Malwandla ya Mandela
Ndyangu wamina wuve na nkateko wo tiva malwandla ya nkulukumba Mandela. Hi January 1986, nwana wa mina wa jaha, Gideon, a tlangela kuvuya ka yena engomeni (bar mitzvah, hi xi Jew) ari na 13 wa malembe. Andzi vhakele Mandela e khotsweni ra Pollsmoor eka mavhiki nyana lawa yanga hundza naswona andzi nwibyerile hi ta ntirho lowu.
U fanele a xaniseke ngopfu kuva a kume phepha ra kahle ro tsalela kona mahungu ya kahle ya kunavelela jaha ra mina Gideon. Endzhaku ka 4 wa malembe, loko Mandela atava a humile e khotsweni,ndzi nwii bele rinqingho ndziri e London laha ahi tshama kona hinkarhi walowo.
Endzhaku kakun’wi amukela eka ntshuxeko ndzi teke rinqingho ndzi nyika nwananga Gideon loyi anga sungula hiku xeweta aku: 'Hello Mr Mandela' — laha kunga hlamula rito rikulu ro enta riku; 'Se iyini swava Mr Mandela? Ndzi vitani malume Nelson.' Leswi swisiye Gideon ari na nwayitelo lowukulu swinene. Endzhaku, Mandela uye emahlweni a pfuna n’wana wa mina wa nhwenyani Jennifer.
Un’wi kotisile kuva a famba nayena eka African presidential planes, hi lembe ra 1991, loko a vhakela West Africa rosungula endzhaku ka 30 wa malembe. Hinkarhi walowo a lava nseketelo kusuka eka vandla ra ANC endzhaku kova a rhete a huma laha Afrika Dzonga. Sweswi se a tekeriwa enhlokweni swinene na swona a tshamela ro xewetiwa himalwandla na nhlonipho.
N’wananga u humelerisile documentary mayelana naku vhaka kayena leyi vitaniwaka, 'The Last Mile: Mandela, Afrika na Xidimokirasi'.Kuna kun’wana laha a voniwaka ari e Goree Island, ekusuhi swinene nale Dakar, laha mamiliyoni ya mahlonga avayisiwe kona hi swikepe leswaku vaya tirhela ma- America; naswona ayi tlhela yikombeta minkarhi leyi a wisile na yinwana minkarhi yakwe ari yexe na loko a vula vula hi vutomi byakwe nileswi anavela kuswifikelela eka tiko ra xidimokirasi ra Afrika Dzonga.
Translated by Ike Ngobeni
Eka leswotala, leswotala swotsakisa switori hi Mandela lexi ndzi xirhandzaka ngopfu hi lexi xivuriwaka hi Jules Browde, muyimeri wa mulungu ...
Kukokiwa rinoko hi mbulavulo wa Mandela awutali kutikomba loko arikari abula na ntshungu....