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YENZE okungajwayelekanga inkosi uMbuso kaBhekamazulu Ngcobo (50), yesizwe sakoNyuswa, eMgangeni, eMzinto, ilobola uNdlunkulu wayo uBathobile Ngcobo, uMaDladla (37), kabili ngezinkomo ezingu-22.
Inkosi ithi ikwenze lokhu ngoba imthanda futhi ingafuni ukuthatha unkosikazi wesibili. Ikhuluma lentatheli inkosi uNgcobo ithe: “Ngitshade londlunkulu ngo-2012, ngingakabi yinkosi, kusabambe uNdlunkulu ongumama kimi, uDumsile Ngcobo, uMaCele, ngemva kokukhothama kwenkosi engizalayo uBhekamazulu, edlule emhlabeni ngo-1994.
“Ngihlale esihlalweni ngo-2015. Kuthe ngo-2022, kwafika izinduna, amadoda endawo lamakhehla omndeni, angihlalisa phansi, angitshela ukuthi kuzomele kube khona undlunkulu ozolotsholwa yisizwe. Ngokwemiyalelo yabo, kwakumele ngiphume ngiyokhomba intombi ezoba ngundlunkulu ozozala inkosana yesizwe.
“Ngenxa yokuthobeka, ukuthanda isizwe, lamagalelo akhe uNdlunkulu (uMaDladla) engase ngiwabonile, kwangenza ngangaba lokungabaza ngaye, ngaphinda ngakhomba yena ukuthi isizwe simlobole okwesibili. Lokhu kwase kuyikuziphinda komlandu wendlu yakwethu eMhlandleni, njengoba laphambilini wayekhona undlunkulu owalotsholwa yisizwe,” kutsho iNkosi uNgcobo.
Inkosi ithi iphindele kwandlunkulu wayo, yazitshaya zonke.
“Siphinde senza ngokohlelo, sakhipha ilobolo lezinkomo ezingu-(11), zaphinda zawutshaya esigcawini, okwesibili, wathelwa ngenyongo yesizwe. Ngiyamthanda undlunkulu, indlela anakekela ngayo isizwe, ingenza ngibe lokuzethemba okukhulu ngaye,” kuphetha iNkosi uNgcobo.
UNdlunkulu utshele intatheli ukuthi uzizwa engowesifazane okhethekileyo njengoba ebe lezigcawu zomtshado ezimbili, asine kuzoba ngokwehlukana. Uthi wamangala uma inkosi imbikela ukuthi isizwe sifuna undlunkulu ozozala inkosana, kodwa yaveza ukuthi izophinde ikhethe yena okwesibili.
“Ngihlangane lenkosi ngo-2010, ngisebenza esibhedlela iChrist The King, eXobho. Ngayithanda ngiqala ukuyibona, ngemuva kokuba nayo itsho okufanayo. Uma ixoxa (iNkosi uNgcobo) manje ithi, yayize esibhedlela izobona enye intombi eyayiyihlelelwe ngudadewabo, kodwa kwenzeka yabona mina kuqala ngaphambi kwayo. Uthando lwethu luqale lapho,” etsho.
Uthi ukuzithoba lenhlonipho yikho okumphendlele indlela.
“Sitshade ngo-2012 engakabi yinkosi. Kuthe ngo-2015 waqokwa, kube yilapho esengitshela ukuthi ufuna ukubuyela ekhaya ayolobola okwesibili. Nebala, ngiphindele ekhaya wafike wazitshaya zonke, ngabuya sengizosina isigcawu sesibili. Lokhu ngikuthatha njengogcobo olubhekiswe kimi. Imitshado emibili, ngingedwa into enkulu leyo.
“Ngithelwe ngenyongo yakonkosi, ngaphinda ngathelwa ngenyongo yesizwe. Lokho nje kuyinhlanhla engandele bani. Emlandweni wamakhosi alayikhaya, ngingowesithathu ukulotsholwa yisizwe,” kutsho undlunkulu ngenjabulo.
Inkosi londlunkulu babusiswe ngezingane ezinengi, kodwa kundlunkulu ilabantwana abane — uNathi (12), uSisanda (10), u-Oyinsika (8), noSamafunze (1). Undlunkulu ubambe iqhaza elikhulu esizweni, njengoba ebhekelele inhlalakahle yaso. Unguthisha eSchola Amoris Special School, eMzinto. Uleziqu zeBSc, Speech and Language Therapist, azithola e-University of Cape Town, lezinye.
Inkosi ngesikhathi inomcimbi wokugcotshwa kwayo yiSilo uMisuzulu emasontweni edlule, yaluveza uthando elalo ngondlunkulu wayo. INkosi uNgcobo inguSihlalo weNdlu yabaHoli boMdabu, esiFundeni uGu.-Ilanga
