Iingelosi zokuGcina: abagada abangabonakaliyo bomzimba
Umshumayeli owayesemishini eAfrika, ngenye imini esendleleni esiya kwelinye lamarhamente akhe, wadibana nezihange ezibini ezazizimele ngasemva kwamatye athile endleleni. Olu hlaselo aluzange lwenzeke kuba, ngaphandle komshumayeli, kwabonwa abantu ababini abanxibe ezimhlophe. Izaphuli-mthetho zibalise ngesi siqendu emva kweeyure ezimbalwa kwindawo yentselo, bezama ukufumanisa ukuba ngubani. Kwelakhe icala, umgcini-ndlu yabahambi wayijika loo mbuzo, kamsinya nje akubona, waya kumntu ochaphazelekayo, kodwa wabhengeza ukuba akazange asebenzise nabaphi na oonogada.
Ibali elifanayo lenzeke eHolland ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane. Umbhaki wezonka owaziwa njengo-Benedetto Breet wayehlala kwindawo ye-proletarian e-The Hague. NgoMgqibelo ngorhatya waqoqosha ivenkile, walungisa izitulo ngentsasa yangeCawa wabamba intlanganiso nabahlali bendawo leyo, njengaye, ababengengabo abecawa. Izifundo zakhe zokufundisa zazihlala zixinene kakhulu, kangangokuba oonongogo abaninzi, emva kokuzimasa, batshintsha imisebenzi. Oku kuye kwenza ukuba isimilo seBreet singamkeleki kwaphela kwabo baxhaphaza ubuhenyu kumazibuko. Kwakunje ukuba, ngobunye ubusuku, le ndoda ivuswe ngesiqalo ngelixa ilele, ngumntu owamlumkisa ukuba, kwindawo engekude kakhulu, indoda yayigula kwaye yacela uncedo lwayo. Isilumko khange avume ukubuzwa, enxibe ngokungxama kwaye esiya kule dilesi iboniswe kuye. Ukufika kuloo ndawo, nangona kunjalo, wafumanisa ukuba akukho mntu ugulayo onokumnceda. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini kamva indoda yangena kwivenkile yayo yacela ukuthetha nayo.
“Ndim obekufuna ngobo busuku bude,” utshilo. “Mna nomhlobo wam bendifuna ukukubeka umgibe ukuze urhaxwe kulo mjelo. Kodwa xa sasibathathu, saphelelwa ngamandla kwaye icebo lethu lasilela "
"Kodwa inokwenzeka njani?" Ndibulisile ndachasa "bendindedwa ndedwa, kwakungekho mphefumlo nam ngobobusuku!"
"Sakubona uhamba nje phakathi kwabanye abantu, ungakholelwa mna!"
Ufanele ukuba uthunywe ziingelosi ukuba zindisindise, utshilo umbuliso ngombulelo ongazenzisiyo. Kodwa kutheni uze kundixelela? Undwendwe luveze ukuba uguqukile kwaye waziva isidingo esingxamisekileyo sokuvuma yonke into. I-oveni ka-Breet ngoku yindlu yomthandazo kwaye eli bali liyafumaneka kwimbali yakhe yobomi.