uMthunywa
Nkosilathi Sibanda
KUZAKHANYA ukuthi kungani inengi labalandeli bebhola kulumhlubulo welizwe bethanda iOrlando Pirates ukwedlula wonke amaqembu mhla abadlali beBhakaniya bengqikilana le-FC Platinum yakuleli kumdlalo we-Champions League eBarbourfields ngoMgqibelo.
Akubizwa ozwayo njalo akula ongaziyo ukuthi kusukela kuzitanda zeSoweto kulinkundla kuze kuyebamba laseMpankweni kubhode lakuVIP kuzabe kumnyama tshu kugqokwe izikipa ze-Orlando Pirates.
Sebekubeke sobala abalandeli benguqu koBulawayo, ikakhulu abeHighlanders ukuthi bazagcwalisa inkundla yabo bejonge ukusekela iBhakaniya ngoba kuliqembu elisenhliziyweni zabo.
Abanye bathe iPirates “ingumfowabo” weHighlanders yikho bengeke basekela intshantshu zakuleli iFC Platinum.
Iphephandaba likazulu lixoxe lenengi labasekeli benguqu koBulawayo lakwezinye indawo eziseduzane.
Kuvele ukuthi bambalwa abavuma ukuthi bazabukela lumdlalo befuna ukuthi kunqobe izimbamgodi zePlatinum.
“Izaphenduka ibemnyama inkundla yeBarbourfields ngoba silande ukubabukela abafowethu iOrlando Pirates. Asikhethi mhlobo kodwa yimvelo ukuthi umuntu ozazi esekela iBosso asekele leOrlando Pirates.
“Sihlala lapha kodwa leli liqembu esilazi ukwedlula wonke. Angeke kumangalise ukuthola ukuthi abanye bethu abadlali beBhakaniya sibazi ngcono ukwedlula abakuleli. Ngakho-ke ayihlome ngoMgqibelo thina sizakhuza esiyaziyo,” kutsho uMziwethu Nyambosi umsekeli weHighlanders kuBulawayo.
Umsekeli weHighlanders olodumo ezitaladeni zakoNtuthu obizwa ngokuthi nguTeekay uthe kuzakubanzima kuye ukuthi asekele iFC Platinum loba kuyikho okumele akwenze.
“Njengomuntu ozelwe eZimbabwe, osekela inguqu yakuleli, kuzamele ngisekele iFC Platinum kuze kuse. Inkinga ekhona luthando lwami lwe-Orlando Pirates, luvela khatshana. Ngigqoka imbala yalithimu ngiphinde ngihlabele ingoma zayo ngoba iseduzane leBosso. Pho ngizakwenzani ngoMgqibelo?”
Loba inengi lizasekela izethekeli, umhlonitshwa kwezokusekelwa kwebhola koBulawayo uNkululeko Tshambo uthe yena uzakhuza iFC Platinum.
UTshambo uthe ukusekela iFC Platinum ukuze inqobe kuzaletha inzuzo enkulu kakhulu kumdlalo kanobhutshuzwayo wakuleli.
“Umdlalo lo uzakubamnandi kakhulu. Ngizasekela iFC Platinum loba lonke lisazi ukuthi ngingoweBosso ngomdabu. Ngilezizatho ukuthi kungani ngizasekela iPure Platinum Play.
“Okwakuqala, sinanzelele ukuthi ukunqoba kwe-FC Platinum kuzaphakamisa inguqu yethu, kuvulele amathuba abadlali. Ukunqoba kwayo kuzaletha lemidlalo yaphezulu eminengi edolobheni lakoBulawayo.
“Kunzima ukuthi sibukele imidlalo enje kulumhlubulo ngakho ngiyayibonga iFC Platinum ngokuvuma ukuzodlalela eBarbourfields. Singakhohlwa njalo ukuthi ukuphumelela kwaleliqembu lakithi kuzavulela izikhala kwamanye amaqembu ethu ukuthi avunyelwe ukuncintisa kunkezo zeCaf njengalokho esikubona eSouth Africa,” kutsho uTshambo.
Abalandeli beFC Platinum ngokunjalo sebebike ukuba bazagada amabhasi ngobunengi babo bezoxhasa eyakibo.
Kukhasi labo likaTwitter, iFC Platinum ithe ayizwa buhlungu ngokudlala eBarbourfields ngenxa yokuthi inkundla le ilikhaya labo.
Kusenjalo abadlali beFC Platinum baqale ukugijima belolongela lumdlalo beseMagumeni ngoLwesithathu ekuseni.
UMthunywa ufike kulinkundla lapho umqeqetshi uNorman Mapeza abonakale ekhuza iqembu kulindwe uMgqibelo.
Ezinkulu zaseSoweto zikhangelelwe ukufika koBulawayo ngoLwesine kumbe ngoLwesihlanu ekuseni.
