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UKHETHE ukuqeda ngempilo yakhe ngokudla umuthi wamagundane umfundi obizwe ngutitsha ngesiwula phambi kwabanye abafundi, kubangwa ukuthi umbuyisela ekilasini abedlule kulo engapasanga nyakenye.
UKwanele Khumalo (19), ubefunda ePhumanyova High, esiPhambanweni, KwaNongoma okungesinye sezikolo ezipasa kahle umatikuletsheni esifundazweni KwaZulu-Natal. Kuthiwa lo mfundi akapasanga nyakenye, okuthe uma kuvulwa izikolo waya kuGrade-11, bamyeka otitsha wafunda. Kuthiwa sekuzohlolelwa amakhefu esigaba sokuqala ephasika, umfundi ucele ukuba bamuyeke asale esebhala izivivinyo bese ebuyela kwaGrade-10, uma kuvulwa izikolo.
Kuvela ukuthi kube khona ukungaboni ngaso linye phakathi kwakhe lotitsha okunguye ombize ngesiwula. Umthombo weLANGA uthi lo mfundi ubethatha kancane esikoleni, ewaphinda amakilasi.
“Ngisola ukuthi izingane zimhlekile uma esebuyela emuva. Sisola ubudedengu besikolo kuyo yonke le nto eyenzekile, ngoba labo behlulekile ukulawula lesi simo, ngakho-ke ukunganaki kotitsha izinto abazenzayo ezinganeni labazikhulumayo zilomthelela omubi,” kutsho umthombo.
Kuthiwa lo umfundi uhambe waya edolobheni kwaNongoma ngoLwesithathu eyokhipha imali abethunywe yona, kusolwa ukuthi umuthi uwuthenge edolobheni. Umthombo osondelene lalo mdeni, uthi kutholakale umuthi endlini abelele kuyo umfundi. Kubikwa lokuthi utitsha osoleka kulokhu, uzamile ukuyokhala emdenini, waxotshwa ephethe okuthile.
Uninakhulu womfundi uNkk Senzeni Khumalo, uphike walala ngomhlane ukuthi umzukulu wakhe uzibulele. Utshele leli phephandaba ukuthi ubekade ephethwe yisisu. Ebuzwa ukuthi kukhona yini utitsha ofike emdenini wajikiswa, lakho ukuphikile. “Bafikile otitsha bezosikhalisa, kwakhona abakutshiya esosweni. Engikwaziyo nje yikuthi ingane iphelele ezandleni zami izibhonqa bhonqa ilunywa yisisu,” kutsho uNkk Khumalo.
Uthi ngehola lesi-12, ebusuku phakathi kwamabili ngoLwesithathu, umzukulu ufike eseziginqa phansi esesabeka indlela isimo abekade ekusona exinwe ukugula. Uthi uzamile ukumthela ngamanzi, abandayo latshisayo kwanhlanga zimuka lomoya kwaze kwaba uphelela ezandleni zakhe.
Leli phephandaba litshelwe omunye umthombo ukuthi ngesikhathi beyokhala kulo mdeni, uNkk Khumalo ubatshele ukuthi umzukulu wakhe kukhona into ayidlileyo ngoba umlomo ubumnyama wonke usugqungqile. Kuthiwa lowo muthi wathathwa wayolahlwa endlini encane.
