BOOK REVIEW OF OLIVIA MAHWAYA SIBANDA’S ‘UMKHOSI WENHLIZIYO’ Book title: Umkhosi Wenhliziyo Number of pages: 220 pages Author: Olivia Mahwaya Sibanda Publisher and year: Radiant Publishing Company Reviewer: Lickel Ndebele Ndebele fiction dates back to 1956 when Ndabaningi Sithole published Umvukela WamaNdebele. There has been a relatively slow development of this literature. Olivia Mahwaya…
Woza Uzokuzwa Mngane… Indaba yethu yethiwa ngu GOGO uBARBARA NKALA INGANEKWANE IMBILA YASWELA UMSILA NGOKULAYEZELA Bangane ngiyathokoza kakhulu ukuba lani njalo lamhlanje. Ngiliphathele enye inganekwane esilandisela ngokuthi kungani inyamazana le ethiwa yimbila ingelamsila. Ye-e-e, izinyamazana ezinengi zilemisila, kodwa yona ayilawo. Imbila liyayazi bangane? Yile inyamazana phela ngesiLungu okuthiwa yiRock Rabbit. Ehe, yonaleyana ehlala emaqaqeni lapho…
Amabizo Ezinsuku Zeviki iSonto (Sunday) uMvulo (Monday) olweSibili (Tuesday) olweSithathu (Wednesday) olweSine (Thursday) olweSihlanu (Friday) uMgqibelo (Saturday) Amabizo Ezinyanga Zomnyaka uZibandlela (January) uNhlolanja (February) uMbimbitho (March) uMabasa (April) uNkwenkwezi (May) uNhlangula (June) uNtulikazi (July) uNcwabakazi (August) uMpandula (September) uMfumfu (October) uLwezi (November uMpalakazi (December) Amabizo Ezigaba Zomnyaka Ihlobo (summer): Izulu liyana, utshani lezihlala kuluhlaza. Izilimo…
“Angie enough is enough!” said Auntie looking very angry. “I have told you time and again that I am not going to pay for the textbooks that you lost. If you are not going to collect your results because of your carelessness, that is not my problem. Your cousins here always exercised care. One reaps what one…
Woza Uzokuzwa Mngane… Indaba yethu yethiwa ngu GOGO uBARBARA NKALA INGANEKWANE UMVUNDLA LONDWANGU Bangane bakaGogo, bokhekhe, lamhla ngizalethela inganekwane kaMvundla loNdwangu. Babezwana kakhulu laba bevakatshelana phose izinsuku zonke. UMvundla wayesithi uNdwangu nguMalumakhe. Wawuzamuzwa efika koNdwangu esithi, “Zikhiphani lamhla Malume?” UNdwangu laye aphendule athi, “Iphango kuphela mzukulu wami. Zindlala zodwa Malumami. Yeyi bantu. Ngiyakunxusa phambi kwakusasa…
