uMadiba nomzukulu wakhe uBambatha

© Dr Peter Magubane
Bahlangana amehlo ngamehlo uMadiba nomzukulu wakhe u Bambatha.
uMadiba kwakuyindoda ewuthandayo umndeni wayo. Wayenabantwana abayisithuba, abazukulu abangu 17 kanye nesizukululwane esingu 19 kanti wayebathanda kakhulu bonke. Indodakazi kaMandela uZindziswa Mandela-Hlongwane wayenendodana ogama layo lingu Bambatha, wayengumntwana omncane ngesikhathi uMandela ekhululwa ejele. Osesithombeni lapha ngubaba wesizwe egone umzukulu wakhe, emamatheka kakhulu ejatshuliswa ukubamba umntwana, lapho wayebonisa olunye uhlangothi lwakhe ulontofontofo, olunakekelayo lalomholi oqavile.
uMadiba wayebathanda abantwana futhi wayevamise ukuma lapho kunama rali nemicimbi kukhona nabantwana athi ukubadlalisa. Yize noma wayesuke eswenkile futhi enesithunzi, kwakunohlangothi lwakhe olunakekelayo olungazange lubonwe ngabantu abaningi ngaphandle kwezithombe.
Egqugquzelwa uthando lwakhe ayenalo ngabantwana uMandela wasungula isikhwama sokuqokolelwa kwezimali zabantwana sikaNelson Mandela ngo 1995 futhi wayenikela isigamu seholo lakhe esasebenza njengoMongameli kulesisikhwama. Ngeminyaka emibili nje kuphela kwase kuqokelelwe izigidi ezingu 36 nezasiza ukuxhasa imisebenzi engu 780.

“Nikeza ingane uthand, ukuhleka kanye nokuthula.” ~ Nelson Mandela

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