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Eminyakeni eyedlule uGift Mkhwanazi weza eGoli ezofuna impilo encono. Kodwa le ndoda eneminyaka engama-33 ubudala yaseMgungundlovu KwaZulu-Natali ayifani nomunye umuntu.
UMkhwanazi ungomunye wabadlwenguli ababi kakhulu emlandweni waseNingizimu Afrika, ubesabisa abesifazane endaweni yase-EKurhuleni iminyaka eyisithupha ngemuva kokuzinza e-Tembisa.
Futhi akazange abanjwe iminyaka eminingi ngokukholisa labo abehlala nabo ukuthi uyindoda ejwayelekile.
UMkhwanazi unezingane ezintathu – ezineminyaka eyi-11, eyi-10, nemihlanu – zonke zizalwa ngomama abahlukene.
Utshele iNkantolo eNkulu yaseGoli ngesikhathi kuqulwa icala lakhe ukuthi uthembisene nesinqandamathe sakhe umshado futhi bobabili bebehlela ukushada maduze.
Ubehlala efulethini elinekamelo elilodwa elisezingeni eliphansi e-Tembisa e-Kaalfontein futhi uthe ubengumsebenzi nje ojwayele ukuziphilisa ngokukhanda izinto.
Njengoba abazali bakhe nodadewabo ababili besahlala e-KZN, uMkhwanazi uthe ubejwayele ukubasiza ngemali ayenzayo ngemisebenzi yakhe yokukhanda izinto.
UMkhwanazi, obengakhumbuli noma yimuphi uthisha wakhe, noma isikole afunda kuso eMgungundlovu, ngesikhathi kuqulwa icala uthe wayeka ukufunda kubanga le-10.
Kodwa utshele inkantolo ukuthi ubecabanga ukuthi uphila kahle futhi unengqondo esesimeni esikahle.
UMkhwanazi waboshwa ngomhla wokuqala kuLwezi ngowezi-2019 ngamacala awenza phakathi kowezi-2013 nowezi-2019 e-Tembisa.
I-Scrolla.Africa sihlangane nomastende wakhe, uFlorence Baleni oneminyaka engama-60, othe uMkhwanazi ubehlala kwelinye lamagumbi angaphandle.
UFlorence umchaze njengensizwa ehloniphayo futhi ebimhlonipha. “Akakaze akhombise zimpawu zokuthi uyisigebengu.
“Engikwaziyo ukuthi ubenentombi ebijwayele ukumvakashela ngezikhathi ezithile.
“Bengimethemba futhi bengijwayele ukumthuma angenzele imisebenzi ethile angithengele nezinto,” kusho uFlorence.
UMkhwanazi kusobala ukuthi uyawuthanda umculo wakhe kaMaskandi kanti i-Heineken ubhiya wakhe awuthanda kakhulu.
Umngani wakhe omkhulu, uLinda Phakathi, utshele i-Scrolla.Africa ukuthi umazi kusukela ngowezi-2012.
Uthe into angayiqondi ngoMkhwanazi ukuthi wayehlezi enomakhalekhukhwini abahlukene.
“Bengingafuni ukumbuza ukuthi ubathola kanjani omakhalekhukhwini bakhe ngoba bengingathandi ukuthi angicasukele,” kusho uLinda. Kungenzeka ukuthi webe omakhalekhukhwini kulabo besifazane abadlwengulile.
UMkhwanazi ulahlwe yicala eNkantolo eNkulu yaseGoli ngoLwesine.