Ilizwe lizilele ukubhubha kwegqala lomdlalo kamabonakude uNandi Nyembe.
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Asaphokoka amazwi ovelwano kulandela iindaba ezibuhlungu zokusweleka komdlali weqonga nomabonakude waseMzantsi Afrika uNandi Nyembe, nowayedume ngelikaMam’ Nandi, osweleke ngoMgqibelo, umhla wama23 kweyeThupha 2025, eneminyaka engama75 ubudala.
Ezi ndaba, nezibhengezwe nguMphathiswa wezeMidlalo, ubuGcisa neNkcubeko eMzantsi Afrika, uGayton McKenzie, zishiye isizwe sibuhlungu ngokulahlekelwa ligqala lenkcubeko elithandwayo.
UMcKenzie uvakalise intlungu enzulu egameni losapho lakwaNyembe kunye neSebe likaZwelonke lezeMidlalo, uBugcisa neNkcubeko, esithi, "Sibuhlungu ukubhengeza ukusweleka omnye wabadlali abaxatyisiweyo kwezobugcisa eMzantsi Afrika, uMam’ Nandi Nyembe."
Umsebenzi oqaqambileyo kaNyembe wathabatha iminyaka emininzi, esenza ilifa elichukumisa izizukulwana ngemidlalo yakhe echukumisayo kumaqonga nakumabonakude.
UNyembe uye waduma ngenxa yendima yakhe engalibalekiyo njengoNandi Sibiya kumdlalo kamabonakude wodumo iZone 14. Italente yakhe iye yanabela kwimidlalo emininzi engalibalekiyo ephucule indlela yokubalisa amabali eMzantsi Afrika, equka iYizo Yizo, Izoso Connexion, Isibaya, Isithembiso, neHouse of Zwide. Ubuchule bakhe bomboniso bhanyabhanya bubonakaliswe ngakumbi kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya enjengeReasonable Man (1999), Saturday Night at the Palace (1987), kunye nophumelele iwonga iYesterday (2004), apho italente yakhe yayiqaqambile.
IKomiti yeSebe lezeMidlalo, ubuGcisa, iNkcubeko noLonwabo kwiPhondo laseGauteng (SACR) nayo ivakalise amazwi ovelwano, iqaphela ifuthe elimandla lelifa likaNyembe.
UDisebo Tlebere, uSihlalo weKomiti yePotfoliyo yeSACR, uthethe nesizwe, esithi, "UMam’ Nandi ebengaphezulu nje komdlali weqonga; ebenguvulindlela kwezenkcubeko nomsebenzi wakhe ubonakalisa ukomelela, ubunzima kunye noloyiso lwabemi boMzantsi Afrika. Unike ilizwi kumabali ethu kwaye washiya uphawu olungacimekiyo kubugcisa nenkcubeko yesizwe sethu."
UMatome Chiloane, uMphathiswa wezeMfundo, iMidlalo, uBugcisa, iNkcubeko noLonwabo eGauteng, uvakalise oku, eqaqambisa umsebenzi kaNyembe weminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu owathi watyebisa kakhulu inkcubeko yoMzantsi Afrika. "Umsebenzi kaMama uNandi wongezelele ngokutyebileyo kwisizwe sethu ngeendima athe wazidlala ezingalibalekiyo kumabonakude nakwimiboniso bhanyabhanya eliqela. Wayengaphezu komdlali weqonga; wayenguvulindlela, umcebisi, kunye nenkuthazo kwizizukulwana zamagcisa amatsha," utshilo.
UChiloane uncome ubunyani nobabalo lwakhe, esithi, "Uwanike isidima amabali abantu bethu kwaye wawathwala ngobunyani nangobabalo."
Intlungu enkulu eviwa sisizwe siphela ayibonisi nje ukuphulukana netalente yakhe encumisayo kodwa intlonipho enzulu nombulelo ngomsebenzi wakhe ochaza amava abantu bakhe. Ebutsheni balo nyaka, kudliwanondlebe olungafihlisiyo, uNyembe uvakalise umnqweno wakhe wokuqhubeka nokudlala kwiinkqubo zikamabonakude endaweni yokusizelwa, uluvo oluthe lwachukumiseka kakhulu uluntu lwamagcisa. Ukusweleka kwakhe kuza kwiinyanga emva kokuba efumene inkxaso emandla xa etyhila imicelimngeni yakhe yezemali nempilo.
Isibongozo sikaNyembe esisuka entliziyweni sitsale umdla kumakhasi onxibelelwano emva kokuba wabelana ngenkalipho ngobunzima bakhe bezempilo, kuquka iingxaki namadolo nezamshiya kunyanzelekile ehleli kwisitulo esinamavili, kunye nobunzima bemeko yakhe yezemali.