Asnath Mahapa o fofela godimo
Sara Lekganyane
Khanyisa Masemola
Setswana
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Lebo o buisana le Mokapoteine Asnath Mahapa ka go kwala mo makasining wa sekolo. O itumeletse go kopana le mofofisi wa ntlha wa mosadi wa montsho.
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“Dumela, Mokapoteine Mahapa! O amogetswe mo puisanong ya rona,” ga bua.
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“Dumela, Lebo. Ke a leboga. Mpitse Asnath,” ga bua.
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“Ke kopa o mpolelele ka dingwaga tsa gago tsa bongwana,” ga bua Lebo.
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“Ke belegetswe kwa Limpopo ka 1979.
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Go ne go se na metsi kgotsa motlakase. Re ne re ithuta ka lesedi la kerese,” ga bua Asnath.
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“O simolotse leng go rata difofane le go fofa?” Lebo a botsa. “Ke simolotse go rata difofane fa ke le dingwaga tse 13.
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Ka simolola go buisa dimakasine tsa bofofisi kwa sekolong.
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Go simolotse jalo,” Asnath a gopola.
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“Jaanong la gola jang lerato la gago la go fofa?” Lebo a botsa a kwala fa fatshe.
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“Ke ne ke tlhola ke ipotsa gore difofane tse di kgolo di kgona go nna jang mo moweng.
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Ke ne ke batla go itse go le gontsi gore difofane di fofa jang,” Asnath a araba.
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“Ke dithuto dife tse o tshwanetseng go di ithutela go nna mofofisi?” Lebo a botsa.
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Asnath a tlhalosa gore Dipalo le Saense ke dithuto tse di botlhokwa.
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“Gape o tshwanetse go fofisa diura di le dintsi pele ga o ka bona lokwalo lwa bofofisi,” a araba.
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Lebo a botsa thatathata ka go ithutela bofofisi.
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“Bofofisi bo tlhoka kitso ya dipalo e ntsi.
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Go ithutela Boenjiniri go ruta go itse ka tsamaiso ya difofane. Boenjiniri bo ikaegile ka Saense le Dipalo,” Asnath a araba.
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“O ne o ikutlwa jang fa o simolola go fofa? Nna ke tshaba go fofa.” Lebo ga bua.
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“Ijoo! Tlhogo ya me e ne e dikologa. Fela ke ile ka nna pelokgale.
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Jaanong, ke fofela kwa dinageng tse dintsi mme ke ithuta ka ditso tse di farologaneng,” Asnath a araba.
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“Seo se tshwanetse se bo se itumedisa! Lebo ga bua. “A o ka mpolelela go le gontsi ka ga difofane?”
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“Mowa o o kgabaganyang go ralala diphuka o isa sefofane kwa godimo.
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Kgorometso ya dienjene a se isa kwa pele,” Lebo a tlhalosa.
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“Go a itumedisa,” Lebo ga bua. “A o ne o na le dikgoreletsi tsa go nna mofofisi?”
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“Ee, mathata a mantsi! Go ne gotwe ke mokhutshwane. Le gore dithuto tsa me ga di maleba. Le gore bofofisi ga se tiro ya basadi.”
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“O rarabolotse mathata ao jang?” Lebo a botsa.
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“Ke ne ka lwantsha molao wa seemo sa kgolo. Ke ile ka boela sekolong sa bofofisi mme ka bona maduo a a kwa godimo.
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Ke ne ke batla go bontsha gore basadi ba na le bokgoni,” Asnath a araba.
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Lebo a dumela mme Asnath a tswelela, “Ke ithutile gore fa o ikemiseditse o tlaa kgona.
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Ke ne ke sa reetse ope yo o neng a nnyemisa mooko. Le gore basadi ba kgona fela jaaka banna.”
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“Ke nnete!” Lebo ga bua.
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“O motlotlo ka eng?” Lebo a botsa.
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“Ke ne ke le dingwaga di le someamabedi fela fa ke ne ke nna mofofisi wa ntlha wa montsho wa mosadi mo Aforikaborwa.
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Gape ke ne ke le karolo ya setlhopha sa basadi se e neng e le sa bafofisi. Ke rata go rotloetsa basetsana go ithutela Saense,”
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“Ka maswabi re feletswe ke nako. Ke lebogela puisano.
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O re bontshitse gore maikemisetso a go isa godimo!” Lebo a rialo.
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“Ke a leboga Lebo. Ke itumeletse go bua le wena!” Asnath ga bua a nyeba.
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——Dipotso


  1. Ke batho bafe ba babedi ba ba buisanang fa e bile ba bua ka eng?
  2. Goreng Lebo a dira puisano e?
  3. Ke eng se se dirileng gore Asnath a nne mofofisi?
  4. Tlhalosa gore go tlhokega eng go nna mofofisi.
  5. Difofane di fofa jang?
  6. Batla tshedimosetso ya gore ke mang mofofisi wa ntlha wa mosadi mo Aforika.
  7. A o dumela gore mongwe le mongwe a ka fofisetsa kwa godimo jaaka Asnath? Tlhalosa.
  8. Asnath o nnile le kgatlhego mo difofaneng fa a na le dingwaga tse 13. Wena o na le kgatlhego mo go eng? O tlaa fitlhelela seo jang?
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——Dibuka tse di mo motseletseleng o


  • Andile Mji
  • Asnath Mahapa
  • Bongani Mayosi
  • Charlotte Maxeke
  • Mmantsane Moche Diale
  • Mulalo Doyoyo
  • Tebello Nyokong
  • Tshilidzi Marwala
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Bukakanelo e, e tlhamilwe le go kwalwa ka puo ya Sepedi, jaaka karolo ya porojeke ya didirswa tsa go buisa ya Zenex Ulwazi Lwethu ya 2020.
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Title: Asnath Mahapa o fofela godimo
Author/s: Sara Lekganyane
Translator/s: Lorato Trok
Illustrator/s: Khanyisa Masemola
Assurer/s: Dineo Moatshe, Opelo Thole
Language: Setswana

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