Vuka Mntomtsha!

Mngane, Mntomtsha! Ngiyabingelela mngane! Ngiqome ukukulobela incwadi le njengoba utshikatshika kulo umhlaba ohlabayo. Lami ngivela lapho. Ngifisa ukwaba umbono wami ngenxa yalapho engidlule khona. Mngane, kubalulekile ukulungiselela impumelelo. Ukuphumelela akubikho ngenhlanhla, kodwa kungumvuzo wokusebenza kanzima, ukuzinikela kanye lokholo oluqinileyo. Indlela yakhona ayilula. Ilemiqanso lamagodigodi, ikakhulu ngalesi simo selizwe. Siyakhala sonke ngohlupho lwemali, olwemisebenzi engabonwayo, lokunye…

VUKA MNTOMTSHA! Impilo yalamhla ngeyokutshikatshika. Akukhathalekile kumbe kusemaphandleni ezabelweni kumbe kusemadolobheni. Kudinga umunu ozimisele ukuginqa ukuze aphile. Kudinga umuntu okhutheleyo. Phela ivila lidla ubuvila balo. Sasizwe njalo kuthiwa asikho isikhwehle esiphandela esinye.  Asikho isikhathi sokubhoda lemithunzi libalele, kumbe ukukholisa ukulothamela elikaNhlangula ungazi ukuthi uzaphila ngani. Ayisiso isikhathi sokuba lamakhetha lesi. Okuvukileyo yikho! Xhaka! Kuze kuvele…

VUKA MNTOMTSHA! Umuntu okhutheleyo ngumuntu osebenza ngokuzikhandla ethathela lokho akwenzayo phezulu, engatshengiseli ukudidwa masinyane loba ubuvila. Onjalo-ke uyathandeka. Ufunakala ngapha langaphaya. Uphanga aphakanyiswe lapho akhona uthole esephezulu le engqongweni, ikanti osowabo abangamavila besele le emuva. UBhekani loSazini baphutsha kanyekanye esikolo, bathola izicoco zalokho ababekufundele, bathokozelwa yizihlobo kwakuhle kwanjeya. Baqala ukudinga imisebenzi ebafaneleyo, betshaya izincingo, besiya…

VUKA MNTOMTSHA! Ukutshikatshika yimpilo. Ayikho into enhle ekhithika ezihlahleni njengamahlamvu. Yonke into enhle, elusizo, iyaginqelwa. Ezweni lakithi, umkhonomi uyabheda. Sekuleminyaka amandastri, izibhedlela, ezokulima, emahofisini amakhulu, lezikolo ngokwazo kungekho okujuluka saluju lwenyosi. Sekuleminyaka abazali lezihlobo betshaya umpululu, kugiywe kuthatshelwa umuntu omutsha ophumelele kuzifunda zakhe ekolitshini loba enyuvesithi. Uyabe esethole isicoco sakhe esihle. Kodwa, ukuthola umsebenzi ofaneleyo…

VUKA MNTOMTSHA! Kuthuba elidlulileyo kube lokuxwayisa okuphathelene lokuhamba ngendlela elameva. Kubonakele ukuthi elameva indlela iyamlahla umntomtsha engananzelele azithole esephakathi kwameva abuhlungu. Lalamhla sifisa ukukhangela amanye ameva aphathelene lokuyengana kwabontanga. Ontanga ngabatsha, abasakhulayo, abangabangane. Bayathanda ukwenza abakwenzayo bendawonye, kwenzeke kwesinye isikhathi kube yikuyengana okulahlekisayo. Ukuyengana lokhu kwande ukuthi kukhokhelele kokubi. Abanengi bakuzwisisa kuhle ngesiNgisi uma kukhulunywa…