Izimpande ZaseNdiya Zivela E-Afrika

Owesifazane wakwa-NRI uhamba yedwa nendodana yakhe ukuze ayofakelwa isibindi ezweni lakubo

“Maanvan, thandian chaavan” kusho isisho esidumile ngesiPunjabi esichaza umama njengomthunzi opholile futhi ovikela ukushisa okushisayo. Ukufuna le nduduzo mhlawumbe yikho okwaletha le ntokazi, eyayicishe ibe neminyaka engamashumi amabili, ezweni lakubo eNdiya. Wazalelwa futhi wakhulela eNingizimu Afrika, wayengowozalo lwesiGujarati. Abazali bakhe bafuduka engakazalwa kodwa amabanga asondeza izinhliziyo. Lapho efika eNdiya, omalume no-anti, babuthana eduze kwakhe ukuze bagone indodana yakhe ewusana, u-Hamza.

U-Hamza wayeyingane ejabulile, amehlo akhe amakhulu ayindilinga akhanya njengoba ethelwa ngezipho, “i-shagun” yakhe. Amehlo kanina, nokho, ayedabukile lapho embuka- wayephelele kodwa ebuka amehlo akhe aphuzi ngokujulile….

U-Hamza wayenakho jaundice kusukela ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemva kokuzalwa njengoba ehlushwa i-biliary atresia eyayibangele ukwehluleka kwesibindi sakhe. Kungani ingane iba ne-biliary atresia ngokushesha ngemva kokuzalwa, isayensi yezokwelapha ayikaqondi. Esikwaziyo nje ukuthi kuyabulala emhlabeni wonke ngaphandle kokuthi ukuhlinzwa kokulungisa ingxenye kwenziwa phakathi nezinyanga ezingu-2 zokuphila. Izinga lokuphumelela kwalokhu kuhlinzwa liyahlukahluka futhi ukufakelwa kwesibindi emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule wenze izinguquko ekuphathweni kwalesi sifo esingesihle ngokunikeza okuwukuphela kwekhambi eliqinisekile. Ukuhlinzwa kuka-Hamza kokulungisa kwakubhuntshile futhi umama wakhe wayeze ezweni lakubo ezofunela indodana yakhe ukuphila ezweni elimnike eyakhe.

Umyeni wakhe wayesalele ukuze anakekele ezinye izingane zabo ezi-2 futhi izihlobo zakhe zaseGujarat zaziyinsika yakhe yokusekela lapha. Ukube uNkulunkulu wayemnike le nselele, wayemnikeze nokusekela okukhulu. Ube nenhlanhla yokuba nomndeni obuhlangene ngale ndlela, kwaba ngumyeni kadadewabo owaphumela obala wanikela ngengxenye yesibindi sakhe njengoba yena nomyeni wakhe benqatshelwe ukuthi bangamnikeli ngenxa yezizathu zokwelashwa.

Esuka kwelinye iphaseji lesibhedlela eya kwelinye, wambamba isandla wasiqinisa ngenkathi u-Hamza edlula ezivivinyweni nasekuhlolweni. Izwi lakhe elithambile kanye namehlo akhe azolile akhulumela amandla akhe angaphakathi njengoba ebuka indodana yakhe ihanjiswa ngamasondo ukuze ifakwe. Ngokuvamile okunzima ukubamba ingane encane yayicwiliswa amashubhu, ilele kakhulu ihlinzwa lapho ibuya ngemva kokuhlinzwa amahora angu-10. Kodwa ngokushesha uzobuyela esimweni sakhe sokugabadela njengoba umphumela wakhe wokulalisa umzimba uphela. Waphuma emshinini wokuphefumula emahoreni ambalwa, emoyizela eqinisekisa umama wakhe. Kwaba sengathi uyaluzwa uthuthuva olusenhliziyweni yakhe ayelufihle ezweni langaphandle. 

Njengomama, njengendodana. U-Hamza wayengumfanyana onesibindi futhi wayekhala isikhashana lapho ehlatshwa amasampula egazi abese ebuyela esimweni sakhe esizolile. Indlala kuphela eyayizomphazamisa futhi wayejabule lapho ukudla kuqalisiwe ezinsukwini ezi-3 ngemva kokuhlinzwa. Waphenduka isithandwa sabahlengikazi bengadinwa ukudlala ngaye.

Onkulunkulu bathanda abathobekile futhi u-Hamza walulama kahle. Wakhishwa ngemva kwamasonto amathathu, amehlo akhe emhlophe qwa, ethwele isibazi sokuhlinza kuphela esiswini njengomzuzu wokugula okubi azalwa nakho futhi wanqoba ezweni lakubo.