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UNoxolo Nkonjane kanye nozakwabo i-Indonie Travel and Tours bahlele uhambo lokuqwala iMount Ayliff besebenzisa imali yabo abayongile, ngaphandle kwesabelomali sangaphandle.
Umholi womphakathi uWezeka Njawuza uthi le ndawo ijwayele ukwaziwa ngezinto ezimbi, kanti abaqwali banike abantu bendawo isizathu sokuziqhenya.
Abantu abangu-12 abangabazi bahamba bayongena ezintabeni ngaphandle kweMount Ayliff ngosuku olubandayo futhi bafika ekhaya bekhuluma ngezimpophoma.
UNoxolo Nkonjane (36) kanye nozakwabo kwezamabhizinisi e-Indonie Travel and Tours bahlele ukuqwala izintaba endaweni yaseSigidini eMount Ayliff e-Eastern Cape.
Bahlela izinyanga, balindele abantu abayishumi nanhlanu bathola abayishumi nambili. Bazixhasa ngokwabo.
Umhlanganyeli ngamunye ukhokhe u-R550, owawukhokhela izinto zokuhamba ezisuka e-Kokstad, ukudla okulula, ikhofi kanye nesidlo sasemini. Ngaphambi kokuthi bahambe, wonke umuntu oqwala izintaba wathatha isifungo: ukuhlonipha imvelo, vikela izilwane zasendle, ungashiyi lutho.
I-Mount Ayliff, eyaziwa ngokusemthethweni ngeMaxesibeni, iseduze nomngcele waKwaZulu-Natal futhi izungezwe izintaba eziseNingizimu yoKhahlamba, izimpophoma kanye namahlathi ase-Afro-montane. Kuyikhaya lendabuko yabantu bakwaXesibe.
Iningi labantu baseNingizimu Afrika alikaze libe khona futhi ngeke lazi ngegama lalo lodwa.
Iqembu elenze lolu hambo belixube iminyaka, uhlanga nobulili. Abaningi babengazani ngaphambi kosuku.
UNkonjane uthi kwaba yiphuzu.
“Sifundisane ukuqonda okuhlukene esinakho ngemvelo, ukusebenzisana kanye nobumnandi,” kusho yena.
U-Inam Madiya (33) ufike yedwa. Uthi amakhaza awabanga nandaba seziqalile izingxoxo.
“Bekufana nokwelashwa,” kusho uMadiya.
“Ngizobamba iqhaza ohambweni lwabo olulandelayo.”
Idolobhana libe sematheni kuzwelonke ngenxa yezizathu ezinzima: isibhicongo soSuku lukaKhisimusi esishiye abantu abayisikhombisa beshonile, izakhamuzi zimba imisele emgwaqeni omkhulu zibhikisha, kwathi abafana abaneminyaka engu-12 bahlengwa ezikoleni zokusoka ezingekho emthethweni kulezo zintaba.
Umholi womphakathi uWezeka Njawuza uthi yingakho lolu suku lubalulekile.
“Indawo yethu yaziwa ngezinto ezimbi ngakho ukuzwa ngabantu abakhethe indawo yethu ukuthi baqwale kusinika ithemba futhi kubeka indawo yethu ebalazweni ngento enhle,” kusho uNjawuza.
“Sinezindawo eziningi ezinhle lapha ezinezintaba nezihlahla.”
UNkonjane ufuna abantu abaningi baseNingizimu Afrika abangabasebenzi bazi ukuthi ukugibela izintaba kuyatholakala. Usehlela okulandelayo.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Abahamba ngezinyawo esigodini saseSigidini eMount Ayliff, ehlelwa ngabakwa-Indonie Travel and Tours.
Umthombo wesithombe: UNoxolo Nkonjane