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UJohnny Clegg wayesemusha ngesikhathi eyobheka abasebenzi abangamaZulu abafudukele eGoli. Umsebenzi wakhe omningi wobuqhawe uhlanganisa ukuxoxa indaba “yabantu base-Afrika abayizisulu zobukoloni” ngendlela yakhe, ekhetheke kakhulu.
Ngaphandle kokululaza noma ukubukela phansi umsebenzi weqhawe langempela laseNingizimu Afrika, uClegg uchaza isigameko somhlaba esidala njengeNguquko Yezimboni uqobo lapho ekhuluma ngabahlakazeka nababaleka bayofuna umsebenzi; njengoba uPaul Simon ecula ngendoda ehamba emgwaqeni ezweni eliyinqaba “engenamali” futhi ebona izingelosi ezakhiweni bese ithi “amen, haleluya.”
Kungani uDuane Vermeulen esayine ukudlalela i-Ulster? Kungani uTrevor Nyakane esayine ne-Racing 92? Umfana osafunda isikole oneminyaka eyi-13 ubudala onethalente lebhola lombhoxo, angakuchazela ngomusho owodwa: i-Euro eyodwa ithenga imali eyi-R18.
Abadlali bebhola lombhoxo abaqali ukulandela imali futhi akwenzeki nje phakathi kwamazwe.
Kunzima ukucabanga ukuthi ukhona umuntu ongafuna ukufudukela e-Bloemfontein. Kodwa kulula ukukuqonda, uma uvela e-Kimberley futhi udlalela i-Griquas endaweni eqinile yase-Griqua Park.
Kodwa uma uvela e-Bloemfontein, iKapa nentaba yakhona, iTheku nolwandle lwayo olufudumele, kanye neGoli elinemigwaqo egandaywe ngegolide yizona zindawo okufanele ube kuzo. Kodwa kulezi zinsuku lokho kuyisinyathelo sokuqala sokufinyelela ezintweni ezinkulu.
Njengamanje balinganiselwa kwabangama-200 abantu baseNingizimu Afrika abadlala emiqhudelwaneni esezingeni eliphezulu ngaphandle kwaseNingizimu Afrika kanye nabadlali okungenani abangama-500 kumaligi akhokhelwayo emhlabeni jikelele.
Lokho kuwumphumela wezwe elisezinxushunxushwini zezombusazwe futhi ezingenakuguqulwa yibhola lombhoxo.
Kodwa inselelo engenza noma ibhidlize ibhola lombhoxo laseNingizimu Afrika, ilele ezingeni lasekhaya lapho amaqembu endawo okuyiwona ahlulwa ngempela.
Akungatshazwa ukuthi ukudlala ngaphandle kwabadlali abafana noVermeulen noNyakane bekuwukulahlekelwa. Hhayi kuphela emakhonweni abawaletha emdlalweni, kodwa nangokwenani labo lokuhlonishwa.
Asikhulume iqiniso, abalandeli baya enkundleni ukuyobona abadlali abafana noVermeulen noNyakane, nangempela, uFaf de Klerk, uPieter-Steph du Toit, uCheslin Kolbe noHandré Pollard bengayobukelwa nje uma umuntu ecitha isithukuthezi ngokuyobuka abadlali besibili “be-tier” – kungakhathalekile ukuthi badlala kahle njengompetha noma cha.
URassie Erasmus usekufakazele ukuthi, uma uphathwa ngendlela, ibhola lombhoxo laseNingizimu Afrika lamazwe ngamazwe alilibi. Eqinisweni, lingachuma. Kodwa kusezingeni lendawo (okwakubizwa ngezinga lamakilabhu) lapho kufanele kutholwe khona izimpendulo. Futhi kuwumbuzo onzima.