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UMengameli Cyril Ramaphosa uncome uKirsten Neuschäfer, ongumtilosi wase-Gqeberha owawina umjaho ohlonishwayo we-Golden Globe Race.
Wachitha cishe izinsuku ezingu-235 eyedwa olwandle kumqhudelwano owawudinga ukuthi izimbangi zihambe ngaphandle kwe-GPS nanoma iyiphi enye indlela enobuchwepheshe.
“UKirsten uyena yedwa owesifazane ongenele umjaho futhi waba ngowokuqala wesifazane ukuwina umjaho ehamba yedwa emhlabeni. Ohambweni lwakhe, waphinde wahlenga enye imbangi yakhe yase-Finland kwisikebhe sayo esasicwile e-South Indian Ocean,” kusho uRamaphosa ngeSonto.
U-Neuschäfer wanqoba ama-Capes amathathu kanye nezimbangi zakhe ezingu-15 ngaphandle kokuvunyelwa ukuthi ame kwezinye izikhumulo, wavumela noma yiluphi usizo, kodwa wayehlonyiswe ngemishini yesimanje. UKirsten waphothula umqhudelwano ngosuku lwenkululeko,” kusho uRamaphosa.
“Siyaziqhenya ngawe, Kirsten,” engeza.
Itilosi elineminyaka engu-39 ubudala leqe umugqa ogwini lwase-France ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingu-235 ezinzima emjahweni wokuzungeza umhlaba we-Golden Globe.
Ukunqoba kukaNeuschäfer kwenzeka ngosuku lwenkululeko lakuleli futhi uzizwe ejabulile futhi ehloniphekile ngokunqoba ngosuku lukaMandela.”
Umama wakhe wamanga ngesikhathi ehla e-Les Sables-d’Olonne. Impumelelo kaNeuschäfer kwakuyinto isizukulwane sikanina esiziqhenyayo ngayo.
“Usuku lukaMandela nabo bonke abantu engibaziyo, uma kukhona oyedwa engifisa sengathi ngabe ngahlangana naye nguNelson Mandela,” esho phambi kwesithangami sabezindaba ngoLwesihlanu.
“Ngiyalithanda izwe lami ngendlela eliyiyo manje futhi lokho kungenxa yokuzidela kwakhe.”
Lo mjaho ubunenselelo enkulu, njengoba kusele abanye ababili kuphela abasethubeni lokuqeda umjaho ngokusemthethweni. U-Abhilash Tomy wase-India kufanele afike ezinsukwini ezizayo kanti uMichael Guggenberger wase-Austria kukholakala ukuthi use-Canary Islands.
UNeuschäfer kudingeke abhekane nezivunguvungu eziningi ezinamandla, kodwa konke lokhu kuphenduke injabulo ekhazimulayo njengoba ebamba lokho abekuzuzile.
“Akukholakali, kukhulu kakhulu ngemuva kwazo zonke lezi zinyanga,” esho ngemuva kokubeka unyawo ku-terra firma.
Ebonga ubuqhawe bakhe, isikhathi sakhe sokugcina sehliswe ngezinsuku ezimbili saba yizinsuku ezingu-233, amahora angu-20, imizuzu engu-43 nemizuzwana engu-47.
Lo wesifazane owazalelwa e-Gqeberha ubeyingcweti kusukela ngo-2006, egxile ekudluliselweni nasekulethweni kwezikebhe olwandle.
Isithombe esingenhla: UKirsten Neuschäfer
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