Johannesburg oor Xhosa

Johannesburg

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The largest city of South Africa.

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eRhawutini

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a city in South Africa

Some years before, arrangements were made for a national convention in Johannesburg.
Kwiminyaka ethile ngaphambili, kwenziwa amalungiselelo okuba kubekho indibano yezizwe eRhawutini.

iRhawuti

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a city in South Africa

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In 1959, after Martie returned from attending the 32nd class of Gilead School, we were invited to serve at the South Africa branch office, which was then situated near Elandsfontein, east of Johannesburg.
Ngowe-1959, emva kokuba uMartie ebuyile kwiklasi yama-32 yeSikolo saseGiliyadi, samenyelwa ukuya kukhonza kwiofisi yesebe yaseMzantsi Afrika, ngoko eyayakhiwe kufuphi ne-Elandsfontein, kwimpuma yeRhawuti.

The report in the Sunday Times of Johannesburg, South Africa, spoke of this kudu as a superbuck weighing 660 pounds [300 kg] and made of bronze.
Ingxelo eyayikwiSunday Times yaseRhawutini, eMzantsi Afrika, yathetha ngeli qhude njengenkunzi yenyamakazi enkulu enobunzima obuziikhilogram ezingama-300 eyenziwe ngobhedu.

When I left home, my mother begged me, “Please, Tseleng, when you are in Johannesburg, look for the Witnesses and try to become one of them.”
Xa ndihamba ekhaya uMama wandicenga wathi, “Uncede Tseleng xa ufika eRhawutini ukhangele amaNgqina, uzame ukuba ngomnye wawo.”

“Johannesburg must therefore be not only a summit of words,” he stressed, “but also a summit of action.”
Wagxininisa wathi: “Oku kuthethwe kule ngqungquthela yaseJohannesburg makungapheleli emazwini nje kuphela, kodwa kufanele kwenziwe.”

In time, I heard that many young men were earning good money in Johannesburg, the center of South Africa’s gold-mining industry.
Ngoxa ndandilapho ndeva ukuba abafana abaninzi bamkela isityhwentywe semali eRhawutini, apho ikhoyo imigodi yegolide eMzantsi Afrika.

More recently, when Jehovah’s Witnesses held simultaneous conventions in Durban and in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1985, the delegates included all the major racial and language groups in South Africa, as well as representatives from 23 other lands.
Kutshanje, xa amaNgqina kaYehova aqhuba iindibano ngaxeshanye eThekwini naseRhawutini, eMzantsi Afrika, ngowe-1985, ababekho babephuma kuwo onke amaqela amakhulu eentlanga neelwimi eMzantsi Afrika, kwaneendwendwe ezivela kwamanye amazwe angama-23.

A headline in The Star of Johannesburg, a South African newspaper, read: “Catholic Church Unveils Pastoral Plan for SA.”
Umxholo ophambili kwiThe Star yaseRhawutini, iphephandaba laseMzantsi Afrika, wawufundeka ngolu hlobo: “ICawa YamaKatolika Ityhila Icebo Labefundisi ngoMzantsi Afrika.”

Assembly delegates, Johannesburg, 1944
Ababeze endibanweni eRhawutini, ngowe-1944

They used to live in Mpumalanga before moving to Johannesburg to stay with us.
Babehlala eMpumalanga phambi kokuba baze kuhlala nathi eRhawutini.

Dad was the company servant (now called presiding overseer) of the Johannesburg Congregation, so we all had to be at the meetings in good time.
Utata wayesisicaka seBandla laseJohannesburg (ngoku esibizwa ngokuba ngumveleli owongamelayo), ngenxa yoko kwakufuneka sonke sifike kwangethuba kwiintlanganiso.

Another example showing the power of prayer is that of a couple who live in the South African city of Johannesburg.
Omnye umzekelo obonisa amandla omthandazo ngowesibini esihlala kwisixeko saseRhawutini eMzantsi Afrika.

The white brothers had booked their convention at the same time in the Milner Park Show Grounds in the center of Johannesburg, and the colored brothers were to meet in the Union Stadium, in the city’s western suburbs.
Ngeli xesha linye, abazalwana abamhlophe babeqeshe iMilner Park Show Grounds ekumbindi weRhawuti, ababeza kuqhubela kuyo eyabo indibano, kanti eyabazalwana bebala yayiza kuba kwiUnion Stadium komnye ummandla wedolophu okwicala elingasentshona.

For example, the South Africa branch of the Watch Tower Society received a letter from a lady in Johannesburg, saying: “Last week I drove away with my purse on top of my car.
Ngokomzekelo, isebe laseMzantsi Afrika leWatch Tower Society lafumana ileta evela kwelinye inenekazi laseRhawutini, isithi: “Kwiveki ephelileyo bendihamba isipaji sam ndisilibele ngaphezu kwenqwelo-mafutha yam.

In 2001 still another hall was completed at Midrand, between Pretoria and Johannesburg.
Enye iholo eyakhiwa eMidrand, phakathi kwePitoli neRhawuti, yagqitywa ngowama-2001.

A recent headline in The Star, a newspaper of Johannesburg, South Africa, read: “A day in the life of ‘the most murderous country in the world.’”
Umxholo ophambili wephephandaba lakutshanje laseRhawutini, eMzantsi Afrika, iThe Star ufundeka ngolu hlobo: “Umzekelo wosuku oluqhelekileyo ‘kwelona lizwe liyingozi ehlabathini.’”

When South Africa experienced a sudden influx of Portuguese refugees after war broke out in Angola and Mozambique, entire suburbs in Johannesburg were taken over and upgraded by the Portuguese community.
Xa eMzantsi Afrika kwagaleleka iimbacu ezingamaPhuthukezi emva kokuqhambuka kwemfazwe eAngola naseMozambiki, zonke iilokishi ezikufuphi nesixeko iRhawuti amaPhuthukezi azithabathela ezandleni zawo aza aziphucula.

In Johannesburg, South Africa, the epitaph on one tombstone reads: “God wanted an opening flower, his angel took one of ours.”
ERhawutini, eMzantsi Afrika, umbhalo okwelinye ilitye lengcwaba ufundeka ngolu hlobo: “UThixo wayefuna umntwana oqalisa ukukhula, ingelosi yakhe yathatha omnye kwabethu.”

The article described a typical day in and around Johannesburg.
Elo nqaku lalithetha ngosuku oluqhelekileyo kummandla waseRhawutini nakufutshane nawo.

“The glue . . . is just as good as the stuff found in hardware stores today,” says The Star, a Johannesburg newspaper.
Iphephandaba laseRhawutini iThe Star lithi: “Le glu isebenza ngendlela efanayo neeglu zanamhlanje.”

For instance, the Saturday Star, a newspaper of Johannesburg, South Africa, reports: “Political arguments, increased fuel costs and general weariness with Africa’s seemingly never-ending conflicts are combining to delay relief . . .
Ngokomzekelo, iSaturday Star, iphephandaba laseRhawutini, eMzantsi Afrika, linikela le ngxelo: “Iingxwabangxwaba ezingokobupolitika, ukunyuka kwamaxabiso ezibaso nokudinwa okukhoyo ziimbambano ezibonakala zingapheli zaseAfrika zidibene ziya kulibazisa ukulunga kweemeko . . .

He states: “If there was work here we wouldn’t bother to go to Johannesburg.”
Lithi: “Ukuba ubukho umsebenzi apha besingayi kuziduba ngokuya eRhawutini.”

The Star newspaper of Johannesburg, South Africa, stated that according to government statistics, “one in four people living in South Africa are addicted to alcohol or drugs.”
Iphephandaba iThe Star laseJohannesburg, eMzantsi Afrika, lathi ngokohlolisiso lukarhulumente, “umntu omnye kwabane abahlala eMzantsi Afrika ulikhoboka leziyobisi okanye utywala.”

The following are true experiences of individuals who live in South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg.
Khawuphulaphule njengoko abantu abahlala kwesona sixeko sikhulu eMzantsi Afrika, eRhawutini, bebalisa okwenzeka ngokwenene kubo.

While in Johannesburg, a friend named Elias and I decided to search for the true religion.
Ngoxa ndiseRhawutini, mna nomhlobo wam uElias sagqiba kwelokuba sibe kwiphulo lokufuna unqulo lokwenyaniso.

By 1945 there were four black congregations in the vicinity of Johannesburg, and I served as the company servant of the Small Market Congregation.
Ngowe-1945 kwakukho amabandla amane eRhawutini, ibe ngoko ndandisisicaka sebandla kwiBandla laseSmall Market.