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UPatrick Phungwayo owake waba ngumdlali webhola owayeyigugu lesigodi sangakubo, impilo yakhe manje ibukeka ihluke kakhulu ngemuva kokuthi aboshelwe ukuduna izimoto eziningi, ukubamba inkunzi kuhlonyiwe kanye nokugqekeza.
Amaphoyisa abophe uPatrick ngoLwesibili kanye nozakwabo, uDavid Sekgobela. NgoLwesine abasolwa ababili bavele eNkantolo yeMantshi yaseGoli, lapho abanqatshelwe khona ibheyili.
Manje uPatrick oneminyaka engama-33 ubudala, owathatha indlela ebigcwele izithembiso isimholele esitokisini sejele, indawo ayengasoze ayicabanga ukuthi ingafanela umpetha osamncane onamandla amakhulu kangaka.
Ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe, uPatrick wayengomunye wezihlabani eziqhakazile zase-Alexandra. Ungumdlali wasemuva kwesokunxele owayesabeka futhi owashesha ukuphumelela ngomsebenzi wakhe.
Waqala umsebenzi wakhe e-ASD Cape Town, isikole sebhola likanobhutshuzwayo, ngowezi-2008. Wayesephuzile ukuqhakaza, kodwa washesha walungisa isikhathi esilahlekile futhi washeshe wazuza udumo e-Alex njengesibonelo esihle kwabancane kunaye.
Usayine ku-Orlando Pirates ngowezi-2012 wagcina ebizwa ukuzomela iqembu lesizwe, wadlala umdlalo owodwa kuBafana.
Omunye wabangani abakhulu bakaPatrick utshele i-Scrollla.Africa ukuthi impilo yakhe ngesikhathi eku-Pirates yayimnandi kakhulu. Uthe ungomunye wabantu abasha abaningi abebebukela kuye.
Kodwa ngisho nangemuva kokuthuthela emzini othile e-Lombardy namakhosikazi akhe amabili nezingane ezintathu, wayehlezi evakashela e-Alex ukuzobona umndeni wakhe.
“Njalo uma esivakashele e-Alexandra, wawubona ukuthi le nsizwa ihola kahle futhi ibukeka ihloniphekile,” kusho umngani ongathandanga ukudalulwa igama.
Kodwa ngowezi-2017, impilo kaPatrick yashintsha kakhulu. Kubikwa ukuthi yena nomfowabo baxabana, kwashuba ngokushesha kwaze kwaqhunyiswa isibhamu. UPhungwayo waboshwa ngemuva kwesonto ngamacala okushaya nokuzama ukubulala.
Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, i-Pirates yamthengisa ku-Free States Stars, futhi ngokusho komngani wakhe, yilapho kwaqala khona ukushintsha indlela yakhe yokuphila.
UPatrick waphinda waba sematheni ngesikhathi ememezela ukuthi unobizo lokuba isangoma nokuthi uzothwasa.
Umngani wakhe uthe ngemuva kokuyothwasa, impilo kaPatrick yayingasafani. Wayengagqoki futhi engagundi ngendlela ayejwayele ukwenza ngayo ngesikhathi esadlala ku-Pirates.
“Besicabanga ukuthi mhlawumbe yingoba ulandela imigomo yobizo lwakhe,” esho.
Okhulumela oKlebe uKatlego Mogale uthe abasolwa ababili bazophinde bavele eNkantolo yeMantshi yaseGoli ngesonto elizayo ukuze bafake isicelo sebheyili.