Khar’Ka-Umgcini weminyaka eyinkulungwane

Wasiza ukudala ubuntu ukunqoba ipi. Kwaphela iingidigidi zeminyaka, waba mtlhogomeli wayo kwaphela.

Lokha i-Spulves nayitjhiya iPhasi eliBlue, i-Khar’Ka ithola umnqopho wokugcina: ukuhlala ePhasi, ukutjheja ukuziphendukela kwemvelo kwemihlobo etja begodu axwayise abantu bakhe nangabe abantu baba yingozi. Njengombana akavunyelwe ukungenelela, kufuze adlule eminyakeni eyikulungwana emakamelweni wokulengiswa, avuke kwaphela ukuhlola ituthuko yesipiliyoni.

Kodwana kusukela ekuvukeni kokuthoma, u-Khar’Ka uyabona bona kukhona okungakalungi.

Abantu azange basinde kwaphela, kodwana bathoma ukurhatjheka ephasini loke. Hlangana nabo kugijima iingazi zaka-Montarion, isidalwa esingakajayeleki esakhulula iimbotjhwa zokuthoma emalabhorethri we-Spulves begodu samemezela ukubuya kwalowo owamnikela ibizo lakhe. Lokha u-Khar’Ka nakaphenya khulu ngomlando lo, kulapho athola khona izehlakalo ezingakafaneli zibe khona: amatshwayo atlolwe ngaphambi kwempucuko eyabadala, imilayezo etlolwe ngeenlimi ezingakabelethwa, kanye neemporofido ezibonakala zizazi ingomuso.

Ngokukhamba kweminyaka, i-Khar’Ka ibona ukubelethwa nokuwa kwemiphakathi. Ubona iimvakatjhi ezivela eenkwekwezini ziziveza njengabozimu, imibuso yabantu itjhugululwe yaba ziinsetjenziswa zepi zangaphandle kanye namabutho afihlekileko alwela ukubusa ephasini. Ngokungakghoni ukuhlala anganandaba, uthoma ukwephula imiyalo ye-Spulves, avikele abantu, abhubhise amabutho afihlekileko begodu asule emlandwini imikhondo yalabo abafuna ukugqilaza abantu.

Ukungenelela ngamunye, nanyana kunjalo, kumsondeza eduze nalokho akusaba khulu: ukuba mkhapheli emehlweni wabantu bakubo.

Ngemva kwamakhulu weminyaka, hlangana nama-Maya, u-Khar’Ka ufumana ilitje elidala ukudlula nanyana ngikuphi ukukhamba kwesikhathi okwaziwako. Ibizo elingakghonakali litlolwe kilo: José Monteiro. Ibizo lomuntu elitlolwe kudala ngaphambi kokuthi i-Portugal, ilimi le-Putukezi nofana iphasi lapho azokubelethwa khona libe khona.

Ukutholakala lokhu kuthoma ukusesha okuzokuhlanganisa amazwekazi neminyaka eyikulungwana. Iinhlangano zabantu eziyimfihlo ziba ziindlalifa zolwazi lwe-Khar’Ka. Abanye bafunga ukuvikela isiphorofido se-Montarion; abanye bakholelwa bona i-José izokuba nesibopho sokuphela kwe-Indawo Yoke begodu bafuna ukukhandela ukubelethwa kwayo. Ngalesosikhathi, izitha zakade ziyabuya, abozimu bamanga babuye babuyele amandla, begodu i-Spulves ithoma ukusola bona umlindi wabo akasese mbukeli.

Lokha abantu nabangena ekhulwini leminyaka leempi, imitjhini nezikhali ezikghona ukutjhabalalisa iplanethi, i-Khar’Ka iqalana nokungabaza kwayo okukhulu: ingabe imihlobo eyivikele iminyaka eminengi ifanelwe kuphila?

Ipendulo izakufika lokha abasunguli nababuyela ephasini elihlaza satjani ukuyoqeda isilingo esathoma ekuthomeni kobuntu. Njengombana baqalene nokusongelwa kokuqedwa, iindlalifa zemfihlo zifuna indoda ebizo layo elidlule isikhathi, lokha u-Khar’Ka athola bona u-Montarion bekangakaze abe mhlobo weengazi kwaphela.

Ngumjikelezo. Begodu i-José Monteiro mcimbi woke uMlando ebegade uwulungiselela.

Edabukile hlangana nokuthembeka ebantwini bakhe nokuthanda imihlobo ayibona ikhula, u-Khar’Ka kuzokufanela bona aphule isifungo esimgcina asibotjhwa sePhasi begodu enze isiqunto sokugcina: anikele eBuntu ebantwini abadalako namkha athome ipi ekwazi ukulahla yoke impucuko ayifunga ukuyivikela.

Ngombana u-Khar’Ka watjhiywa ephasini bona anqume bona abantu kufuze bafe nini. Kodwana abadali bakhe bebangacabangi bona uzokufunda ukumkholelwa.