By Ande Nonginya.
UMfundo Plaatjies oneminyaka engamashumi amane (43) ubudala – owaziwa ngokubanzi ngegama lakhe lokuyila uTudo Jende, uzalelwe waza wakhulela kuluntu oludlamkileyo lwaseTinarha, uye wakrwela indlela emangalisayo kwihlabathi kubugcisa bezandla.
UMbono ozifundisayo kunye noBuchule bendalo bokuyila, uhambo lukaTudo Jende lolwetalente, ukomelela, kunye nokuthanda ubomi bokubonakalisa ubugcisa.
“Umakhulu wam wayesoloko ekholelwa ukuba ndizalelwe ukuba ndibe ngumzobi,” ukhumbula watsho uJende. “Wayibona ngaphambi kokuba ndiyiqonde ngokwam.”
Ukuqulunqa indlela yakhe, uJende waqhubeka nokufunda isifundo se-Applied Design kwaye kamva uLawulo lwezoBugcisa nge-MAP SETA. Uhambo lwakhe kwilizwe lobugcisa lwaqala ngethuba efaka isandla ekuguqulweni kwe-Robben Island ibe yimyuziyam. Kubo bonke abafaki-zicelo, wayengomnye wabathathu abaphezulu abakhethwayo ukuba bayile le projekthi. Izibane zakhe ezenziwe ngezandla zihlala ziboniswa apho, ubungqina obusisigxina betalente yakhe.
Ukuhlonipha iMbali ngoBugcisa, phakathi kweminikelo yakhe emininzi, enye egqamileyo ngumsebenzi wakhe kwi-Ilanga Memorial Park, eGqeberha, indawo yesikhumbuzo i-Ilanga Massacre ka-Matshi 21. U-Plaatjies wayengomnye wamagcisa akhokelayo kubahombisi paki, eqinisekisa ukuba umyalezo wayo wokukhumbula kunye nokucamngca udluliselwa ngamandla kuyilo olubonakalayo.
Ukongeza kubugcisa bakhe obubonakalayo, uPlaatjies naye wafumana ilizwi ekusasazeni. Ekhuthazwe liphupha elide lokuba kunomathotholo, waqala wangena kwisikhululo ngesikhokelo sika-Putco ovela kuMhlobo Wenene FM. Ukusuka apho, wangena kwa-LoveLife Radio, kwaye kamva i-Mdantsane FM, apho waqhubeka nokudibanisa ubugcisa kunye nokubalisa amabali oluntu.
“Unomathotholo yinto endandisoloko ndiyifuna. Indinike iqonga lokwabelana kungekuphela nje ngebali lam, kodwa namabali abanye, “ucacisa watsho.
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