Iqembu laseNingizimu Afrika lomdlalo wokudonsa intambo ngaphakathi ezindlini (Indoor Tug-of-War) seligcotshwe ngokusemthethweni okokuqala eminyakeni engaphezu kweyishumi. Umcimbi wokugotshwa kwaleli qembu ububanjelwe eCape Town ngoMgqibelo mhla zingama-21 kuNhlolanja 2026.
Lo mcimbi uhlelwe yiSouth African Tug-of-War Federation futhi ubuhlose ukuqinisekisa ngokusemthethweni abadlali abakhethwe eqenjini lesizwe, kanye nokubonga abaqeqeshi, abaxhasi kanye nemiphakathi eseke yaba nesandla ekuvuselelweni kwalo mdlalo ezweni.
UMengameli wenhlangano, uLuther Anton Botha, uthe lo mcimbi uyisinyathelo esibalulekile ekubuyiseni lo mdlalo ezingeni eliphezulu eNingizimu Afrika. Uthe iqembu lesizwe kufanele limele kahle izwe elaziwa ngokuthi yiRainbow Nation njengoba lihlanganisa abantu bezinhlanga, amasiko nezizinda ezahlukene kodwa benomgomo owodwa wokumela izwe kahle emhlabeni.
Abanye abadlali abakuleli qembu bavela eqenjini elaqalwa yibandla labo, iNew Heaven New Earth Church of Jesus, okukhombisa ukuthi imiphakathi namabandla kusenegalelo elikhulu ekuthuthukiseni ezemidlalo.
Omunye wabadlali, uYolanda Tsele oneminyaka engu-24, uthe kuyisibopho esikhulu ukumela izwe. Uveze ukuthi uyakujabulela ukubona iNingizimu Afrika imeleke ezingeni lomhlaba futhi kube yithuba lokubuyisa imidlalo eminye esuke seyalahleka ngenxa yokuduma kwemidlalo emikhulu.
Unina womdlali, uFundiswa Tsele, uthe uyaziqhenya kakhulu ngendodakazi yakhe ethe yakwazi ukuhlanganisa izifundo, isonto kanye nokuzilolonga ukuze iphumelele.
Ilungu lekomidi likamasipala elibhekele ezemidlalo, intsha namasiko eStellenbosch Municipality, uKhansela uNdiphiwe Olayi, uhalalisele iqembu wathi izwe lonke lisemva kwalo futhi lithembele ekutheni lizobuya nezindondo zegolide.
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