By Sophumelela Singqoto
Imvumi yesiXhosa ephumelele imbasa, uBongeziwe Mabandla uzakube ekhenketha ilizwe lakhe ekupheleni kwale nyanga necwecwe lakhe lesine elaziwayo, “amaXesha”.
Le mvumi esisikhanyiso somphefumlo iza kundwendwela izixeko ezisithoba kwilizwe liphela, ngasinye siza kuba ngumbhiyozo onamandla wohambo lukaMabandla’ ukusuka emaphandleni aseMpuma Koloni ukuya kudumo lwehlabathi.
UMabandla, uye waba ngomnye wabantu abahlonitshwayo kumculo waseAfrika ngokudibanisa ukusondelelana kwabantu namandla eengoma zesiXhosa.
Icwecwe lakhe, “amaXesha”, lakhutshwa ngenyanga kaCanzib ka-2023 kwaye ukusukela ngoko uthathe isandi sakhe esimangalisayo kwiindawo ezithengisiweyo zamazwe ngamazwe ezifana neLondon’s 100 Club kuMnyhadala weReeperbahn, eJamani.
Ngoku, abalandeli bakhe eMzantsi Afrika baza kufumana ezi ngoma zidlalwa ngqo kwiindawo ezikhethwe ngononophelo ukubonisa ubunzulu nobudlelwane obusondeleyo bomculo wakhe.
Ukhenketho lukaMabandla’ luqala ngoLwesihlanu, umhla weshumi elinesihlanu (15) kweyeNkanga, eOld Biscuit Mill eKapa, phambi kokuba afudukele kwezinye iindawo zelizwe ezifana neGqeberha, Bloemfontein, eMonti, eThekwini kunye naseJohannesburg.
Uthe: “Ndichulumancile kakhulu ngokhenketho. Bendisakha kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ndidlala imiboniso emininzi phesheya kolwandle kodwa isicwangciso besisoloko sizisa lo mboniso eMzantsi Afrika.