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ANGABE wehluleka ukuthola uthando ohlelweni lwezithandani oluphuma kuMzansi Magic oluthi Date My Family kodwa umlisa waseNingizimu Afrika ongusomahlaya, uSiyanda Maphumulo, usefunge wagomela ukuthi uzathatha inhliziyo ngenyanga ezayo.
Lesi sifungo sigcizelelwe nguzakwabo, uKhanyisa Bunu, owayengumbalisi othe sekulungele ukubulalisa abathanda amahlaya ngembambo.
Laba ababili bazabe beseLarge City Hall koBulawayo mhlaka 23 Ncwabakazi, bengena endaweni kowanqoba ku-America’s Got Talent (AGT) odabuka eZimbabwe, uLearnmore Jonasi.
Futhi nxa sikhuluma ngokungenela, loluhlelo lusanda kwenziwa kakutsha, lusuka ku-Coming from America lwaya ku-The Cross Border Comedy Show. Ngokusobala, abahleli bomcimbi, uMahlekisa Entertainment bayazi ukuthi amahlaya ayawelapha umphefumulo odabukileyo.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ngokuba ngize ngizohlekisa eZimbabwe ngenyanga ezayo. Angisakwazi ukulinda ukuza eZimbabwe; kimi, kuzakuba likhefu elihle. Ngizabe ngizithokozisa ngaso sonke isikhathi kulolo hlangothi,” kubabaza uMaphumulo.
UMaphumulo owaziwa kakhulu ngesiZulu, uhlose ukuxhumana lengcitshi zakoBulawayo.
“Ngizazama ngokusemandleni ami ukuze ngifanele.”
Loba egxile kakhulu ezintweni zesiZulu kodwa ulesiqiniseko sokuthi izazwakala kahle inkulumo yakhe.
“Cha, angaziwa ngesiNgisi. Ngenza amahlaya esiZulu okwamanje, ngakho kufanele balalelisise . . . ngikhuluma kancane kakhulu,” ehleka kancane.
UKhanyisile, owaziwa ngokuthakasela lokukhalipha okukhaliphile, waqala ukubonakala ehlelweni lwangempela, oluthi, So You Think You Are Funny emuva ngo-2009.
Ngo2015, wangena ezingwalweni zembali ngokuba ngowokuqala wesifazane ukunqoba i-Comics Choice Awards’ Audience Choice Award eNingizimu Afrika. Lokhu kwaba yisqalo sokuba abengosomahlaya odumileyo kakhulu.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ngokudlala eZimbabwe ngenyanga ezayo. Okokugcina bekumnandi; ngithemba ukuthi kuzoba kukhulu kulokhu,” kubabaza uKhanyisile.
Pho, uBulawayo angalindelani kulo mkhosi wamahlaya?
“Abathanda amahlaya koBulawayo bangalindela ukuhleka kanye nenqwaba yezifundo abangazifunda. Ngiza namahlaya ami amasha aphuma ohambweni lwami lwamanje, ‘Ukuyeka Kothisha.’ Kuzoba ngumlilo!” wathembisa.
UKhanyisa ubonakala kumabonakude njalo enguDambisa Mayiza kuScandal!
Futhi nxa uzibuza ngokuqukethwe, nguKhanyisile uhlela ukuxoxa indaba yakhe emnandi yokwehluleka kabi ekubeni nguthisha iminyaka engu-11.
Omahlekisa bakoBulawayo bazabalisela uZwe Hlabangana, umthandi we-dark-humour uBle Mutandwa, D’Juni, oqokwe kuma-23rd National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), uMbongeni Ignatius Ndlovu, loGeneral Lesley.
