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USAKHUNGATHEKILE umdeni wowesilisa otshone ngeSonto ekuseni ngemva kokuphuza umuthi ethi ukhipha isidliso. UMnumzana Bheki Hlongwane (46) waseMafefetheni, eBergville, obehlala ehostela eDalton eThekwini, kuthiwa ubuye lomuthi wokukhipha okungaziwa ukuthi ubewuthethe ngaphi athe eqeda ukuwunatha, wakhihliza amagwebu.
Kuthiwa abakade belaye bamnathise uchago bamgijimisela esibhedlela kodwa kwathiwa ufike esibhedlela esevele etshonile. Isolezwe liye ehostela lafica abafowabo bakamufi begcwele indlu abehlala kuyo besatshaqekile.
Bakhombise intatheli umuthi okuthiwa ubephalaza ngawo. Labantu abebehleli amaqoqwana kuleli hostela bebeyibabaza lindaba kucaca nje ukuthi iyimpicabadala.
Babodwa abathi kungenzeka ukuthi kuphambane imithi noma isidliso bese sinamathele. Umfowabo kamufi, uMnumzana Mkhanya Hlongwane, uthe basadidekile.
“Ubethi ulezinhlungu esifubeni futhi kuyatshisa, kuphinde kube lento ekhuphukayo kodwa ubeziqinele nje,’’ kutsho uHlongwane.
Uthe bagqemeke engeqiwa ntwala ngomfowabo. “Umfowethu ubelekelela kukho konke okwenziwayo, silahlekelwe,’’ kubalisa uHlongwane.
Umufi utshiye unkosikazi lezingane ezinhlanu. Okhulumela inhlanganiso yamahostela, uMnumzana Mthembiseni Thusi, uthe laye ulahlekelwe ngoba umufi ubeluthanda uxolo elekelela ezinhlelweni zokuthula ehostela.
“Ubelomoya ophansi, uma kukhona inkinga ezinsizweni bengixhumana laye akhuze, luxazululeke udaba,” kutsho uThusi.
Unxuse ukuthi abantu baqaphele ukuthi bangathathi imithi behamba bodwa ngoba kuba nzima ukulandela ngokuthi uqhamuke kanjani. UMnumzana Sazi Mhlongo, ongumgcinisihlalo wenhlanganiso yabelaphi bendabuko uthe:
“Ngiyasola ukuthi bamnike umuthi ongadliwayo noma umuntu owamdlisayo wafaka isimbelambela sokuthi ungaphumi umuthi, uma ezama ukuwukhipha, afe.”
Uthe akuvamisile ukuthi umuntu atshone uma ekhipha isidliso kodwa kufanele lowo msebenzi wenziwe ngumuntu owaziyo. — Ubulembu
