We have to head back to the kingdom today because Khanya’s leave is over. My mom also told me that Seipati and Bakang just showed up at our home. She didn’t go into detail about what they told her, but I think my aunt Tiisetso is in trouble - as usual. “Mrs Buthelezi, are you ready to hit the road?” Mr Buthelezi asks me. “I really like this house”, l tell him. “I’ve noticed.” He says. “We should come here more often”, I say.“There’s...
“UMeh athi uTerrence ufuna umshado. He’s sent his family to KZN to deliver the lobola letter and everything”, I tell Banathi. We are honestly gossiping nje. We are in our kitchen eating scones that I baked last night with coffee. The kids are at school and apparently Katli has a girlfriend. So nje, I’m going to fish for information because Katli has this thing now where he tells Banathi stuff and not me. It used to really hurt me and I...
“Mme-Meh”, Tshepo calls me for the 76th time today. I’m used to it by now. It’s just the two of us, so when he wants to talk, I’m the friend. When his siblings were around, those were his friends. Now, it’s just me and him. “Yes, my boy?” I answer him.“Howcome it’s so hot these days?” He asks me.Bandla! “I don’t know, boyza. It just is!” I say. “Do you know what my teacher said?” He asks me.“What, boyza?” I entertain this.“My teacher says...
I wish I could say that I’m the only one still in school. As you’ve read by now, all my friends are now adults rather than being students. I thought I’d hold it down and be the one to represent us all, see us to graduation as a full time student, but I’m just too fertile and my husband won’t keep his hands off me. Mmaneo gave birth to a healthy and bouncy baby boy. We were on holiday together -...
Mnqobi and I have our doctor’s appointment today. We kept pushing it back because when we came back from Soweto, Mnqobi and Banathi told their mom about Phakathwayo’s efforts with the house, as well as the sacred room. They encouraged her to also go so she can find peace. There are a lot of things that she needs to find peace with. Bab’Zithulele lost his parents traumatically at that very house. He also lost a pregnant fiance on that day...
We are attending Ruri’s Zulu wedding today. Us, the Khuzwayos, have to use two V300s because Banathi’s house is just full of people. But the Tholoana Kingdom gang is here, and we are all excited for this wedding. I’m most proud of the Sotho men. They never want to dress up in any other traditional wear. For them, it’s Sotho or nothing. But today, they are in jeans and leopard print tops at least. Trust me, that’s a lot for...
Nkosi decided that he’s waking up at 4am today. And not for his boob, but to play. Because Khanya has been working long hours and also helping Mapho with royal stuff, I let him sleep in a bit longer. So, I took Nkosi and we went downstairs to chill. My kid went into his playpen and has been so happy playing with his toys. He says mama every five minutes, but ke , I’m happy. I just feel bad for...
I haven’t really seen Mnqobi in a while. I mean, I know he still lives here because when I roll over in bed in the middle of the night, he’s sleeping next to me. But when I wake up in the morning, he’s gone. I’ve texted him twice about not reaching Palesa and Banathi, and only on those occasions he replied to my text messages telling me that Palesa is busy. I wonder! So today, I’m very shocked to find him...
Terrence has been hired by some five-star hotel that belongs to the royal house to be their head chef. He’s so excited about that. I’ve never met a person in my life who is this excited about cooking. Terrence and I are somewhat okay, but honestly, I’m not sure if I’m ever going to be completely okay with this guy’s situation. And thus, I don’t know if I’ll ever marry him. With the king passing, the royal house being in mourning, then...
We haven’t slept one bit since Palesa and Ziwe went missing. All we know is that they were taken outside of a doctor’s office. We found the car that Palesa was driving abandoned. Palesa pressed the panic button which alerted the church and Banathi that she was in trouble. But we got there too late. There wasn’t any blood, so at least they didn’t kill her. When we hacked the security footage around the area, we just saw people we’ve...
