Hoofstuk 1 - 9

Hoofstuk 1

In hierdie hoofstuk maak ons kennis met Amazolo, ‘n tradisionele Zulu inboorling in Tugella Ferry

This chapter introduces us to Amazolo, a traditional Zulu native who lives in Tugella Ferry

Amazolo is swanger met haar liefling se kind - die man wat haar verlaat het (Mlenzana) om op die myne
in Johannesburg te gaan werk

Amazolo is pregnant with the love of her life’s baby - the man who also left her (Mlenzana) to go work
on the mines in Johannesburg

Sy weier om die swangerskap te aanvaar en verwyt die kind - sy doen daarom ‘n klomp dinge wat teen
haar kultuur is om die geeste en gode om te krap:

She refuses to accept the pregnancy and resents the child - she therefore does numerous things against
their culture to upset the spirits and her gods:

- sy eet tarentaal en haas

- she ate guineau fowl and rabbit

- sy staan terwyl sy eet

- she stood while she ate

- sy dra nie ‘n takkie van die spoorplant umkhondo saam met haar om die kind teen bose spore waaroor
sy moontlik geloop het, te beskerm nie

- she never carried the spore plant umkhondo with her to protect the child against the evil steps she
might have walked on

Sy het oorspronklik ‘n malondolo van klei met ‘n grasdak gebly, maar wou ‘n Zoeloe-hut hê, ‘n
iqhugwane - Mlenzana en sy vriende het vir haar een gemaak

She initially stayed in a malondolo with a clay wall and a grass roof, but she wanted a Zulu hut, a
iqhugwane - Mlenzana and his friends then made her one

‘n Iqhugwane word gebou deur takke in ‘n groot kring in die grond te plant en dit middel toe te buig en
dit met nat bas vas te bind - hulle maak dan grasmatte op dit vas en maak die vloer van klei en beesmis

A iqhugwane is built by planting branches in a big circle in the ground and bending it over to the middle
and tying it with wet bark - they then attach grass mats to the whole exterior and the floor is made with
clay and beesmis

Amazolo was verloof aan Mlenzana voor hy weg is - sy het ‘n swart geplooide romp van koeivel gedra, ‘n
isidwaba, en daar was baie krale om haarnek
Amazolo was betrothed to Mlenzana before he left - she wore a black pleated skirt of cow hide, the
isidwaba, and there was a lot of beads around her neck

Nadat Mlenzana weg is, het haar swangerskap begin wys

After Mlenzana had left, her pregnancy started showing

Amazolo se water breek en sy gaan in kraam in

Amazolo’s water breaks and she goes into labour

- sy skree nie, want sy wil nie die kind se geboorte erken nie

- she does not scream, because she doesn’t want to acknowledge the child’s birth

Zuziwe, die isangoma, was daar gedurende die geboorte - sy dra ‘n ibeshu soos ‘n man en dra ‘n skild en
asgaai

Zuziwe, the isangoma, was there at the birth - she wears a ibeshu like a man and carries a shield and
spear

Die baba is gebore en dis ‘n seun - sy gee nie vir hom ‘n naam nie en sê hulle moet hom aan iemand gee
wat vir hom ‘n naam wil gee (sy sê ook hy het nie ‘n ma nie)

The baby is born and it’s a boy - she doesn’t name him and says they must give him to someone who
wants to give him a name (she also says that he doesn’t have a mother)

- sy sê later sy wil nie vir hom ‘n naam gee nie, want dan sal hy iemand wees en vir haar is hy nie

- she later says she doesn’t want to give him a name because then he would be somebody and to her, he
wasn’t

Zuziwe se woorde is baie belangrik: “Die ding wat jy aan hierdie kind doen, gaan na jou toe teruggebring
word deur sy voormense” - sy sê Amazolo sal gestraf word vir die dinge wat sy doen (hierdie is baie
belangrik deurgaans deur die boek)

Zuziwe’s words are very important: “Die ding wat jy aan hierdie kind doen, gaan na jou toe teruggebring
word deur sy voormense” - she says Amazolo will be punished for what she is doing (this is very
significant throughout the book)

Nou ontmoet ons vir Mvula en Thandi Mutwa - hulle het die kind aangeneem na sy geboorte, want hulle
het ook ‘n baba gehad

We then meet Mvula and Thandi Mutwa - they had taken the child in after his birth, as they also had a
baby themselves
Ons word aan Likwezi bekendgestel, wat vir Thandi werk en die kind voer - Thandi raas met haar
hieroor, want sy wil nie hê die kind moet aan hulle beeste se melk drink nie

We are also introduced to Likwezi, who works for Thandi, who feeds the child - Thandi scolds her for
doing this, because she says he may not be fed by their cattle’s milk

Amazolo word wakker, maar mag nie uit haar hut kom nie, want sy is steeds onrein in die oë van die
mense - die onrein umnyama van die kind is steeds om haar

Amazolo wakes up but is not allowed to come out of her hut, as she is still impure in the eyes of her
people - the impure umnyama of the child is still around her

Amazolo wil so gou moontlik weer begin werk

Amazolo wants to return to work as soon as possible

- sy is ‘n huisvrou op weeksdae vir sommige van die vroue in Tugella Ferry, insluitend Landdros Dube se
vrou

- she is a housekeeper to some ladies in Tugella Ferry some days of the week, including Magistrate
Dube’s wife

- die ander dae maak sy potte om langs die pad te verkoop

- the other days she makes pots to sell next to the road

Thandi gee vir kind terug vir Amazolo - Zuziwe het vir haar gesê sy moet

Thandi returns the child to Amazolo - Zuziwe told her to

Sy sê weer sy het nie ‘n kind nie

She says again that she doesn’t have a child

- Thandi sê die kind is baie mooi en sterk (belangrik vir later in die storie)

- Thandi says the child is very good-looking and strong (important note for later in the story)

Zuziwe sê vir Amazolo: “Jy was helder soos jou naam sê, maar nou het jy troebel geword.”

Zuziwe said to Amazolo: “Jy was helder soos jou naam sê, maar nou het jy troebel geword.”

- Sy bedoel dat sy/haar naam helder was, maar nou troebel/besoedel geword het

- She means to say that she/her name was once bright, but now it became muddy and polluted

Amazolo se naam beteken dou of water van gister

Amazolo’s name means dew or water of yesterday

During the first few weeks, she feeds him, changes him and bathes him - but nothing more

Hoofstuk 2

Amazolo sê vir Mev. Dube sy kan nie meer vir haar werk nie - sy het meer geld nodig om na die kind te
kyk

Amazolo tells Mrs Dube she can’t work for her anymore - she needs more money to care for the baby

Sy werk nou heelweek vir Thandi - op Sondae maak sy nogsteeds potte

She now works for Thandi full time - on Sundays she still makes pots

Om die vrede te bewaar in Thandi se huis, dra sy die kind op haar rug

To keep the peace in Thandi’s house, she carries the baby on her back

Sy vind dit maklik om onderdanig te wees, want sy spaar al die geld wat sy kry by die poskantoor

She also finds it easy to be subordinate because she saves the money she gets at the Post Office

Mvula en Thandi sê hulle het nog nooit so ‘n goeie bediende gehad nie

Mvula and Thandi say that they never had such a good maid

Zuziwe sien hoe sy lag en sê dat die dou weer helder aan die grassaad hang

Zuziwe sees her laughing and says that the dew hangs bright against the grass seed again

(dit beteken sy is gelukkiger en verwys na die betekenis van haar naam)

(which means she is happier and refers to the meaning of her name)

Zuziwe sê vir haar dat dit tyd is om haarself weer oop te maak vir ‘n verhouding

Zuziwe tells her that it is time to open herself up to a relationship again

- sy sê dat die mans nie meer bang is vir die leeu onder die grond (Mlenzana) nie

- she says the men are not afraid of the lion under the ground (Mlenzana) anymore

- Amazolo sê dat leeus nie ondergrond bly nie, net molle wat bang is vir die son

- Amazolo says that lions don’t live underground, only moles who are afraid of the sun
Thandi en Mvula stry oor tradisies teenoor moderne gewoontes een middag

Thandi and Mvula quarrel about traditions vs modern customs one afternoon

Thandi sê Mvula wil ‘n Land-Rover ry, maar nie sy tradisies laat vaar nie

Thandi says Mvula want to drive a Land-Rover but not let go of his customs

Die ander kinders noem die kind Ongenagama - een sonder naam

The other children call the child Ongenagama - one without name

Die kind vra sy ma hieroor - sy sê dit is om haar te herinner aan die tyd toe sy nie dit werd was om sy ma
te wees nie en die dinge wat sy gedoen het voor hy gebore is

The child asks his mother about this - she says that it reminds her of the time she was not worthy to be
called his mother and of the things she did before he was born

Zolile 1 is baie bederf, want Thandi is dankbaar vir hom

Zolile 1 is extremely spoilt because Thandi is grateful to him

- hy het gekom toe sy hom nodig gehad het, toe sy amper nie kinders kon kry nie (daarna was sy
heeltemal onvrugbaar)

- he came when she needed him, when it was almost certain she couldn’t have kids (after this she was
completely barren)

Zolile 1 daag die kind uit om deur die bulkamp te hardloop - hy belowe hom geld

Zolile 1 challenges the child to run through the bull camp - he promises him money

Die kind wil die geld vir sy ma gee en aanvaar die uitdaging

The child wants to give the money to his mother and accepts the challenge

Zolile 1 steel geld uit sy ma se beursie om vir die kind te gee

Zolile 1 steals money from his mother’s purse to give to the child

Die kind hardloop deur die kamp sonder om seer te kry

The child runs through the camp, unscathed

Zolile 1 weier om die geld aan hom te gee en sê vir sy ma dat die kind die geld gesteel het

Zolile 1 then refuses to give him the money and he tells his mom the child stole the money

- die kind word geslaan, afgesien daarvan dat Thandi weet hy’s onskuldig

- the child gets beaten, despite the fact she knows he didn’t do it
- Amazolo verdedig nie die kind nie en voel skaam hieroor

- Amazolo doesn’t stand up for the child and feels ashamed of this

- Amazolo sê vir die kind dat hy van die volgende dag af by die huis moet bly

- Amazolo tells the child that he will stay at home from the following day onward

Daardie aand speel sy vir hom die umakweyane-boog, ‘n musiekinstrument wat Mlenzana vir haar
gemaak het (‘n simbool van hulle liefde en eenheid)

That night, she plays the umakweyane-bow for him, a musical instrument Mlenzana made for her (a
symbol in the entire book of their love and unity)

Die kind gaan uit in die veld saam met die ander seuns om bokke op te pas

The child goes out into the field with the other boys to tend to goats

‘n Maand later vra hy die ander seuns of hy saam met hulle beeste kan oppas

A month later he asks the other boys if he can tend to the cattle with them

- hulle weier en hou ‘n uitdaging om sy waardigheid te bewys (hy verloor)

- they refuse and they hold a challenge to prove his worth (he fails)

- hy bied dan aan om ‘n verlore bees te gaan soek (wat hy sien wegloop het) in ruil daarvoor om saam
met hulle beeste op te pas - hy kom dan terug met die bees

- he offers to go look for a bees that ran away (after he saw where it went) in exchange for tending cattle
with them - he then returns the bees

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Zolile 1 probeer deur die bulkamp hardloop en word aangeval deur ‘n bul

Zolile 1 tries to run through the bull camp and is attacked by the bull

- hy word ernstig beseer en na ‘n groot hospitaal in Durban geneem

- he is seriously injured and taken to a big hospital in Durban

- Zolile 1 sterf in die hospitaal

- Zolile 1 dies in hospital

Thandi is nou desperaat - sy is bang Mvula skop haar uit oor haar onvrugbaarheid of vra die lobola terug
Thandi is now desperate - she is afraid Mvula will kick her out because of her barrenness or ask for the
lobola back

Die volgende dag kom Amazolo werk toe in roudrag

The next day, Amazolo comes to work in mourning

- Thandi vertel haar dat dit goed is dat sy ween, want Amazolo se seun is dood

- Thandi tells her it’s good that’s she’s mourning, because Amazolo’s son is dead

- Thandi vertel haar dat sy ses jaar gelede dei twee baba's omgeruil het

- Thandi tells her that she exchanged the two babies six years prior

- Sy vertel dat sy dit gedoen het omdat hy mooier was en sy gedink het die kind sou Amazolo se hart sag
maak

- She says it was because he was better looking and she thought the child would make Amazolo’s heart
soft

Amazolo neem die kind huis toe en sal eers oor 'n week terugkeer na Thandi (sy het Thandi oortuig sy
het 'n week nodig om die kind voor te berei om terug te trek in die groot huis in)

Amazolo then takes the child home and will only return a week later to Thandi (she convinced Thandi
that she needs a week to prepare the child to move in the big house)

- sy weet dat die mense weet dat sy nie na die kind gekyk het met sy geboorte nie en moontlik vir Thandi
sal glo

- she knows that people know she didn’t look at the baby at birth and might believe Thandi

- sy weet die kind is hare

- she knows that the child is hers

By Zolile 1 se begrafnis sit Amazolo die liggaam in die kis

At Zolile 1's funeral, Amazolo puts his body in the casket

Thandi huil baie erg by die begrafnis

Thandi cries a lot at the funeral

'n Week gaan verby en Thandi wag vir Amazolo om die kind terug te bring

A week passes and Thandi waits for Amazolo to bring the child

- hulle daag nie op nie en Mvula gaan na die hut om hulle te kry
- they don’t arrive and Mvula goes to her hut to get them

- sy is nie in die hut en hulle vind uit dat sy gevlug het

- she is not in the hut and they find out that she had fled

- Thandi en Mvula laat weet nie die polisie nie - hulle is bang daar word te veel vrae gevra

Thandi and Mvula don’t notify the police - they are scared they will ask too many questions

- hulle laat roep Zuziwe, wat vir hulle se Amazolo het weggehardloop met die kind

- they call for Zuziwe, who tell them that Amazolo ran away with the child

Thandi kry 10 hardlopers - hulle moet hardloop en soek na Amazolo so ver as wat hulle kan

Thandi finds 10 men to run for her - they have to run and look for Amazolo as far as they can

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Ons flits terug na Amazolo voor sy weggehardloop het met die kind

We flash back to Amazolo before she ran away with the child

- sy slag twee hoenders en kook hulle om saam te vat op die pad

- she slaughters two chickens and cooks them to take with them on the road

- sy laat die hoenders los op die erf sodat daar lewe is

- she lets chickens loose on her yard so there is life

- sy neem die umakweyane boog saam met haar - sy voel dis die enigste manier om haar, die kind en
Mlenzana saam te hou

- she takes the umakweyane-bow with her - she feels it’s the only way to keep her, the child and
Mlenzana together

- hulle vlug en sy se hulle is oppad na Mhlatuze

- they flee and she says they are going to Mhlatuze

Hulle hardloop weg in die aand en Amazolo is baie bang

They are running at night and Amazolo is scared

- sy word aangeval deur 'n hond en kry ernstig seer (sy maak ook die hond dood)
- she is attacked by a dog and injured severely (she also kills the dog)

Die volgende oggend kom hulle by 'n stroompie waar sy haar wonde skoonmaak

The next morning she arrives at a stream where she cleans her wounds

- sy meng kruie met water en maak dit warm oor die vuur

- she mixes herbs with water and heats it over the fire

- sy vryf die kruie oor haar arm

- she smears the herbs on her arm

Hulle vind skuiling in die aand en maak 'n vuur

They find shelter at night and make a fire

Amazolo vertel die kind van uHlankanyana, 'n baba wat met sy ma gepraat het voor geboorte en
uitgespring het en sy eie naelstring afgesny het

Amazolo tells the child of uHlakanyana, a baby who spoke to his mother before birth and jumped out
and cut his own umbilical cord

Meteens kom 'n man wat Amazolo se naam ken uit die donkerte

Suddenly a man who knows Amazolo’s name appears out of the dark

Hoofstuk 5

Vanaf die vyfde dag wat Thandi hulle uitgestuur het, kom die hardlopers terug

From the fifth day that Thandi sent them, the runners return

- niemand van hulle kry Amazolo nie

- none of them had seen Amazolo

- sy betaal hulle nie vir hulle dienste nie

- she doesn’t pay them for their services

Mvula raas met Thandi en se sy is besig om haar tyd te mors

Mvula reprimands Thandi and says she is wasting her time

- hy se ook dat hy nie dink die kind is syne nie

- he also says he doesn’t think the child is his son

Mvula tells Thandi that Likwezi saw Mlenzana at the shop a while ago

Thandi bel dan die polisie sodat hulle na die kind kan begin soek

Thandi then asks the police to start looking for the child

Hoofstuk 6

Mlenzana ontmoet vir Amazolo by haar skuiling in die bos

Mlenzana meets up with Amazolo at their shelter in the bush

Hy sorg vir haar wonde en hy vertel haar hy gaan medisyne gaan haal by 'n nabygelee hospitaal

He tends to her wounds and then tells her he is going to go fetch something for her arm at a field
hospital nearby

Amazolo wil nie vir die kind se wie Mlenzana is nie

Amazolo doesn’t want to tell the child who Mlenzana is

Mlenzana hardloop om voorrade te kry om Amazolo te help

Mlenzana runs to find supplies to help Amazolo

Hy is al weg uit Tugella Ferry vir 7 jaar

He had been gone from Tugella Ferry almost 7 years

Hy kry die veldhospitaal en kry 'n verpleegster om hom te help

He finds the field hospital and finds a nurse to help him

Amazolo is te ver, so sy gee vir hom die inspuitings en medisyne sodat hy haar self kan inspuit

Amazolo is too far, so she gives him the injections and medicine to inject her himself

Sy gee ook vir hom antiseptiese room en antibiotika en toebroodjies om saam te neem

She also gives him antiseptic cream and antibiotics and sandwiches to take with him

Wanneer Mlenzana terugkeer na die plek waar hy Amazolo gelos het, is hulle weg

When Mlenzana returns to the place he left Amazolo, they are gone

Amazolo en haar kind kry skuiling teen die reen tussen 'n klomp rotse
Amazolo and the child find shelter between cliffs to shield from the rain

Sy se hulle sal nie meer langer hoef te vlug nie - hulle is amper in Eshowe, in die Mhlatuze vallei (die
mense daar lewe baie tradisioneel)

She says they won’t have to flee much longer - they are almost in Eshowe, in the Mhlatuze valley (the
people there live very traditionally)

Sy se sy het geld gespaar sodat hy die volgende jaar skool toe kan gaan - sy neem 'n pak note uit van
onder haar klere

She says she saved money so he can go to school the following year - she takes out a pack of notes from
under her clothes

Die kind vra vir Amazolo vir die eerste keer wie sy pa is, maar Amazolo antwoord hom nie

The child asks for the first time who his father is and Amazolo doesn’t answer

(Flits vorentoe tot na Sipho Amazolo se geld gesteel het)

(Flash forward to after Sipho robbed Amazolo)

Mlenzana kry 'n umuzi waar die mense besig is om fees te vier

Mlenzana comes upon a umuzi where people are celebrating

Die vrouens se dat dit 'n geseende dag was vir Sipho Khumalo, wat geseen is deur die voorvaders/geeste

The women say it was a blessed day for Sipho Khumalo, who was blessed by the forefathers/spirits

Mlenzana vra Sipho of hy Amazolo en die kind gesien het

Mlenzana asks Sipho if he’s seen Amazolo and the child

- Sipho is onmiddellik bang en op die agtervoet asof hy iets weet

- Sipho immediately becomes frightened and offensive like he knows something

Hoofstuk 7

(Flits vorentoe na wanneer Sipho Amazolo beroof)

(Flashback to when Sipho robs Amazolo)

Amazolo weet nie wat haar wakker gemaak het nie

Amazolo doesn’t know what woke her

- sy het 'n baie ernstige koors en voel asof iemand haar dophou

- she has a very severe fever and it feels like someone is watching her
'n Man kom nader en se hy het die vuur van ver af gesien

A man comes closer to her and says that he saw the fire from afar

- die vuur is amper dood so sy weet hy het gelieg en haar heel moontlik dopgehou vir 'n hele tydperk

- the fire was almost dead so she knows that he was lying and probably watching them for some time

- hy se ook hy het nie vuurhoudjies nie, maar later sien die kind dat hy wel het

- he also says he doesn’t have matches but the child later sees that he does have

Sy vertel hom dat sy oppad is om haar man te ontmoet, maar Sipho glo haar nie

She tells him that she is on her way to meet her husband, but Sipho doesn’t believe her

Sipho val vir Amazolo aan

Sipho attacks Amazolo

- hy probeer haar vermoor en stuur die kind weg om hulp te gaan soek

- he tries to rape her and she sends the child away to look for help

- sy wil ook nie he hy moet sien hoe hy haar verkrag nie

- she doesn’t want him to see him rape her

- hy skeur haar hemp oop en sien die geld, wat hy dan steel

- he tears open her shirt and sees the money, which he then steals

Hoofstuk 8

(Flits weer vorentoe tot na Sipho Amazolo beroof het)

(Flash forward again to after Sipho robbed Amazolo)

Mlenzana konfronteer Sipho

Mlenzana confronts Sipho

- Sipho is bang, want Mlenzana is die man wat Amazolo vir die kind gese het om te gaan soek

- Sipho is scared because Mlenzana is the man Amazolo told the child to go find

Hy ontken enige kennis van waar hulle is

He denies knowing where they are

Uit die bloute slaan Sipho vir Mlenzana met 'n knopkiere bo sy linkeroog en Mlenzana val
Out of nowhere, Sipho hits Mlenzana with a knopkierie above his left eye and Mlenzana falls to the
ground

'n Vet vrou sleep Mlenzana na haar hut en sorg vir hom

A burly woman drags Mlenzana to her hut to care for him

- hy vra haar om vir hulle bier te gaan haal en wanneer sy gaan, sluip hy uit

- he asks her to bring them beer and when she goes, he sneaks out

Hy sien vir Sipho wat eenkant toe stap om te urineer

He sees Sipho walking to the side to urinate

- hy gryp vir Sipho om sy nek en dreig hom

- he then grabs Sipho around his neck and threatens him

- Mlenzana dink hy is deur een van Sipho se hardlopers betaal om te se waar Amazolo is

- Mlenzana thinks one of Thandi’s runners paid Sipho to tell them where Amazolo was

- Sipho vertel hom dan waar hy Amazolo die vorige aand gesien het

- Sipho then tells him where he found Amazolo the previous night

Mlenzana kry Amazolo en sien haar hemp is geskeur

Mlenzana finds Amazolo and finds her shirt torn

- hy spuit haar in met die medisyne - Penissilien en Tetanus

- he injects her with the medicine - Penicillin and Tetanus

- hy dink een van Thandi se hardlopers het die kind gevat

- he thinks one of Thandi’s runners took the child

- sy vertel hom dat sy die kind gestuur het om Mlenzana te kom haal en sodat hy nie sien hoe sy verkrag
word nie

- she tells him she sent him to go find Mlenzana and so that he won’t see if Sipho raped her

- sy vertel hom dat Sipho al haar geld gesteel het

- she tells him Sipho stole all her money

Die kind ontmoet 'n klomp seuns wat beeste oppas

The child meets up with some boys tending to cattle

- they challenge him

Later kry Mlenzana 'n kamp waar hy met hierdie seuns praat en hulle vertel hom waar hulle die kind
gesien het

Later Mlenzana comes upon a camp where he speaks to these boys, who tell him they saw the child

Mlenzana kry die kind by 'n umuzi

Mlenzana finds the child in a umuzi

- die vrouens het hom daardie oggend gekry toe hulle water gaan haal het

- the women found him that morning when they went to fetch water

- hy was aan die slaap toe hy hom kry - hy was uitgeput en sy voete was baie seer

- he was asleep when he found him - he was exhausted and his feet were very sore

Mlenzana keer terug na Amazolo om vir haar te se dat hy die kind gekry het

Mlenzana then returns to Amazolo to tell her that he found the child

- hy het hom daar gelos vir die aand

- he left him there to rest for the night

Hy vertel Amazolo dat dit nie goed is dat hulle hardloop nie

He tells Amazolo that it is not good that she is running like this

- hy se hulle kan nie net haar kind vat nie

- he says that they can’t just take her child

- hulle moet eers hof toe gaan en die landdros kan nie net doen wat hy wil nie

- they must first go to court and the magistrate can’t just do what he wants

- sy stem saam dat hulle nie kan aanhou hardloop nie

- she agrees that she can’t continue running

Mlenzana bring die kind terug na Amazolo die volgende oggend

Mlenzana brings the child to Amazolo the next morning

- sy vertel hom dat hulle teruggaan Tugella Ferry toe

- she tells him they are going back to Tugella Ferry

- she says that if the child stays with her, he will be nothing

- met Thandi en Mvula is sy pad oop, so hy kan iemand word

- with Thandi and Mvula his road is open, there he can become someone

- sy vertel hom dat sy hom nooit van sy "ma en pa" (Thandi en Mvula) moes vat nie

- she tells him that she should have never taken him from his “mother and father” (Thandi and Mvula)

Hoofstuk 9

Mlenzana, Amazolo and the child arrive in Tugella Ferry

The police wait for Amazolo and arrest her

- it was reported that she had kidnapped the child

They take the child to the constable to be returned to Thandi

Amazolo is now in jail

- she has a bed, a basin and a bucket

- she also sleeps on a cottonwool mattress and two firm blankets

- she says she doesn’t mind, because she is not used to softer bedding

She has to go back to court in one month - she was not granted bail

Mlenzana visits her in jail

- he sleeps in her iqhugwane at night

- he brings her food every day

- he doesn’t want to go back to Joburg

- she plays the umakweyane-bow for him

- he brings news of the child, which he gets from Likwezi in the mornings

= he is crying less and may walk around alone in the yard

= he likes Mvula and goes with him to the field now and then

= he is still scared of Thandi but it is going better

- she is scared he is leaving her again

- she asks him to sacrifice a ukucela inhlanhla-buck before his trip so that it will go well (he forgets to do
this - this is relevant because his trip actually does not go as planned)

Mlenzana goes to Zuziwe to find out what the spirits say about the child

- she tells him the child is his

- she says the spirits don’t want to say whose child is whose

- he gives her money to look after Amazolo while he is away

He goes to the field hospital again and meets Sister Gumede again

- he tells her about Amazolo and that she is doing better

- he also tells her about his son

Mlenzana leaves to go find Sipho

Mlenzana finds Sipho and forces him to give Amazolo’s money back

Sipho says that there is still a lot left and he will show him where it is

- they get to a cliff where there is an eagle’s nest

- Sipho says the money is in the nest

- Mlenzana decides to climb up first, in case Sipho throws him with rocks if he goes up in front of him

- Mlenzana says the money isn’t there and Sipho says it is further up

- Mlenzana climbs further up and is then pushed by Sipho off the cliff

- Mlenzana hangs on but eventually loses his grip and falls to the ground

- Mlenzana dies