Nathi is over a year old now and the second baby I have on the way has been baking in my tummy for seven months. I miss Zithulele with all my heart. I needed time and space to get our affairs in order, then I could get him out of prison and bring him home to comfort. I used an estate agent to find my ideal home in a quiet and gated suburb where we would have peace and...
Thomas and I have bought a house together. A lot has happened for the past year. He proposed, I said yes, but I refused to stay in his late wife's house. The agreement was that he will not proceed with the lobola negotiations until we have moved into the new house. Rofhiwa was extremely upset about the new house. I guess she believed that the house was an attachment to her mother. But I told both her and Thomas that...
2010 Maboko Tonight is my matric dance. After months of waiting and preparing, the day is finally here. The dance is on a Saturday because our teachers don't want us to miss out on a school day. Our teachers are as crazy as Tebza's mother. Tebza had to lie to her and say that she's visiting a friend. Gwen is the friend. She told the mother that she would be away for the weekend. She bought the story partly because she's...
I am sitting in my office and contemplating whether I should reach out to Tebza or not when I get a phone call from my mother's neighbour. "Dumela Aus’Mavis" "Regodise! There are soldiers in your mother's house and they are dragging your mother out of the house." I sprint out of my office and run upstairs to Queen Kea's office while I get Ona on the line. "Baby!" "Ona, fetch Mohale from crèche right now. We need to leave Tholoana Kingdom". "What?!" "Get Mohale now!" I burst into...
I have a five-month-old daughter. Her name is Ruri. She's so beautiful. She is the beautiful combination of Maboko and me. She is the ray of sunshine that we've been longing for in our lives. Maboko is so in love. Sometimes, I'm a little jealous of their relationship. Sometimes, I feel replaced in Maboko's and Bane's lives. It feels weird to not be the only woman in their lives anymore. But I'm happy. My family is in a good...
…ONE YEAR LATER… My son, Banathi, is ten months old. He is the spitting image of his father and my husband is the happiest I have ever seen him. He loves being a family man and that is very special to me. With Banathi in our lives, I see different sides to him that make me fall in love with him more. My mother gave my son a second name - Mohau. He is an absolute favourite everywhere he goes. My...
Khanyisa is at that stage where she refuses to sleep in her cot and wants to sleep with me in bed. Now I have this cot in here for nothing. I also ended up buying a stand alone bathtub for her in my outside room because she's still too small for a shower. I hear chatter outside and I'm instantly annoyed because I know someone is going to knock on my door and think we are friends. "Is Fikile still sleeping?...
2010 Teboho: "Ma'am, I'm here to collect work for Gwen Seete." I say as I enter the last classroom that Gwen would have attended today. This has been me all day, going to Gwen's educators and collecting work for her until her home-schooling program is finalized. It doesn’t really affect me because I do this during my school breaks and after school. The teachers have not been nasty, shame. If anything, they've been extremely cooperative and going beyond the call of duty....
I am extremely exhausted, but there is something comforting about being safe and hiding from the world. We need to get morena in front of a camera and make sure that he addresses his people. Zithulele is slowly but surely slipping into a depression without Letlali by his side, so we really need to hurry this up. Uncle Q is the one who is keeping us updated with what is happening every thirty minutes. We know that Linda and...
With everything that's going on in Tholoana Kingdom right now, we've had to leave the Kingdom. Maboko has a few houses in various countries. He took Khabane, myself, his father, Aus' Lebo and Gwen to his house in South Africa, in a place called Nelspruit. Part of the reason is because he has some of his offices here. He has two of his bottle stores in Tholoana Kingdom that were looted and burned down. Thank God for insurance because...
