Literary Competitions

UMNCINTISWANO

January 7, 2024By Literary Competitions

UMNCINTISWANO WOKULOBA INDATSHANA EMFITSHANE NGESINDEBELE Mthwakazi omuhle, nanti ithuba lokuthi ulobe unonise isiphala solimi lwakho! Gagadlela lelithuba ubalelwe kulabo abaphehla ilifa lalamuhla lelakusasa. Loba INDATSHANA EMFITSHANE ngesiNdebele esicacileyo. INDATSHANA yakho ingaba lamabala aphakathi kwe 700 kusiya ku2000. Okukhulu ngumnkantsho wayo.  Zikhethele udaba oluphathelene lalokhu okwenzakalayo empilweni yalamhla ulobe indatshana yakho ngakho.  INDATSHANA yakho ayibe ngumsebenzi…

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CHAIRMANS BRIEF

January 1, 2024By NOTICES

As the year 2023 comes to its end the Barbara Clara Makhalisa Nkala Literary Trust (BCMNLT) looks back with pride at the progress we have made in a short space of time. True to the vision, passion and hard-working spirit of our founder and members of the Board, we ran a competition in writing Ndebele…

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Inganekwane kaGogo

UNtundla LoKhanka

October 31, 2023By Inganekwane kaGogo

Woza Uzokuzwa Mngane… Indaba yethu yethiwa nguGOGO uBARBARA NKALA INGANEKWANE Kuthiwa kudaladala amatshe esancwebeka lezinyamazana zeganga zisakhuluma, kwakulabangane ababili ababezwana kakhulu. Laba kwakunguNtundla loKhanka. Babevame ukuqeda isikhathi bexoxa, behleka, bedinga ukudla bendawonye. Babehlala phansi bazitike, batshaye amangqetshane bephumula. UNtundla loKhanka babesizana lapho omunye ephakathi kohlupho oluthile. Babekholisa bendawonye nxa kukhona okuletha intokozo. Kwaba kuhle kwaze…

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IZAGA

Kufe Igula Elilamasi

October 28, 2023By IZAGA

IZAGA Igula yisiphathelo samasi. Kudala sasingesenziwe ngekhomane elikhulu, loba iqhaganyana. Amasi ayikudla okumnandi kakhulu. Ayikudla okulomsoco. Adliwa ngezindlela ezimbalwa, ukutsheba isitshwala, loba sivutshiwe, loba engumcaba. Ukuthi kuze kutholakale amasi, loba izankefu, kuthatha uchago olunengi oluvuthiswayo kube sekulokhu kukhanywa umlaza. Pho-ke nxa igula elilamasi lingachitheka kumbe lihle life kuyabe kuyikulahlekelwa okukhulu kakhulu.  Umuntu olungileyo unjengegula elilamasi…

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LAPHA LALAPHAYA – LOKHU LALOKHUYA

Ibizo Lomuntu

October 27, 2023By LAPHA LALAPHAYA – LOKHU LALOKHUYA

UBUNTU Zinengi izinto empilweni ezitshengisa ubuntu bethu. Lamhla ngizakhuluma ngokusebenzisa ibizo lomuntu. Sesasike sizwe amazwi la ephuma emilonyeni thile: Uthi ‘wena’, awulazi na ibizo lakhe? U ‘lo’ ngubani? Kalabizo na? Ngumntakabani yenalo ongelambeko? Uzalwa kobani? Ungumfokabani-ke jaha lakithi? Yonke imitsho le itshengisa ukuqakatheka kwebizo lomuntu. Ukuthi uthi ‘wena’ loba ‘lo’ ungaze walitsho ibizo lomuntu kutshengisa…

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