Mbongeni ngema accident

What soon follows is constant fighting, cheating, allegations of abuse, polygamy and - eventually — a traumatic divorce. Fred Khumalo is the author of 11 books, his latest work being The Longest March. Nzimankulu bore traumatic memories. The mooing of cows on my first morning at the Ngema house invariably hurled me back to my first year of rural life.

He gave me strength and hope. He brought me joy. With him at my side, I could withstand anything.

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Including the traumatic mooing of cows and the crowing of cocks. I got dressed in an outfit appropriate for a makoti trying to make a good impression on my soon-to-be in-laws. Instead of the pants I normally wore back home, I put on an ankle-length skirt. The Ngema household was a four-bedroomed house with a lounge plus an outside kitchen.

It being a weekend, the yard was full of people: children who were free from school; middle-aged women — who turned out to be aunts of Mbongeni — and other relatives.

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There were around 30 people in that family. It was just overwhelming. So many children buzzing about, women walking in and out of the house. I soon got sucked up in the maelstrom of activity around the yard.