Basathukile ngengane (7) eminze emphongolweni wamanzi

USATHUKILE unina wengane eminze emphongolweni endlini kade ithi ikha emanzi eHammarsdale.
UBandile Zewande Khumalo (7), obefunda uGrade 1 Esihonqeni Primary, eHammarsdale, utshonele ngakibo ngoLwesine olwedlule.

Isolezwe lithole ukuthi unina ubemgezisa, wasephuma eya kwenye indlu, wabuya esekhanya ngenyawo emphongolweni.

Unina, uNkszn Slindile Khumalo, elandisa Isolezwe, uthe lamanje usathukile ngakubonile, uthe uzamile ukuhlenga ingane yakhe kodwa wehluleka.

“Ngibeke amanzi okugeza atshisayo, ngithi sengi-ayina iyembe ngibone ukuthi lilemikhono emincane. Ngimthelele amanzi ukuze ezobe egeza.

Ngithe akapholise amanzi okugeza ngisayolanda elinye iyembe ngoba leli belilemikhono emfitshane kanti kumakhaza. Ngizwe enye ingane yami eleminyaka emine ingimemeza ithi uBandile usemphongolweni.

“Ngagijima. Ngimfice emphongolweni evele ngenyawo. Ngazama ukuhlenga impilo yakhe, ngimkhiphile ngazama ukukhipha amanzi kodwa ngehluleka. Ngabiza umfowethu ukuba angisize, kwangenzeka.

Satshayela i-ambulensi, yafika kodwa kwathiwa usetshonile. Umphongolo ubumude kulaye. Ubethanda ukupholisa amanzi,” kutsho unina wengane.

Uthe simhlukumeze kakhulu lesi simo sokutshonelwa yingane.

“Akudleki, ngiphethwe ikhanda. Ngisathukile ngento engiyibonile, ingane yami ivele emphongolweni ngenyawo.

Ngavele ngaqala ukuya esikhathini ngenxa yendlela engithuke ngayo. Lamanje ngisathukile,” kutsho uNkszn Khumalo.

Uthe uzoludinga usizo lokulatshwa ngokomqondo ngakubonile.
Ugogo wengane, uNkkz Thobile Khumalo, uthe badumele ngokubavelele.

“Umoya wami wonakele kakhulu, bengibona ikusasa eliqhakazile kumzukulu wami. Bengithi uzongingcwaba ngelinye ilanga,” kutsho uNkkz Khumalo.

Uthe bebesalungisa lokhansila, uMnu Malulu Sikhakhane, njengoba becele kuyena abalekelele ngokufihla ngoba akekho osebenzayo ekhaya.

USikhakhane ngeSonto, uthintwe Isolezwe ehambele umdeni ewuphathele ukudla, eyobhonga emswaneni. Uthe usaxhumana losomabhizinisi ukulekelela umndeni.

Okhuluma amapholisa KwaZulu-Natal, uColonel Thembeka Mbele, uthe kuvulwe idokodo ngokutshona komuntu.