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    isiXhosa siyavutha

    Grocott's Mail ContributorsBy Grocott's Mail ContributorsOctober 30, 2017Updated:November 7, 2017No Comments2 Mins Read
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    This poem is written by Sinovuyo Mgontshongo, Lizo Ndobe and Kuhlenkosi Gotyana kaDizamahlebo. It is about the late Oliver Thambo. Poets are praising him and finishing by saying if he was alive the country would not have been captured and there would not be Marikana massacre.

    Khawukhe uthi uThambo liqhawe
    Eline nkolo yenyaniso intetho
    Nangoku akafanga ukwe lemimoya
    Kaloku inyange alifi liya nyamalala
    Yinkosi eya fungelwa ngabamhlophe
    Bathi soze iyingcamle inkululeko
    Ufaf’olud’emthi mde

    Yavuuuuuuka!
    Yavu-u-u-uka!
    Yavuka le nto kum kwathi mandi nabe
    Ndithethe ngofaf’olude lwase Mthimde
    Phantsi kwentaba zaseZalo
    Kukhon’inkunz’engcolis’isileti sosiba
    Ilubamb’usiba lungcache
    Singe singa zifihl’izileti zingcola
    Sizob’amanxebanxeba
    Eyase Mthimd’iphehluzeliswa luhlanga

    Mbombo zone zomhlaba
    Ndiya ntenga ntenga
    Ndikhangelana neenkokheli
    Zelizwe ezima ngokunyaniseka
    Zizithi maxhalanga ndidleni

    Kungani ke xa ndisithi isazela sam
    Sicholachola kumhlaba
    Wase Nkantolo eBhizana
    Liso lam lixhentsa ebutyantini buka Mzimeni noJuliya
    Ngubani na ongazi nto ngale ndoda ine sihlwitha
    Isidima nesithozela yakwa Thambo?
    Ngubani na ongena kuxhentsela intlombe
    Ndiv’ihlombe lika zwelonke jikelele kwilizwe
    Lesi thembiso engazange walingena oka Mzimeni unyana
    Ukugqiba ukuba sisimundelo samaxhalanga itshobonqa
    Uyamazi okhe wambona uJoe Slovo
    Uyifundil’incwadana encinci
    Othe wayi tyikitya oka Mzimeni
    Walter Sisulu ibingu gxa wakho
    Mhla nizakuzana eli gama lingu Mkonto wesizwe
    Rholihlahla ilizwe lesithembiso
    Nobunewunewu balo ulingcamle

    Thambo dala
    Ukuba ubulapha
    Ngelinga thengwanga eli lizwe
    Ngebenga khange balingcatshe
    Oozungul’ichele namalokonya
    Ngebe ngafang’eMarikana
    Siyakhahlela kuwe nomoya wakho

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