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Umngane wami uyathanda ukubeka aphawule ngendlela izingane zesizukulwane samanje eseziphenduke ngayo amaMelikana: uthi sekuba nzima nokuzifanisa. Kuhlale kungidida ukubona ukuthi kulezi zinsuku kulula ukukusho ukubeke ngembaba lokho. Mhlawumbe lokhu kwenziwa ukuthi imithombo yethu yezindaba inqenqeza ibange umsindo omkhulu onesiko laseMelika. Mhlawumbe lokhu kungenxa yamamoli aqhibukisa okwamakhowe minyaka yonke. Noma mhlawumbe kungenxa yokuthi u-Oprah usephenduke waba yisithixo kwabanye.
Kodwa ngabe akulona yini iqiniso ukuthi nangezikhathi zeSophiatown, isitayela nokugqoka kwakunomthelela omkhulu kulokho abantu ababekubona kumabhayisikobho aseMelika? Isithombe sefilimu sokuqala engasibuka ehholo i-Moravian eDiepkloof kwakuyi-The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Kanti igama lika-Clint Eastwood laligcwele olimini lwethu sengathi wayengumalume owayengumakhelwane wethu. Ngiyangabaza ukuthi ngabe iningi lethu lalusiqondisisa yini isiNgisi, ngingasayikhulumi indaba yendlela abasikwitiza besikhipha ngamakhala ngayo. OTerence Hill noBud Spencer kwakungamaqhawe angaleso sikhathi. Futhi kuyangijabulisa ukuthi nangaso leso sikhathi, yize futhi sasisebancane kodwa, sasikwazi ukujabulela ingwijikhwebu yokulandwa kwendaba okunamahlaya. Uma ubuka ifilimu entsha kaTeddy Mattera, i-Max and Mona, uzokwazi ukuthi ngishoni. Le akuyona indaba yamahlaya anjengewe-Friends lapho umuntu etshelwa ngandledlana thile ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokushaya ihlombe, noma okunye okufana nalokhu. Le filimu ingamahlaya ahlekisayo, iyindaba ekhukhumala iphile ebangeni ngalinye ngalinye lendaba.
Ngakhulela eDiepkloof, eZone 2. Ngaphandle kwamaHippo, ayakhiwe ngezinsimbi ezesabekayo, esikhathi sobandlululo, futhi nangale kwephunga lesisi esikhalisa izinyembezi namanxeba ezinhlamvu zenjoloba, zikhona izinto ezimbalwa ezazihamba kahle. Ngathola ukuhlakanipha, ulwazi lwemethemethiki, lwefiziki nelwekhosmoloji emidlalweni esasiyidlala emgwaqeni, lolu lwazi ngalufunda otshanini obude obabusesigangeni lapho okunamhlanje sekwakhiwe izindlu khona. Ukuhlakanipha ngakuthola nakumidlalo yomoya eyayidlalwa emsakazweni wesiZulu. Kodwa namuhla ngibona sengathi ezinganeni zaseSoweto, seluya ngokuncipha ulwazi lwasemgwaqeni ezingalusebenzisela ukuthuthukisa izingqondo zazo. Kodwa-ke akukho okunye esingabe sisakusho, phela imizila yasemigwaqeni inezingozi zayo. Inezingozi ezehlukile ekutheni umuntu akhutshwe yitshe alimale uqukulu noma awe ahuzuke emadolweni.
Kungenzeka ungakukholwa lokhu, kodwa cishe bonke abafana engakhula nabo sebashona, Kwathi kamuva empilweni, ngenkathi ngisesikoleni semfundo ephakeme, laba bafana babumba iqembu elalaziwa ngokuthi AmaVabaza, (babelinciphisa bathi, VBZ). Leli gama lalisho ukushaya, ukudinda noma ukubhaxabula. Ngaleli gama babezibona belandela ezithendeni futhi bebakhulu kuneqembu elalidumile elake lathi ukubusa okwesikhashana. Leli qembu lalibizwa ngokuthi AmaKabasa, (KBS) into elalaziwa futhi lidume ngayo yimoto yohlobo lwe-Box BMW 3 Series. Omunye wobhongoza baleli qembu owayesatshwa kakhulu, wayeshayela i-BMW ebomvu ngombala. Kuthiwa lo muntu wayelinyathela isondo. Kwakumele umnikeze ibala elivulekile ukuze umbone kahle esespina imoto yakhe kukhuphuke ifu lothuli. Ayothi angehla amaphaphu nothuli selucwebile, kubonakale ngezinhlamvu - KBS sezidwebeke emhlabathini. Laba bafana baziqopha phansi emlandwini ngenkathi kuvuka imizabalazo yabafundi. Lokhu bakwenza ngokuba bathwale amantombazane esikole ngodli. Lawa mabhungu engakhula nawo alandela ezithendeni zomlando wama-KBS ngemikhuba ayeyigila. Imisindo yezibhamu neyezimoto nokujekrolwa kuthwalwe amantombazana ayodlwengulwa kwakuyindabamlonyeni. Kwakuxoxwa izindaba zamantombazana ayegcinwa izinsuku ezithile njengezigqila zocansi. Ukwesabeka kwabo kwahamba kwaze kwafika nasemphakathini lapho izingane ezazifunda ezikoleni zasemadolobheni.
Thina sasiyisizukulwane sokuqala saseSoweto esaya edolobheni ukuyovakasha nje sichithe isizungu. Ngenkathi umthetho wokuhlala ngokobuhlanga upheliswa, amasinema eSter Kinekor avulelwa uwonkewonke. ICarlton Centre yaba isikhungo somhlaba. Ngajoyina, noma empeleni ngingazange ngijoyine, kodwa ngathathwa umoya ngahambisana neqembu elalibizwa ngama-VK. Leli qembu lalincintisana nama-HR kanye nama-Loverboys. Kwakuncintisanwa, ikakhulukazi, ngokuthi umuntu wayetetemuka namantombazane amangaki ngasikhathi sinye -wona abe engazi. Laba-ke babengosaziwayo besikhashana. Lapha ngingabala umngani wami uPat owayeyisihlabani ngoba wayefana noGeorge Michael wase-Wham! Sonke sasinezinwele eziphenyiwe. Mina ngangingenayo inhlanhla yamantombazana. Kodwa kanye, noma kabili ngaba nenhlanhla engandile yokusiza uPat ukuba akwazi ukubhekana namatasatasa etoho lakhe lamantombazane. Ngamsiza ngokusala nentombi yakhe ngenkathi esabambele enye eceleni. Luningi kabi ucansi olwalwenziwa. Ngiyabona kwakufanele bajabule bazidelise. Phela amantombazane ayeqhamuka eSacred Heart, eWoodmead, eSt Barnabas, ayevunyelwe ukuphuma ngaleyo mpelasonto kanti futhi kwakumele abuye aphindele esikoleni ngayo leyo mpelasonto.
IMelika yaba nomthelela kulesi sizukulwane ngoba nathi saqale sajayiva i-breakdance. Amabhayisikili e-BMX ayesemfashinini kulabo ababedla kusale. Odongeni lwami ngangiphanyeke iphosta kaJanet Jackson kanti futhi wayesemaphusheni ami. Kuningi osekwenzeka kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa iMelika isawubusa umhlaba.
Ngangisaqala ukuqhakaza ngivuleka ingqondo nginomdlandla wokuthanda ukwazi
ngenkathi uTracy Chapman edoba imizwa yezinhliziyo zabo bonke abantu
ababephilela uthando eKhonsathini yokukhululwa kukaMandela eWembley.
Isizukulwane esazibonela ngokwaso indlela umhlaba ongaguquka ngayo,
indlela udonga lwaseBerlin olungadilika ngayo, indlela okuhle okunganqoba
ngayo ububi. Nanokuthi ithemba lingakhushulwa kanjani liphakame
liye esibhakabhakeni lize liyofika emakhoneni akude omhlaba. Konke
lokhu kwenzeka kwabonakala ngoNelson Mandela. Sizalwe esikhathini
lapho izimpondo zewashi zaziphokophele kumiliniyamu. Kwaphrofethwa,
kwabonwa imibono yokubhubha komhlaba, kwaxoxwa izindaba zokufa kwezinhlelo
zekhompyutha. Lezi zindaba, le nzwabethi eyayivezwa njengento eyiqiniso,
yayisithwalwa ikhanyiswa ngesathalayithi yazothiwa dinsi emagumbini
ethu okuphumula futhi yalethwa nangemibhobho yomsakazo. Lokhu kwakuwukuzalwa
kwesikhathi sokutholakala kolwazi. Igebe okuyilona eliveza umehluko
phakathi kwalabo abasesicongweni nalabo abasasilele emuva kwakuyinto
eyaqanjwa ngekhodi yedijithi, Alabo abanolwazi nalabo abangenalo.
Okuziphikisayo yilokhu, yona le nto eyehlukanisayo iyona eyenza
umhlaba ube yindawo encanyana, kangangokuthi ukuhlelwa kokuguquka
kwezinto njengoba sabona kumibhikisho eDavos naseSeattle kwenzeka
enkundleni yalokho okubonwa ngamehlo njengakumabonakude.
Liyini isiko esizukulwaneni esiphila phakathi kwakho konke lokhu!
Isiko lingamava aseke aphilwa futhi azinze engqondweni nasemzimbeni , esikhaleni
sangempela, kanti lesi sikhala siyindawo yokuncintisana okuhlala
kukhona. Isiko eliphilayo likhiqiza izimpawu namakhodi esingafaka
kuwo iqiniso size silinike igama nesibongo. Liyinto ongayibona nongezwa
imizwa yayo. Ngiyacabanga ukuthi kunezigidi zabantu kulesi sizukulwane
ezinethemba lokuthi ukuba khona kwesiko kanye nokuzabalaza kungaletha
uguquko. Ubani, njengoWalter Benjamin, owazi ukuthi Anabafile kumele
bakhunjulwe empini engapheli yokukhunjulwa kabusha komlando, kwefa
namagugu? Lokhu kufana nokuthi imanje lingebe khona ngaphandle kwezolo,
kanti yilokhu kuphikisana okugqugquzela ikusasa. Kanjalo-ke nabafile
kumele bakhunjulwe kungenjalo sizosulwa ekuxoxweni kwe-ephiki yomlando.
Kuzokwenzekani-ke ngezingane zethu nangezingane zezingane zazo?
Ngaqala ukubhala izinkondlo ngenkathi ngizama ukwakha imigqa ehamba ngamibili
enemvumelwano yesonethi yePethrakhan, njengoba sasifundiswe esikoleni.
Kodwa izwi lami ekubhaleni lalikhululekile. Lalikhululeke ngendlela
eyayisingathwe uSteve Biko. Ngenkathi ngiqala ukuthola uhlobo olude
lwenkondlo kaMongane Serote, kanye nokujula kogqozi lwamazwi ka-Ayi
Kwe Armah; bese unezezele kulokho isigqi sesibindi sohlobo lwephiki
kaMazisi Kunene. Ngathola ukuthi ngisho nazo izinkondlo zingathi
Aukukhululwa. Lokhu kusho ukuthi inkondlo ingathatha isimo sokuxoxa,
ingajiya, nokuthi isimo esijjiyile noma isakhiwo sevesi akuwona
umphefumulo wokubhalwa kwenkondlo ngokukhululeka. Ngathola ukuthi
inkondlo iyakwazi ukumemeza, iyakwazi ukunikeza izingelosi uthando
futhi ingakha intaba iyibeke phambi kwamehlo ami ibe ibingekho ngenkathi
ngigcina ukubuka. Ngabe sengithanda ukuzibiza Angembongi yekhasi, ngoba kwathatha ukubuka emuva
eminyakeni eyikhulu futhi kuhanjwe kancane kushonwe esikhathini
seminyaka eyishumi, ukwazi ukuthi silapha ukuzonezezela kulokho
okuzuzwe yisizukulwane esidala ekubumbeni isitayela nesakhiwo. Singababhali
abanomthombo ongomi esingaphuza kuwo. Lo mthombo unokujula okunothile.
Kukithina ukuwuluka siwuhlobise ngemibala enomgqumo wesigqi samanje,
kukithina ukubhala sifakaze ngesimo esesabekayo saseMiddle
East, sibhale sizwakalise ukusola ngobunzima obunakashele izwekazi
lethu, noma izingqwembe noma amabhena ethu axoxa indaba yokuthi
kwagcina kwenzekeni ngoGeorge Bush nohambo lwakhe lokuqeda impi
nanoma yikuphi okunye okwenzeka kuleli lizwe lethu eligcwele umsangano.
Ngikhetha ukuhlala ethembeni lokuthi ushintsho lungenziwa.
Kunombuzo omkhulu obhekene ngqo nesizukulwane esiyithi omayelana nabantu kanye nezinto abazenzayo kule mpilo eyisixakaxaka. Ntshisekelo yini egqugquzela ukuthi okusengqondweni yethu sikuqopha kanjani kube umlando? Ngabe siyaliphonsa yini itshe esivivaneni kumagugu esizwe nasemlandweni osukhiqize lokhu osekwaziwa njengeNingizimu Afrika entsha? Siyazithola yini izindlela yokubhala phansi imizabalazo yaleli zwe? Noma konke sikuyekelela ezandleni zezihlabani ezinjengo-TM Coetzee noZakes Mda?
Yize noma ngangisemusha nginjalo, ngiyakhumbula ukuthi okuphathelene nobuciko, njengesiko eliphilayo, kwakuyinto ephila kakhulu kabi ngezikhathi ze-COSAW ne-Staffrider, kanye nezithelo zokuxoxisana okwakuba khona mayelana nobuciko obabuyinto ephila phakathi kwabantu, eyayilandela iphepha lika-Albie Sachs elalingamasiko. Ngabe isiko nenkumbulo njengento ephilayo yobuciko kusenomsebenzi yini esikhathini lapho esitshelwa khona ukuthi igxathu elingathathwa yizingqondo ezibukhali zalesi sizukulwane ukungena kwezamabhizinisi?
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Khulile Nxumalo: I was born in Diepkloof, Soweto, and
went to school there and later in Swaziland. I then went to
UCT, the University of Natal and Wits, where I focused on
media and cultural studies. I have worked in television as
a researcher, writer and director, and more recently as a
producer. I did a documentary as part of the SABC1 Project
10 series this year. My book of poems, ten flapping elbows,
mama, is due to be published by Deep South Press this
year. I have two children and live in Johannesburg.
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