Kwabonakala ukuthi U-Eliya kungaba okungenakulinganiswa kwe-OT 2009, kodwa ekugcineni selifikile ithuba lakhe lokuxoshwa, kulesi sikhathi esedlule I-Gala 7, ngemuva kokuphakanyiswa amahlandla amaningi. Jon Okwamanje, okhethiweyo womphakathi osindise futhi ngama-60%. Ngisho noJon uqobo wayengakholelwa ukuthi izilaleli bezizomkhetha.
Yize okwakumangaza ngempela, kwakuwukusabela kwe- I-Risto ukuthi wabona ukuthi isiprofetho sakhe asisagcwaliseki kanjani - wayethembise ukumeseka kuze kube sekupheleni. Kepha ngeke kusaba njalo. Le nsizwa eneminyaka engama-22 kuphela ubudala, ngumsebenzi wezinwele oqeqeshiwe, umthengisi nomqaphi wepaki, kuzofanele azenelise ngokuba ngomunye wabancintisana kakhulu futhi alinde ngaphandle Isikole ithuba.
U-Elías uthanda iflamenco nevangeli, yize engeyena umhlabeleli ekuculeni ngesiNgisi, njengoba egxekwe kabuhlungu ngothisha bakhe ngokungakwazi kwakhe ukufunda izilimi.
Vele, sikushiya ne- Ukusebenza kuka-Eliya kokugcina, njengomncintiswano ku-OT, ngengoma "Umphefumulo emoyeni".
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