UMagqekeni ungomunye wabantu abawunothisa kakhulu umlando wabakwaSithole . Le nsizwa yabe iyisethenjwa nesilomo esikhulu seSilo saseMhlahlandlela iSilo uMzilikazi kaMashobana ,yayibuye ibe yinduna yomuzi waseGabeni owawakhe eTswenyane , eNorth West lapho kwake kwazinza khona iNkanyamba yaseNdinaneni (iSilo uMzilikazi) ngaphambi kokuba ifudukele lapho sekuseZimbabwe khona ngeszathu sokumiswa kabi ngamabhunu kaHendric Potigietier (uPoti).
Uyise kaMagqekeni uMagogo wasala empini yaseNtumbane nokuyimpi eyabe iphakathi kweLembe neNkanyamba . Kanti naye uMagqekeni wayekhona kuleyo mpi ,bobabili balwa ngasohlangothini lweNkanyamba . Kwahamba kwahamba igama likaMagqekeni laguquka kancane laba uMaqhekeni ngenxa yokuhluleka kwabantu abangabaTswana ukubiza kahle igama likaMagqekeni . Kwathi ngenkathi iNkanyamba ihlasela enye yezinduna zeLembe uNyokana kaMpeyana nguMaqhekeni owagwaza wabulala uNyokana .
Ngenxa yobuqhawe bakhe uMaqhekeni iNkanyamba yamnika igunya noma ngithi yamgunyaza ukuba abuthe amabutho . Lokho wakwenza ebambisene nezinye izinsizwa esingabala kuzo uLotshe kaHlabangana Mtshali , uMbambelele kaHlabangana Mtshali nezinye . Ibutho lokuqala alibutha owalibiza ngokuthi “Ibutho laMagogo” , waliqamba ngoyise uMagogo owasala eNtumbane . Indlela uMaqhekeni ayebutha ngayo amabutho wayethatha wonke amabhungu ayethunjwa kwezinye izizwe bese ewafundisa indlela yokulwa ngeklwa nangesihlangu .
Lensizwa yakwaSithole kuthiwa yayibuye ibe nesiphiwo sokuboniswa ,ingakho yayikhonzwe kakhulu yiNkanyamba . Yayikwazi ubona into eseza ekudeni.
Izibongo zikaMaqhekeni Sithole
UMgabhi weGaba
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Sithole seGaba
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Eyavunulwa nguMzilikazi
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Indlukula kaNyokana yemuka namanzi
Omigwalo yamaBula yasuduka
Gagane olumeva kawephuki
Olubiyela iNkosi
Ludle izinkomo,ludle amadoda !
USojama ngezihlangu emangweni
Abafo bahlehle nyovane
Mudli wezinkomo ezinenkelenkele
Owathi esadla ezinye wadla ezinye
Wee! Thole elimnyama njengezulu
Elikhwaza noma kusebusika
Nkonjane emnyama yeGaba
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Zabuyela nyobane ziwaza
Sithole esimnyama
Wena omadolo makhulu
Edlula awendlovu
Ngokuguqa okhalweni lwamaqhawe
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Edla emahlathini amnyama
Lapho kudla khona imihlambi yezingonyama
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Wavundla nalo amahlathi anezilo
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Ulibinda Jobe!
Iqhawe aliqedwa