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KUZOKHUNJULWA ingwazi engasekho yomculo wesicathambiya, uJoseph Shabalala ongumsunguli weLadysmith Black Mambazo.
Umdeni kaShabalala uhlele umqhudelwano wokugijima, iBJS Marathon ozakuba seMnambithi ngoNhlolanja mhlaka 11, ngomnyaka ozayo, okulusuku okwatshona ngalo le nkakha ngo-2020.
Umgqugquzeli womcimbi, uVuyo Shabalala, uthe umjaho uzoqala ngeCharity Walk, kunikelelwe ngokudla imideni engu-1 000 eMnambithi nmhlaka 10 Mpandula.
“Kuzabe kungumjaho wokuqala okuhloswe ngawo ukuhlonipha lokukhumbula uShabalala. ICharity Walk lokunikela emphakathini kwasungulwa nguThulani Shabalala laye olilunga leLadymith Black Mambazo. Wayisungula kusekhoba ubaba uShabalala kodwa ibingakaze yenziwe eMnambithi.
“Ngokuyisa khona sifezekisa iphupho lakhe ubaba uShabalala, owathi ngelinye ilanga uyafisa sikhumbule abantu balapho aqhamuka khona eMnambithi, njengoba ibisiba kwezinye izindawo. Njengoba sekuzoba leBJS Marathon isizoba khona minyaka yonke,” kutsho uVuyo.
Uthe basebenzisana leKZN Athletics ukwenza umjaho ube yimpumelelo. Uthe ngenxa yokuthi yiyona eqonda izinto ezithinta ezokugijima babone kukuhle ukuthi bakhulume layo ukuze yonke into ihanjiswe ngendlela. Uthe iKZN Athletics yiyona ezohlela yonke into kanye lemiklomelo ezotholwa ngabantu abazanqoba.
Uveze ukuthi ngitsho layo iLadysmith Black Mambazo isileculo elithi: Life is a Marathon, Life is a Journey, elibhalwe ngumzukulu kaShabalala uBusisiwe Shabalala. Uveze lokuthi basebenzise uZinhle Shabalala ukuba yinxusa lomqhudelwano njengoba engomunye wabesifazane abenza kahle emiqhudelwaneni yokugijima.
Uqhube wathi abanye abantu abasebenzisana labo nguMasipala i-Alfred Duma loMnyango wezokuVakatsha KwaZulu-Natal lephephandaba Isolezwe.
KuCharity Walk mhlaka 10 Mpandula, uthe kuzaba ledili lomculo njengoba kukhona abaculi abazonandisa khona. Phakathi kwabo kukhona uHowie Combrink, owake wasebenzisana leLadysmith Black Mambazo labaculi bendawo. Kuzobe kukhona labosaziwayo okunguMotlatsi
Mafatshe loCosta Dollar ozobe enguDJ wosuku.
Indawo okuzobe kwenzeka khona umcimbi yiseMbuzweni eMnambithi. Yiyona esihlelelwe ukuthi kwakhiwe i-Art Centre okuzohlonitshwa ngayo uJoseph Shabalala.
