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UJohan Kotze uhlangane no-Alan Strydom, indoda engenakhaya, ngaphandle kwe-DHL Stadium futhi wamnika ithikithi lama-Springboks.
Baphuze i-brandy neCoke, bashutha izithombe babonakala ku-SuperSport ngesikhathi amaBoks eshaya ama-Barbarians ngo 54–7.
Ngesikhathi umngani kaJohan Kotze ehoxa ngomzuzu wokugcina, ubenethikithi elengeziwe lokuyobuka amaBhokobhoko edlala e-DHL Stadium. Ubengazi ukuthi ithikithi liyofeza iphupho lomunye umuntu.
UKotze (56), wase-Riebeek West, uye kulo mdlalo yedwa.
Ngaphandle kwenkundla, eduze kwe-underpass yakwa-McDonald, wabona indoda izigoqe emakhazeni.
Leyo ndoda bekungu-Alan Strydom ozibiza ngoLuigi. Akanakhaya, usebenzisa isikhwama esimnyama njengejazi lokumvikela emvuleni, futhi ulala ngaphansi kwebhuloho e-Green Point.
UKotze uqale ukuxoxa naye. “Wangitshela ukuthi akakaze awabone bukhoma amaBoks, kodwa ulazi lonke iqembu elizoqala umdlalo,” etshela iNews24.
ULuigi wayekade enguthisha wezibalo futhi ungumlandeli omkhulu wombhoxo. Uvamise ukubuka imidlalo ngamafasitela e-pub ngoba uzizwa enamahloni okungena ngaphakathi.
Ethintwa yindaba kaLuigi, uKotze umnike ithikithi. “Ngivele ngamdabukela,” echaza.
Ngaphakathi, amadoda amabili ajabule ngesikhathi amaBhokobhoko eshaya ama-Barbarians ngo 54–7. Babelana ngezithombe abazishuthe zona, beqhabula i-brandy ne-Coke, baze babonakala nakwi-SuperSport.
“Ubekhala futhi ebonga uNkulunkulu,” kusho uKotze. “Uyabona ukuthi kusho umhlaba kuye.”
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uLuigi ubuye endlini encane ehamba nonogada ocele uKotze ukuthi aqinisekise ukuthi uhamba naye yini. “Ngathi yebo uhamba nam, nabu ubufakazi.’”
UKotze uthole ukuthi uLuigi uneminyaka engu-49, uya esontweni njalo ngeSonto ukuze athole amakhekhe, futhi uhlale elala endaweni efanayo eduze kwebhuloho.
Ngemuva komdlalo, uKotze wambuyisela emuva uLuigi, wamnika imali yokudla wathembisa ukuthi uzophinde ambone.
“Ngibonga uNkulunkulu ngokuhlangana naye,” esho. “Bekungekhona okokukhangisa, bekuyinto elungile ebekumele ngiyenze.”
Esithombeni esingenhla: Indiza phezu kwe-DHL Stadium ngaphambi komdlalo wamaBhokobhoko.
Umthombo wesithombe: @Springboks