Awards

Udaba: Nomvula Mohalake UNokuthula Dlamini oneminyaka engama-24, oyingane yodwa okhuliswe unina ongumthengisi ongahleliwe, ugcwele imizwa ngemuva kokuthweswa iziqu eNyuvesi yaKwaZulu-Natali (UKZN) kuleli sonto ngeBachelors of Arts Honours kwezeSociology. Ividiyo nezithombe zikaNokuthula egonana nonina, uLindiwe Dlamini, ngesikhathi somcimbi zishabalaze ngokushesha ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, kwaze kwavela abantu abaningi abafuna ukumsiza, kufaka phakathi ukumnika izingubo nokumthatha izithombe. Wayehambile emcimbini wothweswa iziqu engagqokile ingubo entsha ngoba ayekwazi ukuyithenga.“Angifunanga ukuhlupha unina ngoba ngiyazi isimo esinzima ekhaya, ngakho nganquma ukugqoka enginayo. Okubalulekile kimi kwakuwukuba khona emcimbini wothweswa iziqu ngoba ngangingacabangi ukuthi ngizoba nomunye futhi,” kusho uDlamini. UDlamini, ovela eMgungundlovu, uthe wayenemizwa exubile ngesikhathi somcimbi njengoba ekhumbula ubunzima abhekane nabo ngesikhathi efunda nangaphambi kothweswa iziqu. Uthe izinyembezi zakhe zazibangelwa ukubonga ukuthi ekugcineni ukwazile, ukusekelwa akutholile, kanye nenjabulo yokwenza unina azizwe eqhosha ngaye. Ubunzima bakhe bezezimali benza uhambo lwakhe lokuphumelela lube nzima kakhulu. Ubonge uthisha wakhe, uDkt Siphamandla Sithelo, owamgcinele indawo yokuhlala unyaka wonke, futhi uthe umhlali naye, uNks Khethukuthula Khoza, wamsiza ngokudla nakho konke okunye ayekudinga. Ubonge nomphathi wakhe wezocwaningo ngokumkhuthaza ukuthi aye emelapheni. Emva kokuba indaba yakhe idume ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, abantu bafinyelele kuDlamini ngezindlela ezihlukene zokusiza. “Ngiyabonga kakhulu kubo bonke abafinyelele kimi. Ngifisa ngingamemeza emhlabeni wonke ukubonga umuntu ngamunye. Ngizwa sengathi uNkulunkulu uphendule yonke imithandazo yami nokukhathazeka kwami. Ngiyabonga kakhulu kini nonke,”...