Today I bring you the news (or the headlines, at any rate), for Wednesday’s Isolezwe (with a points system, as explained before. Front Page: Awalokothwanga amagama ezikhulu kukhishwa okaManase (25pts) 2nd Page: Zinswinyiwe izinhlelo zodado kuSABC (25 pts) 3rd Page: Kubibiyelwe amahlazo kokaManase ofingqiwe (15 pts) 4th Page: Kusinde ingane indoda iklabha unkosikazi wayo (10 […]
Month: June 2013
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Yesterday’s Isolezwe headlines
Being in Gauteng is sometimes a big disadvantage. Struggling up from the other side of the Linksfield Ridge before the sun had done anything but paint the road red, I arrived at the petrol station in Cyrildene. I went to the usual spot, picked it up, and realised – it was Isolezwe langoMsombuluko (noma lezolo, […]
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Prayer to uNhlangulana
I promise I’ll get back to the report after this. I just can’t resist. The amaZulu call this month uNhlangulana – the little-scatterer. Another name might be the-little-shiverer-one-sneaking-in-under-doorways (to be warded off, e.g. ukuhlangula induku means ‘to ward off a blow in a stick fight’). The name of the month and of the wind that […]