Umuntu uyakhuluma, kodwa iSilo siyaphefumula. A person speaks, but the ‘Beast’ ‘breathes’. This was just one thing I figured out a little while ago, on the birthday of the current ruling monarch (iSilo) of the amaZulu, uNgangezwe-lakhe, uHlanga-lomhlabathi, uBhejan’ophum’es’qiwini. Out of respect, I shall not refer to this person by his igama. If you are […]
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23 years ago, give or take a year, my father and brother and I are standing in the dust of KwaDukuza, watching the masses of humanity stream in to the inkundla. We merit some curious looks, and some interested comments, but for the most part everyone else is too busy sorting out their own imvunulo […]
Akukho “ukuhlanekezela” la. Lawa ngamazwi ngqo ashiwo yiSilo samabandla, uNgangezwe lakhe: Ngicela uhulumeni asilekelele. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi abantu banwaye izintwala zabo nathi sichobe ezethu. Eziphukwini zethu asikhiphe amazenze siwabeke elangeni aziqathakele. Siyacela ukuthi abantu bokufika bathathe imithwalo yabo bahambe. Nani ngesikhathi nisemazweni abo kusazatshalazwa nabalekelela ukuba bakhululeke ngiyakwazi lokho kodwa anikaze nilengise, nithengise lutho emazweni abo. […]
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