UBUYISELIWE esikhundleni sakhe sokuhola iKwaZulu-Natal Athletics (KZNA) uSteve Mkasi okhethweni lwale nhlangano obelungoMgqibelo eWestville.
UMkasi ubebanga noMandla Mngomezulu, obeyisekela lakhe futhi ongatholanga sikhundla okhethweni lwangoMgqibelo, uSello Mokoena obehola le nhlangano phakathi kuka-2012 no-2019, uChris White noRomoe Hulane.
Ukhetho luze lwaqala ngabo-4 ntambama, kubanga indaba yamakilabhu ‘angawahambisanga amagama awo kwa-IEC’, abefuna ukuvota, agcina engavotanga nokunye. Phakathi kwamakilabhu angavotanga kukhona iPhantane, iKearsney Striders ebithe izovotela uWhite, iHollywood, iMaxed Elite, ukubala nje ambalwa.
Ukhetho luqale amanye amakilabhu aseze ahamba, ecikwa wukuhamba kwesikhathi ukhetho lungaqali. UMkasi udle umhlanganiso ethola amavoti awu-36, uMokoena wathola awu-24 kwathi uChris White noMngomezulu bathola awu-17 ngokwehlukana, uHulane wathola elilodwa. Isekela likaMkasi kube nguKhura Buthelezi.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ukuphinda ngithenjwe ngamakilabhu ukuhola iKZNA. Ngithanda ukudlulisa ukubonga kuwo wonke amakilabhu aphumile afaka u-X eduze kwegama lami. Ukhetho belukhululekile. Kanginanxa nalaba ebesibanga nabo isikhundla sokuphatha iKZNA,” kusho uMkasi obechichima injabulo.
UMngomezulu uyemukelile induku, wathi ufisela uMkasi nebhodi yakhe okuhle kodwa.
