Iciko nethemba lokushintsha umhlaba ngomsebenzi walo 

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Ngabe ukushintsha igama lakho kungashintsha umbono wakho ngomhlaba ohlala kuwo? Odabeni lukaKatlego Love Sithole, yebo ungakwazi.

Uyiciko lase-Maboneng, eGoli futhi ophila impilo ngokuthi “konke kungenxa yokuthi kwakuhlezi kunje.”

ULove okuyigama athanda ukubizwa ngalo udabuka e-Limpopo. Cishe eminyakeni emihlanu edlule wanquma ukushintsha isibongo sakhe wazibiza ngesikayise kodwa kwaba nzima ngoba umkhulu wakhe wayengafuni ukudalula imvelaphi yakubo.

Ngaleso sikhathi wayesebenzisa isibongo sikamama wakhe uMondise. WayenguKatlego Paul Mondise.

Lokhu kwaba nzima nakakhulu ngesikhathi umkhulu wakhe eshona ngo-2019 futhi akekho owayazi kahle ukuthi uhlangothi lukamkhulu wakhe lomndeni luvelaphi.

Wacela uyise ukuthi amnikeze uKatlego njengesibongo njengoba bengekho phakathi kwabo ababenaso kodwa ngokudabukisayo uyise wayengafuni ukukwenza lokho.

ULove wanquma ukuya eMnyangweni wezaseKhaya ngoMfumfu ngo-2020 ukuze ashintshe igama lakhe ngokusemthethweni lithi “Katlego Love Sithole”. Wakhipha igama elithi Paul ngoba wayengalithandi futhi uSithole kwakuyisibongo sikamama wakhe.

Ukushintsha igama lakhe kubonisa imicabango yakhe, ukuphila kanye nobuciko.

“Bengilokhu nginomuzwa wokuthi lo mhlaba awubukeki ulungile futhi bengihlezi ngifuna ukuwushintsha,” kusho uLove (31).

“Ngesikhathi ngikhula ngabona ukuthi abazali bethu abamnyama bahlukumezeke kangakanani ngenxa yomlando wethu njengabantu.”

Ngaphambi kokuthi abe iciko ubeyisikhulu samabhuku ezezimali enkampanini yezempilo.

Yilapho azifundisa khona ngemidwebo yezithombe ku-YouTube futhi wabona umsebenzi weciko laseMelika uJean-Michel Basquiat. Ngokushesha uLove wayeka umsebenzi wakhe ngenxa yemvelo yebhizinisi elinobuthi waqala ukwenza ubuciko.

“Ngifuna ukuthola izindlela zokuvula abantu amehlo, ukuqala ukubhekana neqiniso ukuze siphile emhlabeni wangempela,” etshela i-Scrolla.Africa.

Futhi ngomsebenzi wakhe uLove ufuna sonke sibone ukuthi uthando – nobuciko – kungakunqoba kanjani konke.

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