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5 - Isigcawu sesihlanu

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2021

Sikhumbuzo Xaba
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(Endaweni yokuphuza amanzi amponjwana, uMzwakhe ukhuluma noLumumba ngodaba lokubulala uThemba.)

MZWAKHE: Ngiyathemba ukuthi usayikhumbula intuthu yaseSwazini my bra.

LUMUMBA: (Ethela engilazini.) Ngiyikhumbula kahle Mzwakhe. Ngeke ngize ngikhohlwe indlela owangisiza ngayo.

MZWAKHE: Kuhle uma usakhumbula. Phela wena ngabe usejele sikhuluma nje.

LUMUMBA: Ngabe ngidla ukudla kwakhona okungasile. Yini eseyenza ukuba ungikhumbuze ngalelo cala manje?

MZWAKHE: Ukuthi kunento engicela ukuba ungisize ngayo.

LUMUMBA: Khuluma, ngilalele.

MZWAKHE: Kukhona umfana esifunda naye, igama lakhe uThemba Cele.

\YILONA engihlale nginitshela ukuthi asizwani naye, siyinja nekati. Angithi uyambona?

LUMUMBA: Akupheli isikhathi esitheni ungashongo lutho ngaye. Usaqhubeka yini ngokuba abe yinkinga? Angithi usho lo ozalwa yinyanga?

MZWAKHE: Wazi yena kanye. Lo mfana ulokhu enakashelana nentombi yami. Ngiyasola futhi ukuthi ufuna ukungishaya ngenkwayindane.

LUMUMBA: Uyawubona-ke umphumela wokutshela intombi yakho ukuba yenze sengathi imqomile kanti nidlala ngaye?

MZWAKHE: Bengingazi ukuthi uzoqhubeka abelesele noma sengimazisile ukuthi sasimenza isilima. Kwala ngisho sengimtshela ukuthi uZama usekhulelwe ingane yami. Esikhundleni salokho ufuna ukungishaya.

LUMUMBA: Uzokwenzenjani ukuxazulula le nkinga?

MZWAKHE: Kungakuhle ukuba abulawe. Ngihlale ngisho ukuthi umuntu ozama ukungiphazamisa kuZama ngingambulala nokumbulala.

LUMUMBA: Uzombulala kanjani ngoba kuyinto eyaziwayo ukuthi anizwani naye ngenxa kaZama?

MZWAKHE: Yilapho-ke okungena khona wena. Kungakuhle kube nguwena owenza lo msebenzi wokumgudluza.

LUMUMBA: Izigebengu ziyasizana mfowethu. Ngizowenza lo msebenzi. Ngizomshaya kuthule umoya lo mfana.

(Bavalelisane, bahlukane.)

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Iqonde Kuphi le Ndlela? , pp. 71 - 72
Publisher: University of South Africa
Print publication year: 2012

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