UThabiso Sekhula usehlale ezindaweni ezikude kuleli, kodwa indawo ekhethekile aseke aya kuyo ise-Tzaneen.
NgoLwesithathu ebusuku njengoba bengihleli emcimbini wezindondo we-Tzaneen Chamber of Commerce, bengicabanga ukuthi le indawo enhle umuntu angahlala kuyo. Kwesokudla bekuhlezi umakadebona u-Oupa Mamabolo kanye no-Abrie Cilliers we-Mošomo construction.
Ngingene emcimbini sekwephuzile okuyindaba yangelinye ilanga, ngithe ngihlala esihlalweni sami, ngokwesaba bobabili baqala ukushaya amahlaya.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi bese sixoxa kwaze kwahlwa. Mina njengombhali oneminyaka engu-35 ubudala oqala iphrojekthi ebaluleke kakhulu emayelana nobusha bami, umdwebi wezithombe emaphandleni ase-Limpopo u-Oupa, osanda kuthola umsebenzi e-Isle of Man ubekhumbula ekhaya – kodwa ngesikhathi enikwa umsebenzi wokuba umphathi wesifunda sase-Limpopo kwa-SABC, akakwazanga ukumelana nokubuyela ekhaya e-Limpopo kanye no-Abrie, unjiniyela womphakathi osesebenze iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-40.
Ulwazi lwabo ilona oludingekayo kumuntu wesifazane osakhula ofana nami.
Kodwa akulula ukufunda lezi ziyalo nobuhlakani. Ngike ngahlala eKapa, eGoli, ePitoli nasezigodini zase-Sekgosese futhi ngazithanda zonke izindawo.
Nokho i-Tzaneen iyintandokazi yami. Inezinselelo, kodwa kusekuningi okumele ikwenze futhi izindleko zokuphila ziphansi kakhulu kunanoma iyiphi enye indawo engake ngahlala kuyo.
Futhi kukhona into ekhethekile kakhulu eyenzekayo. Abantu lapha bayathenga komunye nomunye futhi kuvumela abantu abasha ukuthi bakhe amaphupho abo!
Njengendlela idolobha lonke elithenga ngayo uphahla kuMiya roofing, okuyinkampani ephethwe izithandani ezisencane zase-Nkowankowa.
Noma indlela iqembu labangane elahlangana ngayo ukuze lakhe ihhotela kwenye yezindawo engamakhilomitha ebiza kakhulu e-Tzaneen, ngoba umphakathi wawusekela umbono wabo.
Indlela wonke umuntu asekela ngayo i-Olive Tree yenze yakhula eminyakeni emihlanu edlule ukuze ibe indawo yokudlela enkulu kunazo zonke edolobheni.
Noma ngendlela owesifazane osemusha, uSharon avula ngayo indawo yokudlela yokuqala ephambili edolobheni futhi abantu abangaphezu kuka-200 bahamba bayoyisekela.
Ngisho noLekau Sehoana umsunguli wezicathulo ze-Drip, wabona amandla aleli dolobha futhi wethula esinye sezitolo zakhe ze-Drip ngoLwezi nyakenye.
Kunokwesekwa okuningi kule ndawo futhi okumele ukwenze ukubonisa indlela oyiyo wena uqobo lwakho.
Injalo indawo yase-Tzaneen!