Gcina Mhlophe, mugaringeti wo hlawuleka
Eric Khorombi
Vusi Malindi


Xitori lexi i xa Nokugcina Mhlophe.
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U tswariwile hi 1958, eKwaZulu-Natal. U kurisiwile hi kokwanaxasati wa yena.
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Kokwanaxasati wa yena a hamba a n’wi rungulelela mitsheketo hi Xizulu. U rungulele Gcina mitsheketo yo tala a ha ri lontsongo.
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Kokwanaxisati wa Gcina u n’wi rungulele mitsheketo ku kondza a kota no vumba swifaniso swa miehleketo.
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Gcina a ta yingisela kahle loko a karhi a runguleriwa.
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Loko Gcina a ri na khume wa malembe, kokwanaxisati wa yena u n’wi tekile va ya tshama eKapa-Vuxa.
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Gcina u kule a nga ri na vuhungasi byo tala na mavonakule. U kule a rhandza ku hlaya tibuku.
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U sungule ku tsala mitsheketo na switlhokovetselo hi Xiqhoza.
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Hi le tlhelo a va a karhi a dyondza no pfuneta ekerekeni.
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Siku rin’wana mufundhisi na nghamu yakwe va n’wi rhambile ekaya ra vona.
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Hixamundzuku nimixo mufundhisi u rhambile Gcina eka nhlengeletano etikweni ra le kusuhi.
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Nhlengeletano a yi ri ekaya ka Hosi.
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Nhlengeletano a yi ri mayelana no pfumelela tihomu ku ya emuhwanini.
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Loko a ri kwale, u vonile wanuna a ambarile xiambalo xa xintu xo vangama.
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Wanuna loyi a ri muphati. Muphati i munhu loyi a ndhunduzelaka no yimbelela eka mitlangu ya xintu.
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Gcina u tsakisiwile hi ndlela leyi muphati a tirhisa vutshila na ririmi hakona. U tivisiwile eka muphati na Hosi.
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Loko muphati a n’wi qhavula, a titwa a ri muphati na yena.
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Gcina u tekile xoboho xa ku va muphati.
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Hi 1979, Gcina u rhurele eJoni laha a tirheke tani hi mupfuni wa le makaya. A hlayisa vana va mune vo phungela.
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Siku rin’wana u va miyetile hi ku va hlamusela ntsheketo.
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Ntsheketo a wu vulavula hi Nanabuhlele, xinghunghumana lexikulu xa mihlovhlovo lexi a xi tshama ematini.
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A nga swi tivi leswaku vana va ta tsakela migaringo ya yena ya xi Afrika. Kambe ku nga si hela nkarhi va ku, “Hi byele xitori xin’wana!”
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U tekile xiboho xa ku sungula ku tsala mistheketo.
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A lava ku hlohlotela vana ku tsakela mitsheketo ya kokwanaxisati wa yena.
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U sungule ku tsala tibuku ta vana, mitlangu, mitsheketo na swiphatu.
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Wun’wana ntsheketo wa yena wo sungula a ku ri, ‘My Dear Madam.’
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Ntsheketo lowu i wa vutomi byakwe tanihi mupfuni ekaya.
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Ntsheketo wun’wana wa nkoka wa nkarhi lowu i ‘Love Child’, xa mayelana na vutomi bya Gcina.
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Gcina a a lava ku sirhelela vutshila byo rungula mitsheketo.
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Hikokwalaho ka sweswo u ve a sungula Zanendaba Institute.
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Zanendaba i rito ra Xizulu leri vulaka ‘tana na mahungu’ kumbe ‘ndzi byele timhaka.’
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Zanendaba Institute yi letela vanhu lava tsakelaka ku rungula no tsala switori.
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Gcina u sungule pfhumba ra Nozincwadi Mother of Books Campaign hi 2001.
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Gcina u hlohlotela ku hlaya na ku hlamusela mitsheketo hambi ku tsala mitsheketo ya vana.
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U sungule ku endzela matikoxikaya mo hambanahambana eAfrika-Dzonga ku avelana na vanhu hi nkoka wo hlaya.
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U tlhela a nyikela tibuku eka swikolo leswi a swi endzelaka leswaku va ti veka elayiburari.
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Gcina u tlangile tanihi mutlanginkulu wa ntlangu lowu kumeke sagwati wa ‘Have you seen Zandile?”
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Ntlangu lowu i wa nhwana lontosngo loyi a a tshama na kokwanaxisati wa yena eDurban, ivi mana wa Zandile a n’wi rhwala a n’wi yisa ematikoxikaya eKapa-Vuxa.
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Gcina u tsarile ntsheketo lowu mayelana na vutomi bya yena.
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Leswi hileswi Nokugcina Mhlophe a swi vuleke hi ntirho wa yena:
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“Ndzi rungula mitsheketo ku pfuxelela mitsheketo eka vanhu, hikuva ndzi tshemba leswaku munhu un’wana na un’wana u na ntsheketo lowu a nga wu rungulelaka.”
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U na ntsheketo lowu u nga hi rungulelelaka?
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Swivutiso


  1. Xana Gcina Mhlophe i mani?
  2. I ncini xi endlike leswaku Gcina a lava ku va muphati?
  3. I ncini xi endlike leswaku Gcina a tsala mitsheketo?
  4. Kuma mitsheketo lowu tsariweke hi Gcina Kutani u xi hlayela ehenhla.
  5. Tsala ntsheketo hileswi nga tshama swi ku humelela evuton’wini.
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Title: Gcina Mhlophe, mugaringeti wo hlawuleka
Author/s: Eric Khorombi
Translator/s: Arnold Mushwana
Illustrator/s: Vusi Malindi
Assurer/s: Hlongwani Hlongwani, Bongani Maluleke
Language: Xitsonga

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