Ibingumyadala wombhiyozo kwi sixeko ekuthiwa yi Alexandra Township izolo, xa uTato oMkhulu welali egqiba iminyaka emashum asibhozo ananye yeminyaka.
Pan Africa Mall enika elixhego lingu Twala amabhakete ayi 1200 okutya
I traka ngee traka bezigilana kwi ndlu yelixhego kleviki. Ziza ziphethe izipho ngezipho zokubhafisa lo mfo.
Imini yakhe, uqale ukuyibhiyozela ngolwesibinini kwi Cawe ka tatu Bisho Nhlanhla Nhlapo ebizwa ngoba yi God Never Fails.
Apho, iqonga wayecula nalo likwaba liqonga lika mama wakhe, Midnight Harmonies, likhe lacula livuyisa oomakhulu kwaye naye ngale mini yakhe yokuzalwa.
Kuba imini yangolwesibini ibimfutshane, uphinde waphinda kwakhona sele bhakelwe ikuku yi Pan Africa Mall kwanye ne Talis Property and Redefined Property Group.
I Pan Afrika Mall ikhuphe amabhakethe okutya a ngaphayo kwe 1200 ukuze lo tata anike oomaKhulu bakhe.
Lomfo uyabathanda kakhulu ke lamaxhegwazana akhe. Kwaye ne ntombi yakhe yokugqubela uGcina uthi, utata lo wakhe akasanqandeki xa esebenzela abamakhulu.
Khroqo ngemigqibelo yofika lo ka Twala ekhupha impahla no kutya ukuze lamaxhegwazana elelali akwazi ukutya nabantwana babo.
Uyewaxelela abantu base Alexandra ukuba baze banga yeki ukulwela unhlaba wabo.
Wabaxwayisa nanga ngok'ba kukho bantu abathi umhlaba wase Lanbro Park nase Frankenwald abantu base Alexandra fanele bakhuphe R15000 for wona.
"Xa ungasebenzi wena kuqala, uzoyifumanaphi lomali? Lamhlaba ngowabantu base Alexandra Township qha", litshilo ke ixhego elifuna kwakhiwe elinye ikhaya labantu abadala kwalapha kwesisi xeko. Etsho exelela omnye wabantu base Redefine properties Group, Talis Property Fund and The Afrika Mall staff.
Klo nyaka umbiyozo walomfo ubuxhaswe nayiyo i Zanele Mbeki Foundation, Gift of the Givers, Shoprite.
Cutting the Cake...Twala share his cake with those who came to celebrate with him
Our father, the President of Alexandra Township has urged the youth of the oldest township in South Africa, to take on the baton from where he and others left of in the 60s.
FATHER...The president of Alex celebrated his 81st birthday
"I hear report that the land in Linbro Park, and Frankenworld have been taken by other people,' says Bab' Linda Twala.
He was addressing the community who came to celebrate his 81st birthday at Bishop Nhlanhla Nhlapo's God Never Fails (GNF) church on Tuesday this week.
Helicopter ride on the cards... Twala speaking about the importance of kids riding a helicopter
Though, the turn out of sponsors at this year's annual celebration was affected by the G-20 event which was hosted in the country last month.
But the Gift of the Givers Foundation,The Zanele Mbeki Foundation and Shoprite were part of the sponsors that turned out to make sure that the senior citizens of the township received their food parcels and enjoy the activities of the day.
The food parcels for the grannies who came to celebrate Ntate Twalas birthday
Before he addressed the youth of the township, he first asked the community to come on board donating money so that the children of Alexandra township can have educational tours which include helicopter rides.
"These children need to be exposed to such as this will broaden their minds," he said.
Another elderly showed appreciation for Twala's role in the struggle and how he was constantly harassed by the security police for hiding and feeding the youngsters then who rebelled against the then apartheid government.
According to google search, Frankenworld also pronounced as Frankenwald is a major urban development site slated for massive affordable housing projects to of about 30 thousand units.
The project is designed to address a massive housing shortages, intergrade communities and support Alexandra's de-densification involving developments, public participation and educational initiatives by the Wits University.
The project also aims to transform unused land into a new city hub. It currently faces challenges like legacy land disputes and environmental concerns.
According to Nelson Mandela's long walk to Freedom and advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi's The Land is Ours, the land was forcefully taken from the Xhosas, Zulus and Basothos during the first and second Anglo-Boer War. Zulu's tried to fight men with swords and guns with spears and shield.
The Basothos tried to negotiate for the land lost after the war but their pleas just like the Xhosa and Zulus were ignored.
Instead the Xhosa King of that time, King Sandile was stripped of all his powers and were transferred to Charles Brownee, an Afrikaaner who didn't like black people and was ready to shoot and kill anyone they didn't like.
King Cetshwayo ka Mpande was forced to exile.
Up to 1994 white South Africans used to celebrate the defeat of the great Zulu leader, Dingane at the battle of Blood River in 1838 on December 16.
While Black South Africans mourned the day of the massacre of Zulu impis(warriors or soldiers) who fought Boers with guns and they only has assegais that time.
Three Cakes for an old man
It is said that the water of the nearby river ran red with blood of the impis who were trying to protect their own land.
Centuries later after decades of the formation of the African, National Congress(ANC) and exhausting all avenues of peaceful protests and demonstrations with the nationalist government on black matters including land.
The ANC military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe frustrated by the racist government launched their first attack on it using homemade bombs which destroyed power stations, government offices in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Durban.
All the efforts was to try and get their land back from the white man.
Speaking at the celebration on Tuesday, Bab' Twala said there were people demanding that Alexandrians must first earn R15 000 a month can in order to occupy the space.
"Where are you going to get that kind of money if you are unemployed?
That land belong to the people of Alexandra Township. We fought for it and got it back way back in 1967," said Twala.
According to google search, Linbro Park, a mixed-used area adjecent to the township is known for its logistics/industrial zones and developing residential areas serving as key part of the Alexandra Renewal Programme (ARP) that built infrastructure like water reservoirs and roads to upgrade living conditions int he dense, historically disadvantaged township.
The celebration continues at his centre, in 16th avenue today.
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