headline: Umboniso kaJahmil X.T. Qubeka ufun’ iSAFTA!
text: SEW The Winter to My Skin – ibali elilandela izigigaba zikaJohn Kepe, itutu elalihlupha amabhulu ngokuba imfuyo yawo, uKepe waye wabanjwa ze wagwetywa phaya ngo1952.  
    
  Lo mboniso uzibekele indawo phantsi kwebakala leBest Achievement in Directing – Feauture Film 
  kumawonga weeSAFTA aza kubanjwa kwimpelaveki ezayo eSun City  kwiphondo loMntla Ntshona. 
    
  UJahmil Xolani Thandikhaya (X.T) Qubeka, umbhali nomdidiyeli walo mboniso uzalelwe eKlein Karoo kwidolophana yaseSomerset East ngowe-26 kweyoKwindla ngo1979. UQubeka wakhulela eMdantsane kanye ngexesha lephandle elalisaya kwaziwa njengeCiskei. Uye wenza amabanga akhe aphezulu kwisikolo saseSterling High eMonti, kodwa emva kokugxothwa apho waphela ephumelela ibanga leMatriki eGill College eSomerset East. 
    
  Echubela I’solezwe lesiXhosa kudliwanondlebe ngohlobo awangena ngalo kwiqonga lemiboniso, uQubeka uthi umdla wakhe uqale kanye ngethuba lobandlululo ngokwebala, waze wafumana indawo yokuphokozela okusengqondweni yakhe. “Ndazalwa ndingumenzi weefilim. Ukukhula kwiminyaka elishumi yokugqibela yengcinezelo ndaye ndafumana iifilimu iyindlela yokubaleka kuyo yonke ingxokozelo yepolitiki, intlalo nombhodamo owayebangelwa ziziqu. 
    
  Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo yokusebenza nzima, uQubeka uvelise ze wadidiyela intaphane yemisebenzi equka ukupheka iifeature filim ezine, iinkqubombaliso (iidotyhumentari) ezithe  zacholachola iindondo eziliqela, imidlalo kamabonakude efana neHustle ye-etv kananjalo neentengiso. 
    
  Uyaziwa nangomboniso othi ‘Of Good Report’ owakhe wavalwa umlomo kanye ngeli xesha lokumfimfitha ubuncwane bedemokhrasi. 
    
  “Yifeauture film yam yesibini. Ikwayileyo yaziwa ngelishwa lokuvalwa umlomo emva kokuba uMzantsi Afrika wafumana inkululeko. Yeyona filim yam endiyithanda kunene le,” kuphawula uQubeka. 
    
  Umboniso kaQubeka omtsha othi Sew the Winter to My Skin ubaliswa ziintandane zemidlalo kamabonakude eziquka uZolisa Xaluva, Nomhle Nkonyeni, Brenda Ngxoli, Mandisa Nxumalo noEzra Mabengeza odlala indawo kaJohn Kepe. 
    
  Lo mboniso wenzelwe kwiidolophu zeMpuma Koloni eziquka iSomerset East, Cookhouse neHofmeyer kuquka neKrugersdorp eseRhawutini. 
    
  UQubeka ukwaphawule nangokungena kwalo mboniso kwiiSAFTAs.  “Andazi nokuba uza kulithatha na iwonga, zininzi iifilim ezinika umdla kulo nyaka. Amawonga anzima kuba iifilim zohlukene,” utshilo. 
    
  Umsebenzi kaQubeka uqhwatyelwe izandla nayiNkulumbuso yephondo leMpuma Koloni uPhumulo Masualle kwintetho yakhe yoBume bePhondo.