Isililo ebholeni laseMzansi kushona u’Mr Thoughts, Please’
Ezindabeni ezibuhlungu kubalandeli bezemidlalo baseNingizimu Afrika, umethuli othandekayo wezinhlelo zezemidlalo kwiSuperSport TV, uPhumlani Msibi akasekho emhlabeni.
UMsibi ushone eneminyaka engu-57, kanti izindaba zokushona kwakhe zivele ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku..
ISuperSport TV yiyo eqinisekise lezi zindaba. Izwakalise ukudabuka okukhulu ngokulahlekelwa ngomunye wabasakazi bayo abadumile futhi abahlonishwayo kwezokusakaza ezemidlalo.
“Emsebenzini wakhe wokusakaza obe ngoweminyakanyaka, ubedume ngomusho wakhe uma ekhuluma nabaqeqeshi othi, ‘Coach, thoughts please?’.
“Le ndlela yakhe yokubuza ikhuphule ukulangazelela kubabukeli izingxoxo zangemva komdlalo futhi kwaba yisakhiwo sodumo eqenjini lebhola,” kubhala iSuperSport TV.
UMsibi wazalelwa eThekwini ngoDisemba 15 ngo-1967. Ubengathakaselwa nje kuphela ngenxa yokuhlakanipha kwakhe kodwa nangenxa yothando lwakhe.
Uqophe umlando ngokuba ngumsakazi wokuqala ukwethula imidlalo ngesiZulu nangesiNgisi kuSuperSport TV, eqopha indlela yabethuli bezilimi eziningi abalandela.
UMsibi waqala uhambo lwakhe lwezokusakaza ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990 njengomethuli wohlelo eringini emdlalweni wesibhakela.
Wayesebenza nomgqugquzeli wesibhakela odumile uMzi Mnguni ngaleso sikhathi, kamuva waba yisisekelo sokusakazwa kwesibhakela nebhola.
Ukuxoxa kwakhe izindaba okunamandla, ulwazi olujulile lomdlalo, kanye nekhono lokuxhumana nezithameli kumenze waba yigugu lesizwe kwezemidlalo.
ISuperSport TV idlulise amazwi enduduzo emndenini, abangani, nozakwabo bakaMsibi.
Imbize ‘ngomxoxi wezindaba onothando nonekhono eliphakeme oshiya uphawu olungenakucimeka kwezemidlalo yaseNingizimu Afrika’.
Isizwe manje sivalelisa kumethuli oshiya inqwaba yezinkumbulo. Phumula ngokuthula, Phumlani Msibi — ingwazi yangempela kwezemidlalo.
