Hi 2000, kusuka e tindzhawini tale henhla tale tintshaveni ta Andes Mountains tale Chile, ti alpacas tosungula ta 60 tifikile laha Afrika Dzonga. Swiharhi leswi swi endle ntlhambi wosungula. Kuvile na leti tingata kusuka e Chile, Peru, nale Australia letinga endla leswaku vufuwi byati alpaca e Afrika Dzonga byi ndlandlamuka kuya eka 10 000 wa swiharhi hi 2019, akungari hinkwato leti ati tsarisiwile.
Ti alpaca sweswi I muxaka lowu tsarisiweke e Afrika Dzonga laha vakurisi na vinyi vatona laha vaseketeriwaka hiva South African Alpaca Breeders Society - nhlangano lowu simekiweke hi lembe ra 2001. Ti alpaca e Afrika Dzonga ti fuweriwa fleece yatona, tani hi xitoko xokurisa, laha ti xavisiwaka tani hi swifuwo swale kaya, xikan’we na vuswikoti bya tona byaku risa swifuwo swa tinyimpfu.
Matsala lawa yantsongo ya nyika nhlamuselo hi vufuwi byati alpaca e Afrika Dzonga xikan’we na vuxokoxoko eka vuhumelerisi xikan’we na kutirhisiwa ka alpaca fleece.
Translated by Ike Ngobeni