GABERONE —
Umculi olodumo njalo eyimbongi, uAlbert Nyathi uthi noma nje selulude uhambo kunengi okusasele etankeni lakhe ngoba elokhe esavutha umlilo. UNyathi, owaziwa kakhulu ngendlikizane yakhe yengoma u-‘Senzeni Na’, uxoxe lentathelizindaba yeStudio 7, uMartin Ngwenya ngomsebenzi wakhe kwezomculo kanye lemizamo ayenzayo yokuthuthukisa isigaba sakibo seKafusi eGwanda.
Noma nje umnu. Albert Nyathi esedlulise iminyaka edlula amatshumi ayisithupha emhlabeni, lokhe kulelangabi elokuthi aqhubeke ngakuthandayo.
UNyathi obe esebotswana ukuzancedisa umngane wakhe uBberry Heart ngesikhathi ekhupha idlalade, uthi umango phambi usemude. Lokhu kuzaqala ngokuvakatshela eFrance leqembu lakhe alibumbe lamakhehla akoBulawayo, eleBulawayo Kwela. Uthi sebenelise ukukhipha idlalade ‘uMoya’ athemba ukuthi lizakwenza kuhle.
Ngemva kwalokho uNyathi uzabale micimbicimbi iZimbabwe yonke jikelele enanza iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lokhe wakhipha idlalade lakhe ‘uSenzeni Na?” eyabalodumo kakhulu. Uthi isifiso sakhe yikuthi akhiphe enqondweni zabantu ukuthi angeke ayenza ngcono okwedlula ‘Usenzeni na?”
Nje ngabanengi eluhlwini lwemaNdebeleni, uNyathi ukhala ngosekelo kuzulu, ethi kumele abantu bancedise abaculi babo. Uthi le yiyo yodwa indlela ezomculo kwelemandebeleni ongakhula ngayo…
Ulethemba lokuthi uLovemore Majaivana, ohlonitshwa kakhulu kwezomculo, uzaphenduka ekuhlabeleni. Uthi uMajaivana kazange athole usekelo olumfaneleyo okwenza ukuthi kudangalise inhliziyo yakhe. Kodwa uthi uMajaivana ulakho ukubakhona kudlalade lakhe elizayo, akhangele ukulikhipha ngomnyaka ozayo…
UNyathi uthi noma nje engumculi, usesungule uhlelo lokwemba umgodi ukusiza izakhamizi zeKafusi eGwanda, ukulwisa ukuswelakala kwamanzi..
Uthi le yindlela yokubonga isigaba esamkhulisayo njalo ufisa ukubona abanye bephumelela.
UNyathi, owaqala ukuthakazelela kakhulu ezomculo ngesikhathi esesikolweni semfundo yangaphezulu, udhobha umzila owodwa aqoma ngayo iqembu leHighlanders, ethi yilo alibona lihamba phambili…
UBerry Heart, laye ohlonitshwa linengi kweleBotswana ngomculo wakhe onwayizela inhliziyo, uNyathi amuthi ngumculi osezingeni eliphezulu…
Lokhu kube sobala ngesikhathi unyathi etshiya inengi elingene umbuthano wakhe egaborone lisidla ezandleni zakhe ngobungcitshi kwembongi yakhe…
Noma nje umnu. Albert Nyathi esedlulise iminyaka edlula amatshumi ayisithupha emhlabeni, lokhe kulelangabi elokuthi aqhubeke ngakuthandayo.
UNyathi obe esebotswana ukuzancedisa umngane wakhe uBberry Heart ngesikhathi ekhupha idlalade, uthi umango phambi usemude. Lokhu kuzaqala ngokuvakatshela eFrance leqembu lakhe alibumbe lamakhehla akoBulawayo, eleBulawayo Kwela. Uthi sebenelise ukukhipha idlalade ‘uMoya’ athemba ukuthi lizakwenza kuhle.
Ngemva kwalokho uNyathi uzabale micimbicimbi iZimbabwe yonke jikelele enanza iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lokhe wakhipha idlalade lakhe ‘uSenzeni Na?” eyabalodumo kakhulu. Uthi isifiso sakhe yikuthi akhiphe enqondweni zabantu ukuthi angeke ayenza ngcono okwedlula ‘Usenzeni na?”
Nje ngabanengi eluhlwini lwemaNdebeleni, uNyathi ukhala ngosekelo kuzulu, ethi kumele abantu bancedise abaculi babo. Uthi le yiyo yodwa indlela ezomculo kwelemandebeleni ongakhula ngayo…
Ulethemba lokuthi uLovemore Majaivana, ohlonitshwa kakhulu kwezomculo, uzaphenduka ekuhlabeleni. Uthi uMajaivana kazange athole usekelo olumfaneleyo okwenza ukuthi kudangalise inhliziyo yakhe. Kodwa uthi uMajaivana ulakho ukubakhona kudlalade lakhe elizayo, akhangele ukulikhipha ngomnyaka ozayo…
UNyathi uthi noma nje engumculi, usesungule uhlelo lokwemba umgodi ukusiza izakhamizi zeKafusi eGwanda, ukulwisa ukuswelakala kwamanzi..
Uthi le yindlela yokubonga isigaba esamkhulisayo njalo ufisa ukubona abanye bephumelela.
UNyathi, owaqala ukuthakazelela kakhulu ezomculo ngesikhathi esesikolweni semfundo yangaphezulu, udhobha umzila owodwa aqoma ngayo iqembu leHighlanders, ethi yilo alibona lihamba phambili…
UBerry Heart, laye ohlonitshwa linengi kweleBotswana ngomculo wakhe onwayizela inhliziyo, uNyathi amuthi ngumculi osezingeni eliphezulu…
Lokhu kube sobala ngesikhathi unyathi etshiya inengi elingene umbuthano wakhe egaborone lisidla ezandleni zakhe ngobungcitshi kwembongi yakhe…