muva nje, kwakukhona into okuthiwa ""dacha ushwele"". kuye kwaba lula izimpilo zezakhamuzi eziningi. manje, ubunikazi yangasese komhlaba ezindaweni ezithile kukhona inguqulo ethambile. "“sinesicelo esisodwa kwabomthetho. sicela benze umsebenzi wabo ukuze sizothola ubulungiswa,” kusho uncanana." it is an uncommon achievement to earn the love and respect of one's enemies. r.g. did just that with the descendants of mzilikazi/lobengula -- a people with a contemptible history of violence. this did not just happen -- it took many years of careful political manoeuvring and scheming. an application of similar tactics to the descendants of cecil john rhodes is beginning to yield similar dividends. so then, when we write; it may be works of art, criticism, opinion pieces, essays, poems, music, stories of different kinds, we are telling just a fragment of the story. while each fragment or each facet of our human stories is relevant to a particular context, it is the collective reception, or the impact each story has on the individual that matters most.