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    ISIXHOSA SIYAVUTHA – Ayanda

    Grocott's Mail ContributorsBy Grocott's Mail ContributorsNovember 20, 2019No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Ayanda Nondlwana, actor and founder of the Via Kasi pantsula dance troupe, has died. Photo: CueTube (2017)

    The poem is an eulogy for the late Ayanda Nondlwana. The poem points out that Ayanda was a multi-talented person who was always bringing smiles to the people around him. Tsi! Lo mhlaba uyahlaba,

    Ayanda ngokwanda amaxhala nonxunguphalo
    Mini nezolo sityhila amaphepha-ndaba
    Mini nezolo siphula-phula koonomathotholo
    Mini nezolo sothuka ezindabeni zikamabona-kude

    Kanti siyakude sive nangokushiywa kwethu ngomnye wethu
    EMdantsane uNondlwana ligama elihlonitshwe kakhulu
    Ingakumbi xa umkhosi wakhona uphume ingqina
    Bona sele kukho into ekhoyo kwaNondlwana
    Kuphithizela kwesositalatwana iintlanga kucace nakuthathatha

    Makubenjalo nakwelokhaya lakho lokugqibela Ayanda Nondlwana

    Ndatsho ndifika eMakhanda ndibona abokrwec’ izulu abahamba ngeentonga
    Wabe umfomkhulu esukile kakade egadeni
    Athi khona akutakataka edliwa ziintwala neentakumba zamapantsula
    Umve ethetha le naleya eqongeni suka kunyumbazek’ abantu nabantwana

    Ndatsho ndathi ilele italente kulo kaNondlwana

    Azi ukuba tyhefundini kamantshingilane uyasazi isono sakho kusini na
    Endaweni yokuba uhoye ukhuseleko wena uphathel’ isizw’ ibhozo
    Kuyakude kubenini amagugu esizwe enyhashwa ngoongantweni
    Bekusekuphele izilwanyana zokuzibhuntseka uzihlinze kusini na

    Uyafana nothathe iflegu yoMzantsi Afrika wayikrazula ngokubulala uAyanda Nondlwana

    Masithembe mhlekazi ukuba uyakucula ukusixelela oku de uthi ‘Ho-o-o-yi-na-a!’
    Sithembe ukuba awucula nje koko uyakuxhentsa upantsule kubedlakadlak’ iiteki
    Ubengabalinganiswa ngabalinganiswa kweloqonga likamantyi nakwanongqongqo
    De sixelelwe ukuba masigoduke sisisizwe ‘liphelil’ ityala, iphelil’ int’ ebithethwa’

    Awungomdali wemiphefumlo nobomi apha naphina na

    Sakugxeka sithi nokuba bekutheni na
    Bekunganyanzelekanga ude uthabathe umphefumlo
    Awudalanga bomi bukaAyanda Nondlwana
    Nawe unomphefumlo wakho onga ungangathathwa mntu

    Ngu: Zongezile Matshoba

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