Runner vs Shofe Beitbridge?Utambidzwe umtaMbama
Dambudziko paBeitbridge Border Post raive risiri dambudziko remapepa kana maZRP, raive dambudziko rehunhu. Upenyu hunofamba nekumhanya kwakasiyana-siyana, asi paBoder, mhanyiro yose yaidhonzwa nemari.
Tichaona, uyo vazhinji vaidaidzira kuti ‘Chief Runner,’ akanga akapfeka sutu yebhuruu yakanyevenuka, hembe yeruvara rwejecha, uye bhurugwa re-plaid raipesana. Shangu dzake dzitsvuku dzedehwe dzairatidza kuti aive mumwe wevanhu vakabudirira mubhizinesi rekurongedza vanhu pakatarisana. Aifamba-famba achibhengera vafambi nevashofe, achivimbisa kuvapinza nekukasika mumutsetse wekutariswa.
Pakatarisana naye paive naMhofu, shofe hombe, ane muviri waive wakabatana semuti weMupani. Mota yake, yainzi ‘Mugwazo Express,’ yaive yakamira kwemazuva maviri, yakazara zvinhu zvekutengesera zvekuSouth Africa, zvichipisa mugomo rezuva.
“Shofe, chief!” Tichaona akasvika, ruoko rwake rwakazembera pafudzi raMhofu zvisina tsika. “Ndakuona uine stress. Ndipire $50 chete, ndopinda naye Mugwazo mumutsetse wevakatobhadhara. Kwava kusviba, unoda kurara uchibata vhiri here?”
Mhofu akabvisa ruoko rwaTichaona zvinyoro-nyoro, asi maziso ake airatidza moto wairidza. Akanga atodaira $100 kare kuti apihwe 'fast-track' service, iyo yakanga isina kumbobvira yaitika.
“Tichaona,” Mhofu akapindura, izwi rake raive rakadzika serinobva pakadzika pemoyo wake, “Ndakarara ndichibata vhiri nezuro. Ndikabhadhara mari yako, ndinopa vana vangu chii manheru ano? Iva munhu, usandiseka.”
Tichaona akaseka zvekuzvidza, akabata maoko ake pachiuno. “Munhu? Uyu ndiye mutemo weBoder, shofe. Mari kana marara! Kana usingakwanise, enda unotengesa matomati, kwete kuita clearance pano!”
Mashoko ekuti "tengesa matomati" akabata Mhofu panzeve. Kuita seari kumuzvidza, pamberi pemamwe mashofe nevamutengesi vemafuta, kwakaita kuti musoro waMhofu upise. Akanga asingagone kutaura nemakore akawanda ekutsamwa uye kunyadziswa kwekupihwa zvidhori kuBoder.
“Uri kundiudza kuti ndiende kunotengesa matomati?” Mhofu akatsikitsira, kumeso kwake kwakaoma serombo.
“Hongu! Uri slow!” Tichaona akasvetuka, achiswedera pedyo. “Uri chipuku!”
Ndipo pakabva zvaitika. Tichaona akasimudza ruoko achida kubata Mhofu pahuro, asi Mhofu aive akatoneta zvokusagona kumira zvekuzvidzwa. Akazunguza ruoko rwake sekunge aibvisa hwema, uye Bhamu! Rwakadonha, rwakabata Tichaona padama.
Tichaona akahwata pasi nekukasika, sutu yake yebhuruu yakasangana nemarara epavement. Akabva asimuka, maziso ake akatswinyika neropa, achibata Mhofu pahuro.
Mhirizhonga yakatanga. Chief Runner uyo aitaridzika kunge anozvikudza akabva abatwa nehasha dzakareba sezuva raMhofu achimirira, achidzivirira hupenyu hwake. Vamwe vashofe nevanotengesa airtime vakakasira kuvaparadzanisa.
Vachiparadzaniswa, Tichaona akabva angopopota. “Wandirova here? Hauzive kuti ndini ani? Ndichakuita kuti ugare pano kwemwedzi!”
Mhofu, akanga ava kufema zvikuru, akangobvisa pfuu ndokuti, “Enda unotengesa matomati newe! Ndarara kwemazuva maviri, hauzondibata!”
Tichaona akabva adzoserwa kure, akavhunduka uye akanyadziswa. Nhumbi dzake dzaive dzakaunyana, uye chiso chake chakasimbiswa nehuso hwe 'Chief Runner' chakanga
