Lubhalwe nguNkhensani Mthombeni
U-Hastings Amigu udayisela abashayeli abadlula ngaseMini Tzani Park eTzaneen, esifundazweni saseLimpopo, ifenisha yakhe elukiwe kanye nobhasikidi bezitshalo.
Ukhumbula abantwabakhe ababili eMalawi kodwa usehlala kweleSouth Africa ngoba ukuthengisa ifenisha yakhe kuyamsiza ukuthi akwazi ukubondla.
UHastings Amigu ukhumbula umndeni wakhe eMalawi nsuku zonke. Uhlala kude nezingane zakhe ezimbili, kodwa uthi ubuhlungu abusho lutho ngoba uyakwazi ukuzondla.
U-Amigu usehlale e-Tzaneen eLimpopo iminyaka eyi-15. Wenza imali ngokweluka izihlalo, obhasikidi nezinti zezibani.
Isitolo sakhe siseceleni komgwaqo eduze kweMini Tzani Park. Abashayeli abaningi badlula eduze kwepaki futhi bathenge izimpahla zakhe.
Izinto zakhe azisebenzisayo uzithola ehlathini. Usika izitshalo, azilinde zome, abese eqala ukweluka.
Ugogo wakhe wamfundisa yena nezingane zakubo ukweluka besebancane. Nanamuhla usasebenzisa leli khono ukuze aphile.
Ngesikhathi u-Amigu eqala ukufika eNingizimu Afrika, wayefuna ukusiza umfowabo. Wathola umsebenzi esitolo kodwa washeshe wahamba.
“Ngike ngasebenza esitolo isikhashana kodwa ngasheshe ngashiya,” usho kanje.
Wakhumbula ikhono lakhe lokweluka waqala ukudayisa umuzi nomuzi. Ekuqaleni, kwakunzima kakhulu.
Abanye abantu babecabanga ukuthi uyisela uma engqongqoza eminyango yabo. Kancane kancane, abantu bendawo baqala ukumethemba.
Udayisa obhasikidi bakhe bezitshalo ngo-R750 ngesethi yabathathu.
Ibhizinisi lalinzima kakhulu ngesikhathi se-Covid-19 ngo-2020. Amakhasimende anomusa athenga umsebenzi wakhe ukuze adle.
Laphinde lasimama ibhizinisi ngemva kobhubhane. Kodwa kule minyaka emibili edlule, abantu abanayo imali eyanele abangayisebenzisa ukuthenga.
Ukuthola abathengi abasha, u-Amigu manje udayisa ezimakethe ezigcwele kanye nemicimbi yomndeni.
“Iphupho lami ukungenisa ezinye zezinto zami phesheya nokuba nesitolo sokudayisa,” usho kanje.
U-Amigu uthi uzobuyela eMalawi kuphela uma engathola umsebenzi ozinzile ukuze ondle umndeni wakhe.
Esithombeni esingenhla: U-Hastings Amigu ephethe ezinye zezinto azithengisayo.
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