ULihle noLwandle etwasahlobo
Tebogo Boikanyo Matshana
Tebogo Matshana
isiNdebele
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ULihle noLwandle baseTlhagwini Kapa bayokuvatjhela umzawabo, uLina.
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ULina uyabathatha uyobakhombisa amathuthumbo endaweni ebizwa nge-Namaqualand.
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Abodade laba bakareke khulu!
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“Iphasi lembeswe mibala ekhanyako!” kubabaza uLwandle.
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ULina uyamomotheka, “Nakuthoma itwasahlobo, amathuthumbo amanengi ayathuthumba lapha.”
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ULina uyaraga, “Ngemva kokuna kwezulu, begodu njengoba amazinga wokutjhisa akhuphuka, amathuthumbo akhula kiyo yoke indawo.”
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“Kwesikhatjhana esincani, inarha eyomileko le itjhuguluka ibe masimu wamathuthumbo.”
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“Ngesikhathi setwasahlobo, umma utjala imbewu esivandeni. Ngubani otjale amathuthumbo la?” kubuza uLwandle.
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ULina uyamphendula, “Mathuthumbo wemmangweni, akunamuntu owatjalileko.”
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“I-Namaqualand inemihlobo eminengi ehlukileko yeentjalo, iinlwana, kanye neenunwana,” kutjho uLina.
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“Ngicabanga bona igama elitjho koke lokho ngelithi
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‘biodiversity’,” uLihle uyakhumbula.
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“I-Bio bani?” kubuza uLwandle.
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“Iye, i-biodiversity itjho lokha nakunemihlobo eminengi ehlukileko yeenlwana neentjalo endaweni,” kuphendula uLina.
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“I-Biodiversity yenza ipilo ehle ebhodulukweni lemvelo,” kutjho uLihle.
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Abantazana bakhamba badlula umelusi nemvu yakhe. “Baaaa!” kulila imvu.
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“Baaaa!” ikhorasi labantazana.
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“Amalamjana wezimvu amanengi azalwa ngesikhathi setwasahlobo,” kuyelela uLihle.
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“Iinlwana ezinengi zizala, nofana ziphandlusea amaqanda, ngesikhathi setwasahlobo,” kuvuma uLina.
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“Ngiyabathanda abantwana beenlwana! Kuhle kuhle ithoma nini itwasahlobo?” kubuza uLwandle.
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“Kubudisi ukunemba ngeenkhathi zomnyaka,” kuphendula uLina.
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Uyaraga, “Kodwana ngokujayelekileko lapha sivame ukubona amatshwayo wetwasahlobo ngenyanga kaKhukhulamungu.”
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“Ubujamo bezulu buthoma ukufuthumala, begodu nezulu liyana,” kutjho uLina
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“Bese, kwesikhatjhana esincani, irhalawumba iba sivande samathuthumbo wommango,” kumomotheka uLihle.
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——Imibuzo


  1. Bakuphi aboLihle banoLwandle? Thola indawo emebheni
  2. Sikhathi siphi somnyaka esisendatjaneni?
  3. Kwenzakalani kilesi isikhathi somnyaka?
  4. Ingabe itwasahlobo iyafana namkha ihlukile neyendaweni ohlala kiyo? Hlathulula.
  5. Iintjalo zitlhoga ini ukobana zikhule?
  6. Ngisiphi isikhathi somnyaka osithanda khulu? Kubayini?
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Title: ULihle noLwandle etwasahlobo
Author/s: Tebogo Boikanyo Matshana
Translator/s: Vusi Mahlangu
Illustrator/s: Tebogo Matshana
Assurer/s: Sponono Mahlangu
Language: isiNdebele

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