Andiyikholelwa โ kodwa, ewe, yinyani. UMadiba, owasisikelela kunye nehlabathi ngokutyebe kangaka, akasekho.
Kwakubonakala ngathi wayesoloko enathi. Nangona ngenene walinyathela ihlabathi nje ngokuziphatha okuhle emva ko-1994, xa waba ngumongameli woMzantsi Afrika, isithomo sakhe saqala ukukhula xa wayese-Robben Island, xa waba lelona banjwa lidumileyo lezopolitiko ngexesha lakhe kwaye wakhuthaza abaninzi ukuba xhasa iPhulo likaMandela lasimahla.
Wayesele echazwa ngamagama awayemenza abonakale emkhulu kunobomi. Bekukho amahum-hum athi abanye kwiANC boyika ukuba angafunyanwa eneenyawo zodongwe, ngoko bafuna ukuba โabhangisweโ phambi kokuba ihlabathi lidane. Kwakungeyomfuneko ukuba boyike. Ngokungakholelekiyo, waba ngaphezu kwezinto ezazilindelwe ngabantu.
Ebutsheni bakhe, wayikhuthaza i-ANC Youth League ukuba ilahle iinkokeli zeANC kuzwelonke ekucingelwa ukuba zingcathu, ezifana noGqirha AB Xuma. Waphinda wanika icandelo lokhuseleko localucalulo isiliphu njengeBlack Pimpernel, ebambe umnwe kurhulumente kwaye enika uluntu lwakhe into yokuphelisa ubumnyama bobukho babo.
Ndadibana noMadiba kanye, ngokukhawuleza, ekuqaleni koo-1950. Ndandiqeqeshelwa ukuba ngutitshala kwiKholeji yeBantu Normal ngasePitoli, esasiyibiza siqhula ngokuthi "Bantu Normal College for normal Bantu", kwaye wayengumgwebi kukhuphiswano lwethu lwengxoxo-mpikiswano neJan Hofmeyr School of Social Work. Wayemde, enomoya kwaye esikele umzimba okhawulezayo.
Ngokungakholelekiyo, xa ndandiza kumbona kwakhona kwakuyiminyaka engama-40 kamva, ngoFebruwari 1990, xa yena noWinnie bachitha ubusuku bakhe bokuqala benkululeko phantsi kophahla lwethu eBishopscourt eKapa.
Iphulo lokungakhathali
Iziganeko ezimangalisayo zenzekile kuloo minyaka ingama-40: iphulo lokungakhathali, ukwamkelwa koMqulu weNkululeko kunye nendyikityha yokufa yaseSharpeville ngoMatshi wama-21 1960, eyathi yachaphazeleka kwiingqondo zethu sisonke. Yasixelela ukuba nokuba sinokuqhankqalaza ngoxolo siya kususwa njengezinambuzane ezitshabalalisayo yaye ubomi bobumnyama abunamsebenzi kangako.
UMzantsi Afrika yayililizwe apho izaziso zikawonke-wonke zabhengezwa ngokungenazintloni โAbemi bomthonyama nezinja azivumelekangaโ. Imibutho yethu yezobupolitika yavalwa; uninzi lwamalungu awo ayevaliwe, abanjwa okanye aye elubhacweni. Le mibutho yayingasayi kuphinda isebenze ngokungenabundlobongela - yayingenandlela imbi ngaphandle kokufudukela kumzabalazo wezigalo. Ngoko ke iANC yaseka uMkhonto weSizwe, uNelson njengomphathi wayo. Wayeqonde ukuba abacinezelweyo babengayi kuyifumana inkululeko yabo njengemana evela ezulwini, nokuba abacinezeli abawancami amandla nelungelo labo ngokuzithandela.
Ngoku ibiya kuba lityala lokungcatsha ukunxulumana nale mibutho yavalwa, eyathi yazisa isahluko esilandelayo kumdlalo wenkululeko yethu โ iRivonia Trial.
Ngelizwe elikhululekileyo sasisoyika ukuba uMandela nabanye abatyholwa wayeza kugwetyelwa ukufa, njengoko umtshutshisi uPercy Yutar wayefuna.
Ngelo xesha, mna nentsapho yakowethu sasihlala eLondon, apho ndandifunda khona. Imilindo yomthandazo ibibanjelwe eSt Paul's Cathedral nakwezinye iindawo ngeenzame zokunqanda isohlwayo.
Iqela labakhuseli likaMandela lazama ukumcenga ukuba amodareyithe intetho yakhe edumileyo esedokisini, besoyikela ukuba ingaxhokonxa ijaji. Kodwa wazingisa ukuba ufuna ukuthetha ngeenjongo awayezimela, awayezabalazele, nawayephilele zona, yaye ukuba kuyimfuneko, wayekulungele ukufa ngenxa yazo.
Saphefumlela phezulu xa abamangalelwa begwetywa umsebenzi onzima wobomi, nangona oko kwakuthetha ukusebenza nzima kwikwari yekalika eRobben Island.
Isihogo esihle
Ixesha laseRobben Island ngamanye amaxesha liye lathandana. Enyanisweni, yayisisihogo, ingakumbi kumabanjwa amnyama. Amabanjwa amhlophe, abebala namaIndiya ayenxiba iibhulukhwe ezinde, izihlangu neekawusi neejezi, ngoxa oogxa bawo abantsundu babenxiba iibhulukhwe ezimfutshane neembadada nokuba injani na imozulu yaye babelala koomandlalo ababhityileyo kwimigangatho yekonkile. Kwakhona babenokutya okubi kakhulu.
Abasemagunyeni babezimisele ukophula imimoya yabo โbanqolobiโ bamanyumnyezi. Kukho ifoto ebonisa uNelson emi kufutshane noWalter Sisulu owathi, ekunye namabanjwa amnyama aliqela, benza umsebenzi wokuthunga iingxowa zeposi. Umongameli wethu wexesha elizayo uyenzile loo nto! Uphuculo oluninzi, olufana neebhedi kunye namalungelo okufunda, lwalungenxa yoxinzelelo lukaHelen Suzman kunye ne-International Red Cross.
Abanye bathi iminyaka engamashumi amabini anesixhenxe evalelwe uMandela yayiyinkcitha-xesha, besithi ukuba wayekhululwe kwangethuba ngewayenexesha elingakumbi lokuluka umtsalane wakhe wokuxolela noxolelwaniso. Ndithandazela ukwehluka.
Waya entolongweni umfana osemtsha onomsindo, ecatshukiswa kukungafezeki kobulungisa kwityala leRivonia Trial. Wayengeloxolo. Ngapha koko, wayeyinkomanda yeMK kwaye wayejonge ukubhukuqa ucalucalulo ngenkani.
Iminyaka engama-27 yayibaluleke kakhulu ekukhuleni kwakhe ngokomoya. Ukubandezeleka kwaba sisibonda esasusa inkunkuma eninzi, samnika uvelwano ngabachasi bakhe. Kwamnceda wamenza isidima, wamenza wanobungangamsha ekunzima ukubuzuza ngezinye iindlela. Kwamnika igunya nokuthembeka ebekuya kuba nzima ukufikelela kuyo. Akukho mntu wayenokucelโ umngeni iziqinisekiso zakhe. Wayekubonakalisile ukuzibophelela kwakhe kunye nokuzincama kwakhe ngento awayedlule kuyo. Wayenegunya kunye nomtsalane ohamba kunye nokubandezeleka ngenxa yabanye - njengoMahatma Gandhi, uMama Teresa kunye noDalai Lama.
Sabambโ ongezantsi ngeCawe yowe-11 kaFebruwari 1990 xa ihlabathi lama ngxi laza lamlinda ukuba aphume entolongweni. Uthe xa ephuma ehamba no Winnie ecaleni kwakhe sabe simanyene ekuncomaneni kwethu. Olunjani lona ulonwabo lokuphila, ukunandipha loo mzuzu! Saziva sinelunda ngokuba ngabantu ngenxa yale ndoda imangalisayo. Okomzuzwana, sonke sasikholelwa ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba silunge. Sasicinga ukuba iintshaba zinokuba ngabahlobo, njengoko sasilandela uMadiba kwindlela yoxolelo noxolelwaniso olwabonakaliswa yikomishoni yenyaniso kunye nomhobe wesizwe we-polyglot, iilwimi ezisemthethweni ezili-11, kunye norhulumente wobumbano lwesizwe apho umongameli wokugqibela wocalucalulo wayenokuba ngusekela mongameli. kunye "nomnqolobi" intloko karhulumente.
Wayemangalisa
UMadiba wayephila le nto wayeyishumayela. Ngaba akazange ameme umgcini-ntolongo wakhe wangaphambili njengo Undwendwe lweVIP kumiselo lwakhe lukamongameli? Ngaba akazange afumane isidlo sasemini noPercy Yutar, umtshutshisi kwityala laseRivonia? Ngaba akazange abhabhele ukuya e-Orania, isikhululo sokugqibela sama-Afrikaner, ukuya kusela iti noBetsy Verwoerd, umhlolokazi wombingeleli omkhulu weengcamango zocalucalulo?
Wayemangalisa. Ngubani ozakuyilibala inkxaso yakhe yokugcinwa kophawu lweSpringbok kumdlalo wombhoxo, nangona wawuthiywe kakhulu ngabantsundu? Lo mqondiso uphefumlayo xa wayengena ebaleni e-Ellis Park enxibe ijezi yeSpringbok enika uFrancois Pienaar indebe yokubetha iiAll Blacks kumdlalo wamagqibela kankqoyi weNdebe yeHlabathi yoMbhoxo ka-1995, inyambalala yababukeli abaninzi baseAfrikaner becula. โNelson, Nelson โฆโ Ngubani owayenokukholelwa ukuba singaphila de sibone imini apho abantsundu baseSoweto babeya kubhiyozela uloyiso lwamaBhokobhoko, njengoko benzayo ngo-1995?
UMadiba wayesisipho esimangalisayo kuthi nakwihlabathi. Wayekholelwa ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba kukho inkokeli ekhokelelwayo, kungekhona ukuziphakamisa. Wayelixhoba lolahleko lwenkcitho njengoko wayesebenza ngokuzimisela eqokelela imali yezikolo neekliniki ezisemaphandleni. Ngethuba ese-ofisini, wasebenzisa omnye womvuzo wakhe ukuseka iNelson Mandela Children's Fund kwaye kamva waseka isiseko sakhe semisebenzi yesisa.
Wayedume kwihlabathi jikelele njengomfanekiso ongenakuphikiswa wokuxolela noxolelwaniso, kwaye wonke umntu wayefuna iqhekeza lakhe. Thina bemi boMzantsi Afrika savuyela ubuqaqawuli bakhe obubonakalisiweyo. Savuya saziva kamnandi ngathi. Side simtyala ngokusinceda sifumane isicelo sokusingatha iNdebe yeHlabathi yeFifa ka-2010.
Wayihlawula ixabiso elinzima ngayo yonke loo nto. Emva kokuvalelwa kwakhe iminyaka engama-27 kwabakho ukulahlekelwa nguWinnie. Kungekudala emva kokukhululwa kwakhe, mna noLeah sabamema kwisidlo sesiXhosa ekhaya lethu eSoweto. Hayi indlela awayemthanda ngayo umfazi wakhe! Ngalo lonke elo xesha bebekunye nathi ebemlandela yonke intshukumo oko kwenjanana edoti. Wayekhathazeke gqitha luqhawulo-mtshato lwabo. Ndiyambulela uThixo ngoGraรงa Machel โ into emnandi kangaka.
UMadiba wayebakhathalele abantu ngenene. Ngenye imini ndatya isidlo sasemini naye kowabo eHoughton. Ukugqiba kwethu ukutya wandikhapha ukuya emnyango wakhwaza esithi: "Driver!" Ndamxelela ukuba ndiziqhubele eSoweto. Akazange athethe nto kodwa emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa wandifowunela esithi: "Mpilo, bendinexhala lokuba uziqhubela ubuza kwitshomi zam ezimbalwa zeshishini. Omnye wabo uye wathembisa ukukuthumela iR5 000 ngenyanga. ukuqesha umqhubi!"
Wayesoloko ehlekisa. Impendulo yakhe ekugxekeni kwam incasa yakhe kwiihempe ezikhazimlayo ibisithi: "Intle kakhulu iphuma kwindoda enxibe ilokhwe esidlangalaleni."
Wabonakalisa ukuthobeka okumangalisayo xa ndandimgxeka esidlangalaleni ngokuhlala no Graรงa ngaphandle kwenzuzo yomtshato kunye nokumisela umzekelo ombi. Ezinye iintloko zamazwe zaziya kundivuyisa. Kungekudala emva koko ndafumana isimemo somtshato wakhe.
Umhlaba wethu yindawo engcono yokuba noNelson Mandela, kwaye thina eMzantsi Afrika singcono noko. Hayi indlela ekwakukuhle ngayo ukuba amalandela akhe ayenokumxelisa yaye ukuba sasixabise isipho esikhulu senkululeko awasizuzela yona ngexabiso lokubandezeleka okungaka.
Siyambulela uThixo ngawe, Madiba. Yanga ungaphumla ngoxolo uvuke eluzukweni.
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