulu kwezindlu emizini yabo babuka lo mshophi; babodwa abashuthayo, babodwa abazibuzayo ukuthi ‘ingabe umndeni olunge kangaka wone ngani kodwa?’ “Madoda, nali isela lingelenu akubenjalo!” Kukhuluma uMlaba ebonakala nje ukuthi iyamthokozisa lento eyenzakalayo. Izinsizwa ziphendule ngokuthi “Elethuuu!” Babodwa ababemvambabula ngamawisa lapho bethanda khona, nabamabhawodi nabo babemqhumisa lapho abathanda khona, nomphini wepiki wawukhala eqolo, ezimbanjweni, emadolweni, emahlombe, emankankeni, ngisho nasentanyeni imbala. Emva komzumzwana wayesebomvu tebhu uSiyanda, singamile nesililo belu. Kodwa yathi enye indoda ingamsakaza ngesando entanyeni akangabe esakhala wavele wadlikiza,
kwashintsha
umuzwa
endaweni
sekubonakala
ukuthi
kuthinteke
umgogodla phecelezi i-spinal cord. “Akenime zinsizwa! Ake nime kancane!” kukhuza uMlaba ephakamisa izandla. Ngempela ziyeke lezi zinsizwa ukushaya. UMlaba asondele kancane kuSiyanda, esasondela kanjalo kuqhamuke uStix kuleli qulu ephethe u-2 litre webhakede eline-chemical
angabe esabuza alibhunyele lonke
kuSiyanda. Leli khemikhali lavele lasiyocula isikhumba sikaSiyanda ngaso leso sikhathi. Lamyocula
umlomo, nesikhumba sasemahlombe nasekhanda lageleza
njalo lehla ngozimba lidlula nesikhumba. Kuwo lowo mnyama kwaqhamuka iveni nemoto enkulu yamaphoyisa zilandelwa iambulensi.
Amaphoyisa
afika
ayimisa
iveni
ayivula
ngemuva
kwaphuma
uKhangelani elila kakhulu. “Hhawu kodwa seningase nimubulale kabuhlungu
kanjena uSiyanda engone lutho? Izinkomo zakwaMlaba zathathwa imina noStix lona ophethe ibhakede.” Kube azilizwanga lelozwi izinsizwa kunqamuke izingcingo zibaleka. UMlaba azizwe exegelwa ngamadolo, afikelwe isiyezi esihambisana nesivuvu bese ebubula ebheke ulawondi osushe waphela “Kodwa umkami ube-shilo ukuthi ngiyasukela uSiya-nda.”
IYAPHELA!!!