2010It's finally after school. It's been a long day and I'm extremely exhausted. This week was test week and test week is just painful. You write a minimum of two pre-exam papers per subject from Monday to Friday. If you do not perform well during test week, your parents are called in and are informed that you are in danger of failing. No one wants that kind of pressure going into the exams. I just finished writing my chemistry paper...
We've been called in by the bishop to make our way to one of the church’s warehouses that is located at the Tholoana Kingdom female prison. Yes, the church has – what we call – execution warehouses in every prison. Every member of the church who is arrested goes there for any meetings the bishops or the pope sets up and has to involve them. But those who turn on us when inside die inside those very warehouses. I left Tlali...
My mother, Ati and I have decided to spend Christmas at Reitumetsi's and Suzi's house for Christmas. We arrived yesterday, on Christmas Eve and slept over, waking up to Christmas Day today. My dad is somewhere in hell doing the devil's work. He promised he'd spend Christmas with us, but when we had to leave, he had plans with the local tavern so Christmas is without him this year. Tumi's and Suzi's house is beautiful. I have never been here before....
"Fikile! Fikile!" This loud yelling is followed up with a bang on my door. What in the actual fuck?! I pull the blanket over my head and try to zone the noise out. "Fikile! Hai bo! Fikile! Wake up and open this door!" I open one eye just to inspect where I am. I need to understand why I am being bothered at 05H30am and being demanded to open the door to MY room. "Fikile!" "Fuck off!" I finally respond. "Hai wena! Open this door! The children need to print their projects and the...
2010Maboko We've just finished our run on this track. Tebza is getting fitter by the day and I hear that she is one hell of a netball player. All the senior netball players sing her praises. I must grab my boys and go watch her at a game one of these days. It will be quite exciting to see her jumping and running up and down a netball court in those short and tight dresses that they wear. Hmmm…It's been a...
I cannot begin to describe the heaviness and the sadness that has draped Mme-Seete's home. We came to celebrate the union of Maboko and Teboho – a beautiful union at that. And here we are, preparing to bury Mme-Seete who was shot during a shootout in her own home. She was marking books and watching soapies when this happened. The bullets forced their way through the windows of the house, leaving no one safe at all. Our kids were inside...
This year is flying by so quickly. We just got Khabane’s report and he did very well at school this year, so Maboko and I decided to treat him to dinner to celebrate. Maboko, Khabane and I have just come back home from dinner. Khabane is fast asleep, lying his head on Maboko’s shoulder, so I open the door for us to enter the apartment. Maboko heads to the bedroom to put Khabane down and hopefully change him into his...
Exams have crept up on us like a thief in the night. The year has been one hell of a ride. Zee and I are doing great and are even having sex without condoms now. Don't worry, I am on contraceptives. We have been very faithful to our studies and it has paid off very well because our semester marks are beautifully high. He likes school. He is a bit of a nerd and he will not even admit to...
2010: Maboko"Listen, this weekend is the Mohale twins' 18th birthday party. I want you to come as my date", I tell her as we drive to school."For the whole weekend?" She asks me like this is something abnormal. "Yes. The whole weekend. It's at a lodge in South Africa. In Mpumalanga." He says. "That sounds far. So you going to drive to South Africa when?" "This evening". The party is tomorrow and we will drive back on Monday. Monday is a public holiday." "Maboko, where...
I just woke up in my bed alone again. I have officially ended things with Thabiso because I really do want to fix things with Khotso. But he is so distant. I don’t even know what to make of the distance anymore. He doesn’t touch me and with me having to stay away from the royal house because there is a new baby, I cannot just show up anymore and demand answers from him. He missed our doctor’s appointment for...
