Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • In the words of Nelson Mandela, “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity”
  • Flooding at the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Second Place: Jeannie Wallace McKeown
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Winner: Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana
  • Residents of Extensions Nine, 10, Transit Camp, Phumlani and Enkanini voice discontent!
  • Makhanda Creatives Speak Out
  • Running towards a drug and alcohol-free Makhanda
  • What’s On 23 – 30 March
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»ARTS & LIFE»MAKANYIBILIKE UMANSPALATHI
ARTS & LIFE

MAKANYIBILIKE UMANSPALATHI

Grocott's Mail ContributorsBy Grocott's Mail ContributorsNovember 13, 2018Updated:November 13, 2018No Comments1 Min Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

The imbongi is showing concern about the conditions of Makhanda Municipality and the
community at large.

Molweni mabandla aphesheya kweGqume kwesikaNgqika eMakhanda
isixeko seengcongolo.

NooMosisi bethu abehl’entabeni,
Kudala silinde ukuza kuka Nxele

Kwizankwane zeenkonde zakowethu ndiyakhahlela!
Phantsi kwee qhiya zenkondekazi zendl’emnyama
Ndibhala le ncwadi ndival’amehlo
Ndisayine nam ngokwe ntindili yempumputhela
Kuba ndimibimbi bimbi bonozala bam
Kunga ndinga zilazila nokuhamba

Sisa ntyumpeka emanzini angacocekanga

Liphi lona ikhubalo?
Khubalo lokuvusa bona abaleleyo?
Kuba bona abadlozayo sihamba nabo,
Noko kunjalo abanacebo lokunceda
Kuba nanku noMasipala wethu esimthandayo
Kuvele abantu phonoshono Ntshonalanga
besithi makathi gu bucala

Kuyinkunkuma mbombo zone, baphathelela naba kuthi kunjalo

Andikeva nto ke mna ushiywa zindaba

Kaloku iindiyeva zam aziselo ncedo
Ncedani mabandla kuthekeni kwathini phi?
Abase moyeni bandihlebele ke kodwa
Ndeva ndeva, nabo abasebenzi abazi zipoko gxebe porho
Abathi ngolwimi lwasemzini “ghost workers”
Hayi kuqhawuka unobathana
Andazi nokuba ndive kakuhle na
Kaloku mna ndifunda imilebe ndiqonde
Maxesha wambi ke ndiwuphose umhlola
Yatsho lontsholo, makanyibilike lo manspala!

Ndive unxweeeee!
Besithi maka nyibilike uManspalathi
Ndanga ndingabaleka ndithi ngqeeee!
Owengcinezelo wema gomololo
Owenkululeko uyahexa
Sosa eyiphi kwamantyi thina bangazi nto?
Bhala Grokoti sive kwenzeka ntoni
Nam ukuba bendiyi ANC
Bendiya kukhusela iinkokheli zam
Ndiphathelele ngelilungisayo ke kodwa
Moya wokwahlulela lawula!
Camagwiiini!!

Previous ArticleLindsay Abrahams: ‘Our mother really loved all of you’
Next Article Proud kids watch their parents ‘graduate’
Grocott's Mail Contributors

Grocott's Mail Contributors includes content submitted by members of the public, and public and private institutions and organisations - regular and occasional, expert and citizen, opinion and analysis.

Comments are closed.

Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Humans of Makhanda

Humans of Makhanda

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.