Kwakukho abane bethu ngohambo. Mna - wakhulelwa eZimbabwe nakwi-Afrika nakwi-adult; udadewethu, owayekhulile kwilizwekazi kodwa akazange ahambele eMzantsi Afrika ukususela kokuwa kwebandlululo; umyeni wakhe, ongakaze abe eAfrika ngaphambili; kunye nendodana yabo eneminyaka eli-12 ubudala. SasiseKapa , kwaye ndandinomdla kakhulu ukuba ndibathabathe kwiindawo zokuhlala ezingaqhelekanga, okanye ilokishi.
Okuhle nokubi
Isingeniso sam sesithathu sosuku oluya eKapa lubandakanya usuku olunikezelwe kwindlela yokutyelela kwidolophu kunye nokutyelela eRobben Island , usuku lwesibini oluchithwe ukuhlola imbali yaseKapa neCape Malay Quarter yaseBo-kaap , kunye nosuku lwesithathu olunikezelwe ukutyelela iThebula Intaba kunye neCape Peninsula. Ngale ndlela, ndiziva ukuba iindwendwe zam zifumana umfanekiso olinganiselayo wendawo kunye nelifa lemveli eliqhelekileyo.
Ngosuku lokuqala, ingxoxo phakathi kwam kunye nosapho yam yafumana ingqongqo. Uodadewethu, uPenny, wayekhathazekile ukuba iitishi zokutyelela zihamba ngeyona ndlela ihamba phambili, kwaye i-racially irmost. Wayecinga ukuba bakhonza enye injongo ngaphandle kokuvumela abantu abamhlophe abamhlophe kwii-minivans ukuba bajonge kwaye babone abantu abamnyama abamnyama, bathathe imifanekiso yabo baze baqhubeke.
Umkhwenyana wam, uDennis, wayekhathazekile ukuba intlupheko ngaphakathi kwelishiya yayiya kuphazamisa unyana wakhe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ndandicinga ukuba kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba umntakwabo ambone kwaye aqonde into yecala laseAfrika.
Ndacinga ukuba wayesekhulile ngokwaneleyo kwaye enzima ngokwaneleyo ukujamelana nayo - nangona kunjalo, njengoko ndandithabathele ityelelo ngaphambili, ndayazi ukuba ibali alikude lilungelo kunye nesigayegalelo.
Imithetho yobandlululo
Ekugqibeleni, ukunyamezela kwam kwaphumelela kwaye sabhalisela ukutyelela. Saqala kwiMimyuzi yeSithili yeSithili , apho safunda malunga nembali yabantu baseKapa, abaye baxoshwa ngokukhawuleza besuka kwiziko leSixeko phantsi kwe-Group Areas Act ka-1950.
Lo Mthetho wawungenye yezona zinto ziphawuleka kakhulu ngexesha lobandlululo, ukuthintela ukunxibelelana kwabamhlophe nabangewona abamhlophe ngokunika indawo ezithile zokuhlala kwiindawo ezihlukeneyo.
Emva koko, sivakatyelele ihostele zabasebenzi basekudala kwilokishi laseLanga. Ngexesha lobandlululo, iMithetho yePhasi iphoqa amadoda ukuba ashiye iintsapho zawo ekhaya ngelixa beza kwizixeko ukuze basebenze. Ihostele zaseLanga zakhiwe njengeendawo zokuhlala amadoda angamadoda angamadoda alishumi elinesibini abelana ngekhitshi kunye nezindlu zokuhlambela. Xa iMithetho yePhasi yachithwa, iintsapho zaza zafika kwisixeko ukuze zidibene nabayeni babo noobawo kwihostele, ezikhokelela kwizimo zokuphila ezincinci.
Ngokukhawuleza, kunokuba babe namadoda alishumi elinesibini abelana ngekhitshi kunye nezindlu zangasese, iintsapho ezilishumi elinesibini zafuneka zisinde zisebenzisa izixhobo ezifanayo. I-Shanties yenyuka kuzo zonke iziqendu ezikhoyo ezikhoyo ukuze zijongane nokuphuphuma, kwaye loo ndawo yakhawuleza yaba yintlanzi. Sadibana nezinye zeentsapho ezihlala apho namhlanje, kubandakanywa nomfazi oqhuba i- shebeen (i- pubs engekho mthethweni) ngaphandle kwiplastiki-ne-cardboard. Xa sabuya ebhasini, sonke sathotywa sisetyenziswe ngobumpofu obuhle bendawo.
UkuCwangcisa kunye noPlumbing
Ilokishi laseKapa ye-Crossroads yaba ngumqondiso wasemhlabeni woxinzelelo lwangabandlululo ngo-1986, xa imifanekiso yabemi bayo isuswa ngokukhawuleza yayisasazwa kwiimboniso zethelevishini zehlabathi.
Ndikulindele ukuba ndibone isantya sosizi endikukhumbulayo kuloo mizobo engathandekiyo, ukutyelela kwethu apho mhlawumbi kwakumangalisa kakhulu loo mini. Crossroads zi neendlela. Kwaye kwacetywa kwaye yafakwa, kunye nokupakisha kunye nokukhanyisa, igridi yendlela kunye nezakhiwo zokwakha.
Ezinye zezindlu zazizithoba kakhulu, kodwa ezinye zazinqabileyo, kunye namasango asebenzayo-kunye neendlela zengca. Yayilapha esiyivayo kuqala ngezicwangciso zikaRhulumente ukunika abantu isakhiwo kunye nendlu yangasese kwaye bavumele ukuba bakhe indlu yabo malunga nayo. Kwakubonakala ngathi ipakethe yokuqala yokuqala umntu ongenanto. Kwisikolo samanesi asekuhlaleni, umntakwabo wamnyama waba yincwadana yabantwana, ukukhahlaka kwekratshi kukhwela kwiphahla yensimbi.
Abazange basithathe eKhayelitsha, ilokishi apho abaninzi abahlali be-Crossroads bafuduswa khona.
Ngaloo xesha, kwakuyi dolophu e-shanty isigidi esisigxina kunye nesitolo esisodwa esisemthethweni. Izinto ziye zaphucuka kakhulu kunoko, kodwa kusekho indlela ende yokuhamba. Inkqubela isenziwa, nangona kunjalo, kwaye ekupheleni kosuku olude lokuvakalelwa, udadewethu wachaza ngamava esithi, "Kwakungenangqondo. Kulo lonke ubunzima, ndandiziva ndingenalo ithemba. "
Inkqubela yeNkcubeko
Ngaloo mini kunye nosapho yam iminyaka embalwa edlulileyo kwaye izinto eziye zafudula zihamba ngokukhawuleza. Kwimi, ixeshana elinethemba kakhulu lafika emva koko kwelinye ilokishi - eSoweto yaseGoli . Ndandifumana kwi-bar yokuqala yekhofi - iindonga zepinki, iifenki zepinki kunye nomshini wokuzikhukhumeza we-cappuccino - enokuxoxa ngexesha elide kunye neengxaki malunga nendlela abahlali bendawo bangakhenketha ngayo kuloo ndawo.
Ngoku, iSoweto ine-ofisi yezokhenketho, iyunivesiti kunye ne-symphony orchestra. Kukho ubusuku be-jazz kunye nelokishi B & Bs. Ihostele zeLanga ziguqulwa zibe ngamakhaya. Khangela ngenyameko kwaye into ebonakala ngathi yinto enobungakanani bokuba yinkqubo yokuqeqesha ikhompyutha okanye i-workshop ye-electronics. Thatha uhambo lwelokishi. Kuya kunceda uqonde. Uhambo olufanelekileyo luya kufaka imali kwiipokethi eziyidingayo. Lubuhle obufudumele kunye novuyo. Kuyafaneleka.
NB: Ukuba ukhetha ukuthatha ityelelo lelokishi, khangela ikhampani eyamkela amaqela amancinci kuphela kwaye eneengcambu zayo kwilokishi. Ngaloo ndlela, unamava anenyaniso kwaye uyinyaniso, kwaye uyazi ukuba imali oyichithayo uhambo luya ngqo kuluntu.
Eli nqaku lahlaziywa nguJessica Macdonald ngoSeptemba 18, 2016.