UMLINGISI weGomora, uNtobeko Sishi, ugonyuluka ngobuhlungu abuzwa ngesikhathi eshiywa ngunina emhlabeni maqede walaxazwa nguyise ngaphandle kwesizathu.
UNtobeko (24), olingisa indawo kaNtokozo Dlamini, uthe unina wamshiya emhlabeni eneminyaka eyisithupha.
"Emuva kwalokho ngaba nobudlelwane obabumuncu nobaba. Izinto zingezinhle. Babungeve bubheda ubudlelwane bethu. Ngangehla ngenyuka iTheku nePitoli."
Uthi ukungahoshelani noyise kwenzeka eneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye.
UNtobeko ubonge kakhulu umalume nobabekazi wakhe bangasohlangothini lukanina.
"Bakwenza konke futhi basebenzisa konke ababenakho ukungikhulisa ngize ngibe yilo muntu engiwuye manje. Ngibonga kakhulu kubo ngoba kunezikhathi lapho ngangingazi ukuthi ngangizokuya yini esikoleni ngenxa yokuthi ngangingenalo iriphothi nesitifiketi sokuzalwa. Ngangingenalutho okwakungangenza ngithathwe kunoma yisiphi isikole. Bangilwela kakhulu. Bangilwela okwangempela ngaze ngagcina sengifunda enyuvesi engungqaphambili e-Afrika (University of Cape Town)."
Uthe esakhula wayezibuza ukuthi yini le engaka ayenza ukuze uyise amzonde kangaka njengoba ayengafuni nokumbona. "Ngangisemncane ukuthi ngangingenza into engadina ubaba kangaka." Ebuzwa ukuthi usaqhubeka yini nokufuna imbangela yokulaxazwa wuyise, uNtobeko uthe usakudlulisa konke.
"Sengisendaweni engcono manje. Sengimdala futhi sengiyakuqonda ukuthi abantu behlelwa yizinto bese bekhiphela isibhongo kwabanye. Ngiyazi lukhulu okwenzeka kodwa engingenasiqineseko sokuthi kwenzekani ngoba ngingisemncane kakhulu ukuthi ngangingenza into eyayingamcasula ngaleyo ndlela."
UNtobeko uthe uyadideka uma ebona abantu bemjabulela ngoba usuke engazi ukuthi kufanele enzenjani.
"Kufana nokuthi umuntu acule ingoma yami. Ngivele ngingazi ukuthi kumele ngenzeni."
UNtobeko usesheba ukulingisa nokucula njengoba umculo wakhe nawo ushisa izikhotha kangangoba udlalwa nasemidlalweni yeNetflix. Uthe ingoma ethi Either Way yaba yibika leBlood and Water. "I-Either Way namanje iseyiculo elishisa izikhotha kimi ngoba abantu bayayithanda. Ngayikhipha eminyakeni emibili edlule. Ngathola ucingo bengazisa ukuthi le ngoma bayidinga kulo mdlalo." Eyesibili ingoma kwaba ethi Nothing New, okuyiculo elalikwifilimu esihloko sithi Happiness Ever After.
"Ngibonga kakhulu uThabang okunguye owenza lokho kwenzeka ngoba uyena owayengumqondisi waleyo filimu," kusho uNtobeko osaziwa emculweni ngelikaSishii. UNtobeko waphothula uGrade 12 eGeorge Campbell School of Technology, ngaphambi kokuphothula izifundo zeBachelor of Commerce in Economics and Finance e-UCT. Uqale ukwaziwa endimeni yezokungcebeleka ngokwethula uhlelo lweSABC 2, iHectic 9.