Lubhalwe nguKarabo Rammutla
Ukubalwa kwabantu kuka-2019 kwa-StatsSA kubonise ukuthi cishe u-12.2% wabantu bakuleli abakhuluma ulimi lwesiBhunu, kodwa umlingisi owine indondo ye-Oscar uCharlize Theron ucabanga okuhlukile.
Ukubalwa kwabantu kuveze ukuthi ingxenye yesithathu (77.4%) yamakhaladi ikhuluma isiBhunu emakhaya, kanti abangaphezu kuka-61,2% abamhlophe nabo bayakwenza.
Kodwa ngokusho kukaTheron bangu-44 kuphela abantu abakhuluma lolu limi.
Uphinde wathi ngesikhathi ekuleli wayengasazi isiNgisi ngoba abantu bangakubo bonke bakhuluma ulimi lwesiBhunu.
Ohlelweni lwe-podcast isihlabani sase-Italian Job sithe sithola isiBhunu siwulimi olufayo nolungasizi ngalutho.
Lokhu kuthukuthelise umphakathi okhuluma isiBhunu e-Namibia nakuleli.
Kodwa-ke akekho ocasuke ukwedlula iqembu lamaBhunu i-AfriForum.
Umphathi wezamasiko we-AfriForum u-Alana Bailey uthe uTheron akanaso isiqiniseko ngenkulumo yakhe. Bangaphezu kuka-6 million abantu bakuleli abakhuluma isiBhunu.”
“Ngingasho ukuthi eminyakeni ezayo baningi abazobe bekhuluma ulimi lwesiBhunu. Akukhulunya ngelakuleli kuphela kodwa nase-Botswana ,” kusho yena.
Ababaningi abantu abakhuluma ulimi lwesiBhunu, kodwa eminyakeni ezayo sizobe sesigcwele umhlaba wonke.
UZel Barnes wase-Eersterust e-Tshwane uthe unezihlobo ezingaphezu kuka-50 futhi zonke zikhuluma isiBhunu.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi udumo selufinyelele ekhanda lakhe. Kumele sikwamukele ukuthi akaseyona intombazane yethu yase-Benoni usengowaseMelika,”
Isithombe esingenhla esomlingisi wakuleli uCharlize Theron nomama wakhe uGerda
Umthombo wesithombe: @CharlizeTheron