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Umculi uPhelo Bala uzifake esikhungweni sokulungisa kabusha impilo e-Mpumalanga ngemuva kokuthi izinkinga zakhe ziphazamise ubudlelwano bakhe.
UBala uke wabhekana nokucindezeleka kusukela eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala futhi manje usegxile ekululameni ngenkathi eqopha uhlelo lomndeni.
Umculi uPhelo Bala uthola usizo esikhungweni sokulungisa kabusha impilo ngemva kweminyaka ene inkinga ezigcine zibhidliza ubudlelwano bakhe nomndeni nabangane.
Umngani osondelene nomndeni uthi uBala ukhethe ukuya e-rehab e-Mpumalanga ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule.
“Yebo, uzivumele ngokwakhe, ngokuzithandela ngosizo lomndeni wakhe esikhungweni sokulungisa kabusha impilo e-Mpumalanga,” umngani etshela iZimoja.
Lo mngani uthe uBala usenesikhathi eside edonsa kanzima okuholele ekutheni alahlekelwe ngabantu abasondelene naye.
Uphuma emndenini wodumo wase-Eastern Cape wabaculi okubalwa kubo uZwai noLoyiso. Bafunde esikoleni esihlonishwayo somculo esizinze e-KZN, i-Drakensberg Boys Choir.
“Ubevele athukuthele agane unwabu kanti okokugcina wakhombisa udlame kumnganakhe,” kusho umngani. Kodwa kunezindaba ezinhle uBala uqhuba kahle esikhungweni sokulungisa kabusha impilo.
Umndeni wakwaBala ubuthwebula uhlelo lwempilo yabo ngalesi sikhathi esinzima. Babengenaso isiqiniseko mayelana nokwabelana ngalezi zindaba eziyimfihlo.
“Yisihloko esibucayi kakhulu lesi kodwa yilokho okumayelana nohlelo olukhombisa impilo yethu enhle nembi,” kusho umngani womndeni.
UBala waqala ukubhekana nokucindezeleka eneminyaka engu-17. Ngemva kokuhlukana noMoshe Ndiki, wabuyela e-Uitenhage ukuze azisebenzele. Ugxile emculweni wajoyina uhlelo lomndeni wakhe, i-The Bala Family.
Umndeni wakhe ume ngemuva kwakhe njengoba ezama ukuba ngcono.
“Unekhono futhi uyamangalisa, futhi siyaziqhenya ngaye ngokufuna ukwenza kangcono,” kusho umngani.
Osesithombeni esingenhla: UPhelo Bala.
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