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UCharlotte Maxeke igorha netshantliziyo
Glanice Masilo
Vusi Malindi
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Eli bali lingoCharlotte Maxeke.
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Ngonyaka we-1901, waba ngumama wokuqala omnyama waseMzantsi Afrika ukufumana isidanga.
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UCharlotte Maxeke wayelitshantliziyo, wayekrelekrele, ekwayinkokeli ekholiweyo.
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Le ncwadi ibhiyozela ubomi bakhe.
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UKhanyisa noNthuseng bahamba kunye bavela esikolweni.
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Yimini eshushu kwaye bathe xa begqitha ngasesibhedlele, bagqiba kwelokuba baphumle emthunzini kwisitophu sebhasi esingaphandle kwamasango aso.
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Igama lesi sibhedlele yiCharlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.
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“Hee wethu, uyamazi ukuba wayengubani uCharlotte Maxeke, nokuba kwakutheni ukuze esi sibhedlele sithiywe ngaye?” uKhanyisa wabuza kumhlobo wakhe.
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Waphendula wathi uNthuseng, “Ndidlule amatyeli amaninzi kwesi sibhedlele, andizange ndikhe ndiyicinge loo nto kude kube ngoku.”
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Athe esancokola njalo la mantombazana kwagqitha umfundi weYunivesithi yaseWitswatersrand owayefundela iNzululwazi kwezeMpilo.
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“Ndinganixelela ukuba wayengubani uCharlotte Maxeke!” watsho umfundi onguBusisiwe.
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“UCharlotte Makgomo Mannya wazalwa ngeminyaka ye1870,” waqala njalo uBusisiwe.
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“Wowu, kangangeminya eli150 eyadlulayo!” wakhuza uKhanyisa.
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“Ewe, kwaye kukho amaxwebhu ahlukeneyo malunga nendawo nonyaka awazalwa ngawo uCharlotte. Abanye bathi wazalelwa eMpuma Koloni, abanye bathi wazalelwa eLimpopo,” watsho uBusisiwe.
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“UCharlotte wafunda kwisikolo sabathunywa bevangeli, apho wathi waphumelela izifundo zakhe emagqabini. Wayegqwese ngakumbi kwiilwimi nakwiMathematika. Wayekwazi ukubhala isiXhosa, isiBhulu nesiNgesi.”
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“Wazigqiba izifundo zakhe zamabanga aphakathi msinya kunabanye abantwana,” watsho enqumama kancinci uBusi. “Wowu, uCharlotte unethamsanqa!” watsho uNthuseng.
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“UCharlotte wayekrelekrele kakhulu. Kanti ke wayenelizwi elimnandi eyimvumi,” watsho uBusisiwe.
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“Emva kokufunyanwa kwedayimani eMzantsi Afrika, usapho lukaCharlotte lwafudukela eKimberley, kuMntla Koloni.
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Wasebenza njengotitshala kwaye ecula kwikwayara ekuthiwa yi
African Jubilee
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“UCharlotte watyelela eNgilani kunye nekwayara yakhe i
African Jubilee
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Baculela ababukeli ababalulekileyo eLandani, baza baya kukhenkethela eMelika,” waqhubeka uBusisiwe.
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“UCharlotte wafumana inkxasomali yokuya kufunda kwiYunivesithi yaseWilberforce eMelika. Yaye iyiYunivesithi yokuqala ukusekwa ngabaNtsundu baseMelika.”
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“Esengumfundi, uCharlotte wazibandakanya nezopolitiko. Wayedla ngokuya kwiingxoxo zamalungelo oomama. Wayefunda nenye yeenkcubabuchopho ezibalulekileyo nelithandazwe laseAfrika ekwakusithiwa ngu W.E. Du Bois. Naye wayelitshantliziyo ecaweni yakhe.
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Ngexesha efunda kwiYunivesithi yaseWilberforce, UCharlotte wadibana nomyeni wakhe uMarshall Maxeke.”
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“UCharlotte noMarshall babuyela eMzantsi Afrika ukuza kusebenza njengabathunywa bevangeli. Babefuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba bonke abantwana bafumana imfundo esemgangathweni.
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Amalungu ecawa abancedisa ekuvuleni isikolo sabantwana abamnyama baseMzantsi Afrika, eRhawutini. Esi sikolo sinempumelelo basibiza ngokuba liZiko laseWilberforce.”
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“UCharlotte wayejolisa kakhulu kwimiba yasentlalweni eyayichaphazela oomama abantsundu. Wayekwazibandakanye nombutho wamakhosikazi eentlanga zonke. Wayencedisa ekuququzeleleni uqhankqalazo oluchasene nemithetho yengcinezelo.
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Wayekwathatha inxaxheba kuqhankqalazo lwabasebenzi. Wayeyinkokeli ecaweni, utitshalakazi, umbhali kwanetshantliziyo. Wayethandeka ngokumangalisayo!”
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UBusisiwe wagqibezela wathi, “Ndafunda ngoCharlotte Maxeke ngoba ndeza kwesi sibhedlele sasikade sibizwa ngokuba yiJohannesburg Hospital, kodwa sathiywa ngokutsha saba yiCharlotte Maxeke ngonyaka wama2008.”
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“Ngumama obalulekileyo kwimbali yethu!” watsho uKhanyisa.
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“Kufuneka basifundise ngaye esikolweni!” watsho uNthuseng.
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UBusisiwe wangqinelana nala mantombazana waza thi, “Salani kakuhle, kufuneka ndiye eklasini ngoku.”
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“Enkosi ngokwabelana nathi! Sakuhlala simkhumbula umama uCharlotte, uGqirha Maxeke,” watsho uKhanyisa.
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“Ungalibali, oomama abamnyama banamandla!
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Sakubonana eYunivesithi!” watsho uBusisiwe.
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Imibuzo
Wazalelwa phi uCharlotte?
Wafunda kwesiphi isikolo?
Wayeculela eyiphi ikwayara?
Lalisithini igama lesibhedlele esibizwa ngaye ngoku?
UCharlotte Makgomo Mannya wayetshate nabani?
Ubaluleke ngantoni uCharlotte Maxeke kwezembali?
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Iincwadi ezikolu luhlu
UAndile Mji
UAsnath Mahapa
UBongani Mayosi
UCharlotte Maxeke
UMmantsane Moche Diale
UMulalo Doyoyo
UTebello Nyokong
UTshilidzi Marwala
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Eli bali liyilwe laze labhalwa ngeSetswana, njengenxalenye yeprojekthi yeZenex Ulwazi Lwethu yezixhobo zokufunda ka-2020.
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Title
: UCharlotte Maxeke igorha netshantliziyo
Author/s
: Glanice Masilo
Translator/s
: Sheila Mandlate
Illustrator/s
: Vusi Malindi
Assurer/s:
Bulelwa Nokele, Angelinah Dazela
Language:
isiXhosa
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