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Lo kaMahola uthi le ncwadi lizibulo lakhe ekubongeni, kodwa isimbo sidiza ukuba ungumakad' enethwa kubhalo lwencwadi. Umbhali lo usebenzisa uthetha-thethwano ukutsala umdla kumfundi. Mve xa esithi, "Uvela phi ezinzulwini zobusuku?" Kwisithandwa sam. "Ngoku?" Le mbongi igxila ngokufihla isithethe ngamava ayo entlalo yobomi. Esi sakhono sivela xa esithi, "Ethwel' ubhaka emqolo Okwenyosi ivela kuhlangula." Yiva kwakhon' intsingisel' efihlakeleyo xa esithi, "Iinkowan' ezinetyhefu zintshula phantsi kwamabunga." Uthi akuntyuntya ngeentaba zebhukazana angabi nako ukuzikhwebula kwiinkumbulo zobuntwana. Uzoba ubume beentaba, izilwanyana, ubomi nobuntwana ade azive umfundi engene tshwa kwawakhe amava amandulo. Kukwanjalo xa abona ukuvuthuluka kwezakhiwo zexabiso kwisikolo awayefunda kuso. Ude athi kumthandazo wakhe, "Bawo sixolele, sasingazi ukuba sityala intshabalalo." Ungathabatheka xa umva esithi, "Ibali elityhafileyo liyabuna emlonyeni wegangxa." Unyanisile kuba kwimibongo yakhe umfundi akasayi kozela alale. Sinethemba lokuba le ncwadi iza kwengeza kuncwadi olukhoyo lwesiXhosa, yaye iza kuvuselela ubhalo nofundo lolwimi lwethu. NguMbulelo Nzo
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The events in the book start in Gqeberha and end in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth, the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The adventures of the author create a cauldron of intrigue within and from outside the
fighting units, conflict, fear, mistrust, unpredictability of state, lies and counter lies.
All these come to a pot of tension, uncertainty and dogged determination to fight on. This explodes into death, disappearances of comrades, toy-toying and necklacing. The compelling force within this work is that it has the real people, real events, real and imagined fears that haunt each episode.
The art of the author in creating the kind of edge-of-the-seat stuff that brings the reality of the 1980's back into sharp focus and his ability to be on both sides of the conflict fuels the tension and allow his story to be
palpably frightening and scotching in its hot events and actions of characters. The fight against oppressive rule by oppressive regime and machinery is the theme that permeates the book. The events are snippets of
such fights. The meetings at night in dark rooms, the toy-toying and funerals, the crossing of borders and information sharing are kinds of ammunition the comrades need to shape their warring strategies. The determination to take the BOERS on their game was not only brave but was also suicidal from a number of fronts. It is this determination and belief in themselves that the comrades had a conviction that was almost religious that they would overcome. With the external African National Congress there was an air of
self-reliance and hope that their efforts would never be in vain.
A must to read about the history and the realities of South Africa in a divided society which should never be forgotten.
Professor. Mzobanzi Mzobz Mboya - Ilitha Publishers
