Kusukela ngo-1990 iNingizimu Afrika yaqala ukuphuma kubandlululo. UNelson Mandela wakhululwa ejele kanti amaqembu ezombusazwe amnyama ayenokulingana ephalamende. Konke lokhu kwehlukaniswa kwezenhlalo ngempumelelo kwenziwa ngokungabaza okujwayelekile kwabamhlophe abanelungelo nangezingxabano ezalandela.
Kumele kuhlonishwe ukuthi intando yezepolitiki encomekayo kaMongameli De Klerk nayo yaphawulwa ngesidingo. Umehluko phakathi kwezibalo zabantu ezivuthayo kanye nokuntuleka kweziqu zomsebenzi ezindaweni ezehluke kakhulu kwezomnotho kwaba nesisindo kulo lonke elaseNingizimu Afrika. Isidingo sabe sesiphenduka futhi kancane kancane isimo esidingekayo sokulingana satholwa siphezulu ngokufika kukaNelson Mandela kwesobumongameli ngonyaka we-1994.
Kodwa leyo minyaka ende yobandlululo, yandiswe kwaze kwaba izolo lethu lakamuva njengebala elinqabile ezweni elihlanganiswe ngokuphelele ngokuphelele ngaphandle kokuqonda izinhlanga, izinkolo noma enye into, ishiye izindaba ezincane ezifanele ukutshelwa nokukhunjulwa. Ubani omunye umuntu owayengabhala inoveli yempilo yakhe, ikakhulukazi kubantu abaningi abamnyama ababencishwe amathuba.
Iqiniso ukuthi uBianca Marais unikele ngohlamvu lwakhe oluhle lwesihlabathi ukwakha udaba oludingekayo kusuka eqanjiwe kuya ekwazini konke okwenzekile.
Kule noveli sihlangana noRobin Conrad, intombazane emhlophe ethandekayo, noBeauty Mbali, wohlanga lwamaXhosa, njengoMandela. Sikubandlululo oluphelele (1976) ngenkathi umhlaba wonke usunqobe ubukhulu becala ubandlululo olwenziwe ezikhungweni ezithile (ukucwasana ngokobuhlanga ngamunye kuyohlala kukhona, ngeshwa).
Izinhlangothi zombili zesibuko seqiniso elifanayo ziqala ukujika ekuvukeleni kwaseSoweto. Lapho, uRobin Conrad ulahlekelwa ngabazali bakhe, ebhekene nesikhala sokugcwala ayehlala kukho. UBeauty akenzi okungcono, indodakazi yakhe iyanyamalala kungxabano enesiyaluyalu.
Inhlekelele injalo, ilingana nakho konke. Akunandaba ukuthi uvelaphi, ukuthi ucebile noma umpofu. Lapho usizi lunyakazisa laba besifazane ababili, futhi ekujuleni kwenhliziyo bathola ukuthi konke okuyingxenye yokungalingani, baba nokwazi kakhudlwana ukuthi ukulahlekelwa kungumphumela wokungabi nasizathu abahlala kuso. Indaba engokomzwelo, enye yalezo ezigcina zikhomba isimo somuntu esihlaselwe yimibono, njengokuphela kwento ekwaziyo ukwenza umhlaba obi kakhulu.
Manje usungathenga inoveli Uma ungazi izosha, hum, incwadi entsha kaBianca Marais, lapha. Ngesaphulelo esincane sokufinyelela okuvela kule bhulogi, esaziswa njalo: