Monday, February 12, 2007

The Education of a Black Child

In 1976 there was a war from black student in all around Soweto. The children did not want Afrikaans.

The police shoot lot of student and they were dead. The one of student his name was Hector Peterson. The police shoot him dead and other children are dead too all Soweto around was lot of blood.

After that the children of black people are now able to express their feelings. They started to have democracy at the end, they get their freedom and they call it black empowerment.

Name:Joyce Papola

Date: 02 August 2006

My Name is Death

In this village, Thabantsho, the was an old women, she was leaving without going out even walking, she stay inside the home. People think she was a witch.

One day the people of Thabantsho village plan to kill this women, take him to the kraal we cow leaves, left him there and they opened the kraal for the cows to go out the cows were walking all over her untill she dead.

After she die, same day the sun was very hot, no water grows, crops were dying and animal, also people.

They thought to kill this old women was solution, things get more worse. It was more death than birth.

It is wrong to judge other peoples.

Name: Dimakatso Mphuthi

Date: 02 August 2006

Nothobile & Brenda Mkhefa

Nothobile Mqikwa likes school very much.

She is always early on time when she came to school.

She try buy all means to work hard.

She did not know how to read and writ, now she can do all.

We attend the same school.

She likes to laugh.

She is a dedicated learner.

She ride a taxi to school.

She likes to laugh in the classroom.

Brenda Mkhefa

She live in Orlando East.

She lke to laugh.

Brenda is a dedicated learner.

She want to school fast.

Brenda like to eat to mush.


Name: Thabisile Mqikwa

Date: 02 August 2006 / 23 October 2006

Title: My friends (Nothobile Mqikwa & Brenda Mkhefa)

UHeshane nesiKhukhukazi

Umxoxi: Kwakukhona uHeshane kanye nesiKhukhukazi, uHeshane lona wayezwana kakhulu nesikhukhukazi, bagcina sebethathene, uHeshane eseyindoda yesikhukhukazi, nesiKhukhukazi sesiyinkosikazi kaHeshane.

Ngelinye ilanga uHeshane wahamba eyofuna ukudla, washiya izembe lakhe wacela ukuba isiKhukhukazi simbhekele izembe lakhe aze abuye.

Savuma isiKhukhukazi futhi savuma ukuba sizoyibheka kahle imbazo.

Wathi enghamba uHeshane, isiKhukhukazi saphuma siyotheza izinkuni kodwa sasizozigawula ngani? Sabona kungcono ukuba sithathe izembe likHeshane siyogawula ngalo.

Nempela salithatha izembe sahamba sayotheza sesizithezile sabuya nazo izinkuni, kodwa ngoba zasesinda sazethula sesizofika ekhaya, sahlala phansi saphumula.

Emva kwesikhashana sabona ukuthi alikho izembe likaHeshane, sphuma ngejubane siqonde ezaleni lapho sifike saphumula khona, salicinga, salicinga izembe kodwa phinde silithole.

Kusenjalo kwaqhamuka uHeshane. Into yokuqala ayibuzayo yizembe lakhe. Sachaza isiKhukhukazi ukuthi izembe lilahleke ezaleni lapho sifike saphumula khona ngenkathi sibuya kotheza.

Wathukuthela wathelwa amanzi uHeshane, wathi ulifuna lapha izembe lakhe.

Sabona isiKhukhukazi ukuthi sisebunzimeni. Kodwa pho sasizokwenzenjani? Sabe sisancenge, uHeshane akafuna nakuzwa.

Ekugcineni uHeshane wasitshela isiKhukhukazi ukuthi njengoba sililahlile izembe lakhe uzosijezisa.

Wathi kusuka ngalelo langa uzodla amachwane esiKhukhukazi. Nempela kwaqala kanjalo ukuba uHeshane adle amtshwele ezinkukhu. Kwaqala lapho futhi ukuba izinkukhu ziqhwishe ezaleni.

Ngisho nanamuhla izinkukhu zisafunana nezembe likaHeshane.

Name: Thabisa Mbense

Date: 14 November 2006

Language: Zulu

Umpeza Negwababa

Nyaka mumbe, kwaxabana amaBhunu no Zulu. Iningi lakholwa ukuthi uZulu uyokwehlulwa uma kungahle kubheduke impi. Nebala ithe ingbambana ngezihluthu, abantu banikela emizini yakwaZulu sebeyobambana ngezihluthu.

Kwathi besaphuma nje, bezwa igwababa limemeza, kube yinsambatheka lena. Phela abanye bayasinga bathi bazobona lomuntu okhulumayo ngoba abakholwa ukuthi ngempela ngabe kukhuluma igwababa.

Kanti empeleni yilo kanye ihubhulu.

Fu lisho kahle nje lithii “Uyaphi we Mpeza? Ungayi kuleyondlela yakho, uzokufa! Akuyubuya muntu kule mpi. Phindela ekhaya”. Wonke umuntu ulizwa kahle le gwababa, nomlayezo walo ucacile.

Pho kuzokwenziwa njani? Izinhliziyo zabaningi azikho kulegwababa; bona sebebuka le mpango engase ibaphuthele ngenxa ye hubhu nje. Sukani bo! Mbala-ke baphikelela phambili, kepha uMpeza yena wenyela kakhulu emoyeni ngokuyolelwa ngokufa.

Nomzimba wakhe wawuzwa ushona phansi, wayevele ephindela ekhaya. Nabanye bathi nxa bembona enza ibuya, nabo phenduka, nokho iningi lona laqhubekela phambili.

Kepha kubo bonke labo, akusindanga noyedwa.

Bathelekelwa yimpi yamaZulu ababecabangaukuthi izokwehlulwa. Yashaya ibhuqe, kwasinda owayeyobika ekhaya, uSihlili wafike wabika ekhaya wathi “nibona mina nje, wukuphela, anisayobona mbe”. Abantu bashaqeka kakhulu benanela bathii “nempela izilwane lezi ziyakhuluma”.

Yaphela.

Name: Gladys Dlamini

Date: 14 November 2006

Language: Zulu

Inkosikazi Esenyangeni

Kwasukasukela: Inkosikazi.

Lenkosikazi yabe ilikholwa elingu-Mkhrestu*, yabe inomntwana oyedwa osemncane. Nakho-ke sekwenze lusuku lumbe ithole ukuthi ayizithezanga izinkuni ngo Mgqibelo.

Pho manje ngoba yisonto nje izokwenze njani? Iwazi kahle umyalelo, “ungasebenzi ngalosuku nakanye”. Ibone nje ukuthi, cha izalelwe yinja endlini phela uma kunje.

Iyakhala ngapha ingane, ifuna idokwe layo.

Isiqunge isibindi inkosikazi Ithathe umntwana imuthi khwaxe emhlane. Ithathe isibopho iqonde ehlathini. Nempela ifike itheze, kanti liyayibona iso laphezulu elingafihlelwa lutho. UNkulunkulu onqume umthetho wesine emithethweni eyishumi. Nempela ayithathe nomnyaba wayo wezinkuni kanye nomntwana emhlane. Aye ayoyithi phahla ebusweni benyanga, nempela ifike inamathele lapho.

Ngisho nanamuhla lokho uma inyanga izilingene, uyoyibona inkosikazi ibelethe umntwana, ithwele inyanda yezinkuni ekhanda, isize yaba yithunzi ebusweni benyanga.

Yaphela.

Name: Gladys Dlamini

Date: 14 November 2006

Title: Inkosikazi Esenyangeni & Umpeza ne gwababa

Language: Zulu

Saturday, January 27, 2007

Digital Divide

The next step for this blog project is for adult literacy learners in Soweto to post their stories. This is not as easy as it sounds, though. First we have to find some technical support for the Orlando East Library to teach Whisky about how to participate in the blog process.