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Bathi kimi “Sizokukhombisa ukuthi ungowesimame”…. Ngicabanga ukuthi<br />
mhlawumbe ngokutshela umzala wami, ukuthi ng<strong>in</strong>gungq<strong>in</strong>gili wesimame;<br />
ngabacukuluza…. Bakholelwa eku<strong>the</strong>ni abesimame kumele bahlale<br />
nabesifazane…. 36<br />
U-Abigail, owayenim<strong>in</strong>yaka engu-37, wayehlala edolobheni el<strong>in</strong>cane eMpumalanga<br />
neKapa lapho abantu babazi ukuthi ungungq<strong>in</strong>gili ‘lesbian’. NgoMashi kanye no-Epreli<br />
ngonyaka ka-2010 wayeseThekw<strong>in</strong>i, Kwa<strong>Zulu</strong>-Natali, eyoqeqeshwa khona, kulapho<br />
ahlangana khona umngani wakhe nensizwa eyamtshela ukuba iyamthanda. Umngani ka-<br />
Abigail watshela owesilisa ukuthi u-Abigail wayengungq<strong>in</strong>gili.<br />
Sahamba sivakasha…. Wazama ukungikhulumisa, eshela, ngathi, “Cha.”<br />
Wangibuza ukuthi, “Uyangithanda y<strong>in</strong>i noma awungithandi nhlobo?”<br />
Ngamtshela ngathi, “Ungowesilisa othandekayo, kodwa angibathandi<br />
abantu besilisa.”<br />
Ngesikhathi egibeza u-Abigail ebuyela emuva, <strong>in</strong>doda yamlutha ukuba baye naye endl<strong>in</strong>i<br />
yakhe Ngesikhathi sebelapho wadlwengula, u-Abigail wabe eseyalala. U-Abigail wabaleka.<br />
“Ngangihamba, ng<strong>in</strong>gazi lapho ngiya khona, iz<strong>in</strong>ja zikhokhonta,” wathi. “Ngangigqoke<br />
okwangaphezulu kupheIa, ng<strong>in</strong>qunu ngezansi ngaphandle kwento yangaphansi.<br />
Ngangilokhu ngihamba, ngithandaza ukuthi kube khona ongibonayo….” 37<br />
Nakuba u-Abigail wavula icala lokwedlungula futhi wanikezwa <strong>in</strong>ombolo yecala engu-(140),<br />
watshelwa ngumphenyi wecala ukuthi icala lakhe lalibhaliswe njengo nombolo-139, futhi<br />
kwakungabhalwangwa ukuthi icala lakhe elokudlwengula. U-Abigail akakwazanga<br />
ukush<strong>in</strong>tsha icala liye eMpumalanga yeKapa, lapho ehlala khona, noma akwazi ukuthi<br />
ekugc<strong>in</strong>eni ukbhalisa njengecala lokudlwengula. Ummangalelwa wathi ngesikhathi ku<strong>the</strong>thwa<br />
icala babevumelene ukuba balalane, kwathi, ngoJulayi ngonyaka ka-2011, <strong>in</strong>kantolo yesifunda<br />
eThekw<strong>in</strong>i yathola ummangalelwa engenalo icala ngenxa yobufakazi obabungenele. U-Abigail<br />
watshela i-<strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong> ukuthi ijaji laphawula ukuthi ubufakazi buka-Abigail bokuthi<br />
<strong>in</strong>gabe babevumelene y<strong>in</strong>i ngokulalana noma cha babungakholakali ngoba wanquma ukuba<br />
usengungq<strong>in</strong>gili emveni kokuthola abantwana abathathu.<br />
Ngonyaka ka-Januwari 2006 uNontle wadlwengula isoka lakhe lakudala ngesikhathi<br />
elishiya eseyothandana nowesimeme.<br />
36 Ingxoxo phakathi kwe-<strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong> noPuleng (akulona igama langempela), e-Ermelo, ngoJulayi 10, 2010.<br />
37 Ingxoxo phakathi kwe-<strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Watch</strong> no-Abigail (akulona igama langempela), e-East London, ngoJuni 29, 2010.<br />
“SIZOKUKHOMBISA UKUTHI UNGOWEMAME” 28
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