Finalist – Maskew Miller Longman 2007 Literature Awards. N'wina yi paluxa xiyimo xa rixaka ni makuriselo ya vana eka tiko leri nga hlaseriwa hi vuhlonga bya swidzidziharisi, mporosi, miharihari ni marhandza helele!. Finalist – Maskew Miller Longman 2007 Literature Awards. N'wina yi paluxa xiyimo xa rixaka ni makuriselo ya vana eka tiko leri nga hlaseriwa hi vuhlonga bya swidzidziharisi, mporosi, miharihari ni marhandza helele! Vatswari va kokelana ni vanghana va vana ku fambisa vana hi ndlela leyi lulameke, hikokwalaho vana va wela hi makhombo ya rifu kumbe va helela ekhotsweni. Joyce a byele Thandi leswaku swa n'wi boha ku va kona eka siku ro tlangela ku velekiwa ka yena, kambe leswi Thandi a nga swi tivi, hileswaku Joyce na City a va n'wi boherile kungu. Joyce a swi tiva leswaku murhandziwa wa Thandi, Joeman, a nge vi kona eka ntlangu lowu u ta va a ri ebolweni ya xipano xa yena. Ku vile nkarhi wa kahle eka City. Hi siku leri tlhandlamaka, endzhaku ka vusiku byo pyopyiwa hi madleke, Thandi u hlamarile loko a pfuka emubedweni wa City. Leswi swi ve ni xivangelo xa madzolonga. Novhele leyi yo nyanyula ya CM Lubisi, mutsari loyi a nga na ntokoto, loyi a

tlhomiwa risiva ko tala eka tibuku ta matsalwa yo hambana-hambana, u dyondzisa vantshwa ku langutana na swiendlo swa vona. "Swiendlo na migingiriko ya novhele leyi ya vantshwa swi tsariwile hi ndlela yo enerisa na ku va swi paluxiwile kahle. N'wangulano wa kona wu kahle hikwalaho wu pfuna ku paluxa swimunhuhatwa." Profesa N.C.P. Golele, muahluri wa MML Literature Awards. Novhele leyi yi fikelela swilaveko swa kharikhulamu leyintshwa swo dyondza matsalwa. This novel, by experienced and multi-award winner CM Lubisi, looks at the challenges faced by parents in bringing up children in a society besieged by drug and alcohol abuse, permissiveness and materialism. Contention for control between the parents and the children's influential frieds is appalling.