Ndicinga ngeentsuku zam xa ndandisiya ecreche  (umfundisi-ntsapho wam wayengunongendi), ndabuzwa: “Uya kuba yintoni xa ukhulile?”.

Impendulo yam yayikukuba ndizakuba nguMatron.

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Ndiqale kwisibhedlele samaRoma Katolika ngo-08.01.1990, ndisuka kwisibhedlele sikarhulumente saseGobabis. Ndachukumiseka kakhulu bubunono nendlela esasilungelelaniswe ngayo isibhedlele.

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NgoMatshi 21, 1990, umhla wenkululeko yaseNamibia, abaguli nabasebenzi basesibhedlele bavuya kunye naye wonk’ ubani kweso sixeko nakwilizwe liphela.

Kwangalo nyaka, uSr. Marita wonyulwa njengoMatron okhokela iinkonzo zokonga. Ndaqeshwa njengomphathi weyunithi kwiwadi yoku-1 phakathi koo-1990, kwaye kwiinyanga zokuqala zika-2000, njengomphathi weyunithi kwiwadi yoku-1 neyesi-2 isithuba seenyanga ezi-6. La yayingamaxesha amnandi (kodwa anzima) ebomini bam, njengoko uSr. Marita, wayengumcebisi wam kwaye ndandifunda izinto ezintsha yonke imihla.

Zininzi iinguqulelo ezenzekayo ngexesha endandikwisibhedlele samaRoma Katolika. Enyanisweni bekukho utshintsho oluninzi, kangangokuba kunzima ukukhetha zonke iziganeko.

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Uhlaziyo lwe-1991/92 lwenziwa kuyo yonke ingaphakathi le-RCH, kunye ne-air conditioning, i-intercom yokufowunela unesi, ubonelelo lwe-oxygen, inkqubo yokufowuna kunye ne-vacuum efakwe kwiiwadi. Olu tshintsho lwenze ukuba akusekho mfuneko yokuba sihambise iibhotile zeoksijini ngesandla. Oku kukodwa kwawenza lula umthwalo wethu womsebenzi.

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Ngo-1996 kwabakho ukwakhiwa komgangatho omtsha phezu kwekhemesti ngenjongo yabasebenzi bolawulo. Ngalo lonke uthuli nengqushu, kwakumangalisa ukuba sasisakwazi ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wethu, njengoko sasiqhubeka sicoca apho abakhi bonakele khona.

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Umthwalo omkhulu wabekwa phezu kwesibhedlele kunye nokucocwa kweewadi, kunye nokutshintshwa rhoqo kwelinen yokulala; emva koko yanikezelwa kwinkampani yabucala ngoMatshi ka-2001.

UDade Marita wonyulwa kwisikhundla sikaMama oPhezulu ngo-2003, kwaye kunye nesi siganeko sikhulu, ndafumana isikhundla sokuba nguManeja weeNkonzo zoBongikazi. Kwiintsuku zakudala, yayiza kwaziwa ngokuba yi "Matron".

Ngubani othi amaphupha omntwana akanakufezekiswa?

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Iinkumbulo ezimnandi zesibhedlele sethu esisithandayo, luncedo esilufumene kooSista be-OSB njengoko bebesinceda ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, nangaphandle kwendawo esisebenza kuyo.

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Kuzo zonke izinto ezilungileyo, okokuqala ndinqwenela ukubulela umdali wam ngento andinike yona buqu,

Okwesibini, ndibulela abacebisi bam kunye nabasebenzi ngenkxaso yabo yonke yentliziyo kunye noncedo xa ndandiqala ukungena kwinkonzo yeSibhedlele samaRoma Katolika.

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Ndibona ikamva liqaqambile, njengoko isandla sikaThixo besiphezu kwethu kuko konke esikwenzileyo, yaye ndikholelwa ngokuqinileyo ukuba isandla sakhe siya kuba phezu kwethu nakwixesha elizayo.

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Sr. Bernadette Shipanga.