Akhonzwe nawosaziwayo amateku akhiqizwe uMakamo 

Lubhalwe nguBathandwa Ndlangisa

Uhlobo olupholile lwamateku luza ngokugqama okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, okubomvu nokuphuzi futhi izihlabani zama-piano ezihamba phambili, uBlack Coffee, uConnie Ferguson kanye neqembu lebhola lezinyawo elihamba phambili lase-Tanzania liyawagqoka la mateku.

Kodwa-ke, umsunguli we-Vaya Footwear uThemba Makamo akazange abe nenhlanhla.

“Benginezinsiza ezilinganiselwe, ukuncintisana okunzima kanye nezikhathi zokungabaza,” kusho uMakamo okhumbula ngokwethulwa kwalolu hlobo lwamateku ngo-2017.

Kodwa ngemuva kolimi lwaselokishini oluthi “kwenze ngokuzimisela” uVaya uxoxa indaba yakhe. UMakamo ubelokhu egxile ezinhlelweni zakhe zokukhiqiza la mateku  futhi akakaze adikibale naphezu kwezingqinamba eziningi.

Ubengumdidiyeli wephephandaba lomphakathi wangakubo ngesikhathi ethola umqondo wokuqala i-Vaya. Kwakuyizindaba ezikhuthazayo zamaqhawe endawo afeza amaphupho awo ezamkhuthaza ukuthi aqale ibhizinisi lakhe.

Kodwa futhi kwakuwumbono kaMakamo ngokwakhe wokuthi yimiphi imisebenzi eholele empumelelweni yamateku i-Vaya – abukeka emahle njengemikhiqizo yomhlaba wonke efana ne-Adidas ne-Puma.

Yingakho abaculi bakuleli bama-piano abafana ne-Amaroto, u-Uncle Waffles kanye neMajor League bebewagqokile ohambweni lwabo lwaseMelika naseYurophu.

Yingaleyo ndlela amateku i-Vaya aqala ngayo ukuthengwa amakhasimende aphesheya. Ngokusho kukaMakamo kuqale kanjalo ukuthengiswa kwala mateku ku-inthanethi kwamanye amazwe.

UBlack Coffee waqala ukuwathenga futhi wayewagqoka ngesikhathi sobhubhane lwe-Covid-19.

Amateku i-Vaya ahambisana kamnandi. UFerguson uthi uyaziqhenya ngokugqoka la mateku ngemuva kokuwabona kwindodakazi yakhe.

La mateku asedayiswa ezwenikazi lonke lase-Afrika. Iqembu lebhola lezinyawo elikhulu lase-Tanzania, i-Simba FC liwagqoka njengengxenye yomfaniswano walo.

“Ngiyaziqhenya ngalokhu okuzuzwe amateku i-Vaya futhi ngiyabonga ngokungeseka,” kusho uMakamo.

Uhambo lwakhe lusebenza njengesikhuthazo kosomabhizinisi ngokufakazela ukuthi ngokukhuthala, ukuzimisela kanye nokuzinikela ekwenzeni okuhle kungenzeka bazuze impumelelo.

Esithombeni esingenhla: UThemba Makamo

Umthombo wesithombe: Sithunyelwe

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