Abaphumelele abayi-11 ku-AVBOB Poetry Competition ka-2025, oyedwa olimini ngalunye olubhalwayo olusemthethweni eNingizimu Afrika, bahlonishwe emcimbini we-AVBOB Poetry Gala obungoLwesine, mhla lu-1 kuMfumfu 2026, ePretoria Country Club.
Lo mcimbi ubungaza ukunotha nokwehlukahlukana kwamasiko aseNingizimu Afrika, waphinde waqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwe-AVBOB ekuvikeleni nasekukhuthazeni amagugu ezilimi zakuleli ngokusebenzisa izinkondlo.
Inkulumo yosuku yethulwe ngu-Eugene Strauss, osanda kuqokwa njenge-Group CEO ye-AVBOB. Uthe i-AVBOB Poetry Project yakha indawo lapho abantu bengakwazi khona ukufaka ingxenye yabo engxoxweni enkulu emphakathini.
Uthe lolu hlelo luvula amathuba okuba abantu babelane ngezinto abadlule kuzo, kulondolozwe futhi kugujwe izilimi, kuphinde kuvulele abantu abavela ezizindeni ezahlukene ithuba lokuzwa nokubona imibono engase yehluke kakhulu kweyabo.
Izihambeli bezijatshuliswa ngu-Maremo Violin (Maremo Seabela) kanye no-Jude Harpstar, okuyiduo edumile ehlanganisa ivayolini nehabhu. Umculo wabo uvule kahle umcimbi obuphethwe ngu-Heidi Giokos, intatheli nomsakazi wezindaba osewine izindondo.
Ekhuluma ngemigubho yakamuva yoSuku Lwamagugu eNingizimu Afrika, uGiokos uhloniphe ukunotha nokwehlukahlukana kwezinkondlo zakuleli, wakhuthaza izimbongi ukuba zijule emicabangweni yazo futhi zibe yingxenye yengxoxo.
Uthe izinkondlo zinikeza abantu amathuluzi okuhlola nokuzibheka kabusha emhlabeni, bacabange kabusha lapho bevela khona nalapho bengase baye khona. Wengeze ngokuthi izinkondlo zivumela abantu ukuba baveze imizwa yabo ejulile futhi bavuleleke ekuqondeni okusha.
Abaphumelele bathole imiklomelo
Ophumelele esigabeni ngasinye solimi uthole u-R10 000 wemali, ivawusha yezincwadi engu-R2 500, kanye nendebe enhle.
Umklomelo we-JdL Award for Poetry, owasungulwa emcimbini wangonyaka odlule ukuhlonipha owayenguMhleli Omkhulu we-AVBOB ongasekho, uJohann de Lange, kulo nyaka uhloniphe amaqoqo amabili ezinkondlo:
- Asindeton ka-Joan Hambidge ngesiBhunu.
- Monokotshwai ka-Sekhobo Moshe ngesiSotho.
Ehlonipha u-de Lange, uGiokos uthe wayengumuntu owayenombono omkhulu futhi ukuzinikela kwakhe kusaqhubeka nokuba ugqozi nakwabanye.
UJoan Hambidge ungumbhali osewine izindondo eziningi futhi wenze umsebenzi omkhulu ekuthuthukiseni imibhalo yesiBhunu, njengoba eseshicilele amaqoqo ezinkondlo angaphezu kuka-30 eminyakeni engu-40 edlule.
Ophumelele i-JdL Award ngesiSotho, uSekhobo Moshe, uyimbongi, umbhali wamanoveli kanye nemidlalo yeshashalazi. Uke wasebenza njengembongi yezibongo kaNdunankulu waseFree State kanye neyomqeqeshi weqembu lebhola likazwelonke.
Amajaji achaze incwadi yakhe ethi Monokotshwai njengeqoqo elikhombisa ubuciko obusezingeni eliphezulu, ukuqamba okusha kanye nobuciko obuvelele bokubhala.
Kwethulwe i-I Wish I’d Said… Vol. 9
Isivakashi ngasinye emcimbini sithole ikhophi ye-anthology yaminyaka yonke ethi I Wish I’d Said… Vol. 9, eyethulwe ngokusemthethweni kulo mcimbi.
Le ncwadi iqukethe izinkondlo eziyisithupha ezihamba phambili olimini ngalunye, ngayinye ihambisana nenguqulo yesiNgisi, kanye nezinkondlo ezithile ezibhalwe ngokukhethekile.
Le anthology ihlanganiswe nguGuest Editor Joan Hambidge, esizwa ngo-Assistant Editors Douglas Reid Skinner no-Katjie Sponono Mahlangu.
Abaphumelele emncintiswaneni
Naba abaphumelele ku-2025 AVBOB Poetry Competition ngokwezigaba zezilimi:
Afrikaans: Magda van der Merwe — aletta magdalena
English: Erica Bartholomae — Trust
isiNdebele: Nhlanhla Mahlangu — Imbewu ehle
isiXhosa: Unathi Mphikiswa — Iinkumbulo
isiZulu: Thembinkosi Qwabe — Hawu kodwa mtanomuntu
Abalandela uQwabe esigabeni sesiZulu kube:
- Indawo yesibili: Sizwe Alexis Zungu — Sengizidelil’ izicofiya zomhlaba!
- Indawo yesithathu: Sipho Banda — Isihlahla semizwa yayizolo
- Indawo yesine: Nokwazi Jili — Selifiphele nenkanyezi yokuthula
- Indawo yesihlanu: Thandeka Nxumalo — Walibangisa ekhaya
- Indawo yesithupha: Ncamisile Nobuhle Hlabisa — NgoJohann de Lange
Sepedi: Mashoto Serepo — Mobu o utswitšwe
Sesotho: Sello Mofokeng — Athe wena o jwang?
Setswana: Mongweotsile Madube Methikga Tingwe — Tsala
Siswati: Beketele Mahlalela — Atibuyang’emasisweni
Tshivenda: Domina Napoleon Munzhelele — Lufuno lwa Mubebikadzi
itsonga: Themba Patrick Magaisa — A ndzi nga si hola
Umncintiswano weminyaka eyishumi usuvuliwe
I-AVBOB iphinde yamema izimbongi ukuba zibhalisele i-10th AVBOB Poetry Competition, evulekele ukuthunyelwa kwezinkondlo kuze kube mhla zingama-30 kuLwezi 2026.
Abafisa ukuthola i-I Wish I’d Said… Vol. 9 bangayi-oda njengoba kuchazwe yi-AVBOB, kanti imininingwane eminingi ngomncintiswano kanye ne-AVBOB Poetry Library iyatholakala kwi-AVBOB Poetry website
