Zulu

Dlanini Masoka Kobola!

Image by Tshepo Phologane, Courtesy of 1stborn.Photography Ibhalwe nguMbuso Ngcongco Ngenyanga kaNhlangulana ngo1959 imbokodo yabamba inhlabaluhide yabhekis’ amabombo emabhaleni lapho uhulumeni wobandlululo wayethengisela khona amadoda umqombothi nobhiya. Ukuphisa utshwala kwabe kuyindlela yokwakha umnotho nokuziphilisa kwabesimame ababevile enkulungwaneni. Nangaphezu kwalokho, abaningi base beyibona imiphumela emibi yamankwebevu lapho amadoda ayengasabuyi namali, ephenduka izidakwa. Amaningi ayesaphelelwa nayimisebenzi, abesimame bengasathokozi ekamelweni okungamadojeyana …

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Sikhona yini isidingo sokumtshela iqiniso?

“Sikhona yini isidingo sokumtshela iqiniso?” kusho umuntu. “Kungcono angimuyeke naye uyozibonela mhla wavula amehlo akhe.” Ingabe yiyo na indlela ekumele siziphathe ngayo leyo, yiyo na indlela okumele sibone ikakhulukazi abaholi bethu ngayo le? Okubuhlungu ukuthi uma sizesajwayela ukungalikhulumi iqiniso kwasekuqaleni kuba nzima ukulikhuluma esikhathini esizayo. Kuvele kube sekuyajwayeleka ukubheka eceleni lapho kufanele khona siphakame sivele …

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Yin’ukwazi? (What is to know?)

  Yin’uKwazi? Ngitshele mngane! (Tell/advise me friend) Kuyini’ukwazi? (What is to know?) Ngigqoke kahle, (I am well dressed,) Ngiphath’induku (I carry a stick) Ngiqwale’umgwaqo, (I wander about the street) Ngidl’ezibomvu? (Dressed in red?)   Ngitshele ntanga! (Tell me peer!) Kuyin’ukwazi? (What is to know?) Ngukuy’’esikoleni, (Is it to go to school) Ngifundane nencwadi! (By merely …

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