Khaya Majola

**UKhaya Majola** (17 Meyi 1953 - 28 Agasti 2000) wayengumdlali nekhilikithi waseNingizimu Afrika. Umuntu omnyama wase-Afrika, [lower-alpha 1] uMajola wayedlala ikhilikithi ngesikhathi sobandlululo- eNingizimu Afrika. Ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe wokudlala, wanikezwa amathuba yiSouth African Cricket Board (SAACB) ukuthi adlale nabadlali abamhlophe emidlalweni yombukiso, futhi ayodlala phesheya kwezilwandle e-England. Ngokushesha wenqaba okunye ukunikezwa okuvela kwi-SAACB, ezwa ukuthi le midlalo kwakuyizimpawu zamathokheni, nokuthi babesebenzisa abadlali abamnyama njengethuluzi lokuguqula ukuduba kwezemidlalo kobandlululo eNingizimu Afrika, nokwenza ukuthi iqembu lesizwe, eliqukethe kuphela abadlali abamhlophe, libe uphinde wangeniswa kukhilikithi yamazwe omhlaba. Lesi sinqumo besisho ukuthi uMajola udlale cishe yonke ikhilikithi yakhe eHow Bowl phakathi kowe-1973 nowe-1991, umqhudelwano ongacwasi ngokobuhlanga owawuhlelwe yiSouth African Cricket Board of Control (SACBOC), owawusekela ukuduba. Ukufana bekuvame ukudlalwa kuma-wickets wokuvivinya ezimeni ezimbi zazingathathwa njengezingezesigaba sokuqala ngaleso sikhathi, kepha ngemuva kwalokho zengezwa kumarekhodi.

UMajola ubengomunye wabadlali abahamba phambili kwiHowa Bowl;udlale ngokulingana kakhulu kunanoma yimuphi omunye umdlali, wathola ama-runs wesibili, waphinde wathatha amawikhethi wesihlanu.Yize azichaze njengomdlali wekhilikithi, hhayi usopolitiki, uqhubekile nomkhankaso wokulwa nokuthambiswa kwabadlali bekhilikithi abamnyama, futhi wanxenxa ukuvakasha kwamavukelambuso eNingizimu Afrika . Kokubili ubandlululo nokuduba kwezemidlalo kwaphela ngo-1991,kwathi ngawo lowo nyaka,uMajola wajoyina i- United Cricket Board phezu kwesisekelo sayo. Njengomqondisi wekhilikithi yama-amateur, wayebhekele ukusungula uhlelo lokuthuthukisa izwe, futhi wafuna ukudala izindlela zokuthi abantu abamnyama base-Afrika bakwazi ukudlala ikhilikithi kuwo wonke amazinga omdlalo. Ushone ngomdlavuza wamathumbu, eneminyaka engama-47, ngo-2000.

## Isiqalo sokuphila
UKhaya Majola wazalwa ngomhlaka 17 Meyi 1953 elokishini laseNew Brighton ePort Elizabeth, eNingizimu Afrikaizibulo ezinganeni ezinhlanu zika- Eric noMilase Majola. [4] Umndeni wakhe kwakungabantu abamnyama base-Afrika eNingizimu Afrika yobandlululo; ubaba wakhe wayengowohlanga lwakwaZulu, kanti umama wakhe wayenefa elixubekile; IScotland neSotho .Bobabili abazali bakhe basebenza njengothisha, futhi babebambe iqhaza elikhulu kwezemidlalo; U-Eric wadlalela iqembu lesizwe lase-Afrika ebholeni lombhoxo nekhilikithi, futhi babengamakholwa aqinile emphakathini kanye nezinzuzo ezakha abalingiswa zezemidlalo ezinganeni zabo. UMilase ukhumbule ukuthi uKhaya wayedlala ikhilikithi noyise esemncane; "UKhaya uzophuma ngomnyango wangaphambili ngaleli bhethi ebelilikhulu kunaye."Yize abafowabo bakaKhaya babedlala imidlalo enhlobonhlobo, ikakhulukazi ibhola lokuzihlanganisa, ubaba kaKhaya wamgcina egxile kwikhilikithi. Ubebhekwa njengonekhono kunabo bonke ezinganeni zikaMajola, kanti kwesinye isikhathi umndeni uvuka ube ngu-5 am to bow at Khaya. Njengomuntu osemncane, uKhaya wayedlalela i-New Brighton Cricket Club kayise lapho beswele abadlali.

UMajola uqale wafunda eJarvis Gqamlana Lower, waphinde wafunda nezikole iJohnson Marwanqa Higher; akekho futhi owayenezinhlelo zemidlalo ezibalulekile, kanti uMajola uqhubekile nokukhulisa ikhono lakhe lekhilikithi ekhaya nomndeni wakhe. Ngeminyaka eyi-11, wayesevele echazwa yi- *Evening Post* "njengenkanyezi ePort Elizabeth"; ngeminyaka yakhe yobusha ukwenza kwakhe kwakuphawuleka ngaphezu kwamasonto. Ufunde eCowan High School, lapho badlale khona uhlelo lwekhilikithi phakathi kwezikole nezinye izikole ezinhlanu. UKhaya ukhumbule ukuthi ngesikhathi eseCowan, emasontweni amaningi “wayeshaya amawikhethi angamashumi amahlanu noma ethatha amawikhethi,” edlalela isikole nekilabhu. [9] Ngaphandle kwethalente lakhe nempumelelo, uKhaya waqala ukungawuthandi lo mdlalo, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuqina kukayise maqondana nokukhula kwakhe.