UMusa usekhaya ezimayini

UMusa Ntsele, wengamele umgodi wemayini iBalgarthen

Njengoba esebheke umgodi iBalgarthen weKangra, uMusa Ntsele ujabulile ukuhola ithimba lifinyelele empumelelweni elingakaze liyizuze. “Yithina uphiko oluphezulu kule mayini,” usho kanje eqhakambisa imizamo yokubambisana okuyiyona eyenza imayini iqhube ngale ndlela eyenza ngayo yesekwa abalingani nabaphathi. 

UMusa ungene ezimayini ngendlela engajwayelekile kwazise udabuka eMnambithi, KwaZulu-Natali, idolobha elingaziwa ngezimayini. “Ngikhula, ngangingazazi izimayini,” usho kanje ekhumbula. Kwaze kwaba omunye wothisha bakhe esikoleni samabanga aphezulu wamtshela ngazo, wase ezibheka njengomsebenzi angawenza. “Ngangiqala ukuzwa umuntu ekhuluma ngezimayini,” usho kanje. Ethathekile ukuzwa ngomunye umkhakha ngale kwalena ejwayelekile yobudokotela, ubummeli noma ukuba wuthisha, uMusa wanquma ukuyizama eyezimayini. 

Uphothule uMatikuletsheni eDundee High School ngo-2007 wase ethola iziqu ze-BTech Mining Engineering e-University of Johannesburg eminyakeni eyisihlanu eqede isikole.  UMusa uqeqeshwe njengethwasa eSpringLake Colliery eDundee lapho athola khona nesitifiketi sokuqhumisa imayini. Ube eseqokwa njenge-miner ngaphambi kokuyosebenzela ezinye izinkampani zezimayini.

Kuthe eqhubeka nemisebenzi ehlukene kusukela ekubeni yi-miner waze waba yi-shift boss, uMusa uthathekile uma kuqhamuka ithuba lokwenza umehluko. “Indaba inokwenza umehluko obonakalayo,” usho kanje.