Today, a ceremony is being held for my daughter, Inama. It is a ceremony for the umbilical chord piece that fell off from her belly button area, and they’ll be cutting her hair, then placing her hair and chord in the land of her forefathers. I seriously cannot believe that I’m a mother to a princess. Me? Maphodile? I’m even a Mohale now. Yoh! My mom is one hell of a guardian angel. I’m sitting between mofahadi and mme-moholo. My aunt...
My dad is hosting this braai of his today. I don’t even know what we are celebrating. I think he’s just trying to bring our family back to a good place. Last year was an extremely difficult year for our family. My dad’s secret came out: turns out that my cousin is actually my brother. My dad fucked around and was too scared to take chances with my mother. But my mom found out. My mom finds out everything....
If there's one thing about Aus'Mpho, she will sing louder than the birds to tell you that the sun is up. Every time Wehweh says that she's going to reprimand her about this singing, I tell her to let her be. She's praising her God. But right now, I'm tired. I have a headache. I'm still half drunk. Aus'Mpho is the domestic worker that works here at Wehweh's place. She's had two before. The first one - Aus'Salome - got...
Zah has asked me to have a breakfast date with her today. She keeps saying we just need a minute away from our responsibilities and just date each other. I get what she means. Our kids are a handful. Zah has been emotional about one of her friends - Ruri - who just left and the entire friend group just didn't take it well at all. They also haven't seen Mapho since she gave birth, understandably so. I think...
Two weeks ago, we got a phone call that my father has passed away. None of us really felt anything because it's not like this guy was significant in our lives. My mom was his mistress for I don't know how many years. All my siblings and I came from that affair. So his wife and his main family has never rated us. And I don't blame them. It's okay. My beef is that this man never rated us...
So… We are on the run again. Well, we are in hiding. And now ALL families had to split. And I mean ALL! It’s been six months. A lot has happened. Mapho gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Her name is Reaotlotla, which means, we give you praise. Uncle Khotso gave her this name. Rea and Mapho went to him and asked him to name her. It hurt uncle Ona a bit, but no one was surprised. Rea has always...
Tamia, Khanyisa and myself have been kidnapped. While everyone was running to hide for their lives, they managed to capture us and kidnap us. At least they feed us and they bring us dishes with water, soap and a vaslap to clean ourselves. We sleep on mattresses that look like they've just been rented out of a prison cell. And they are directly on the floor. I feel like I live under those horrible conditions that I grew up in....
I love being at home. And I definitely believe that I needed this week off from school and just be at home. I've been attending lessons virtually and doing all my work. I think I needed the biggest break from Mnqobi and his shit. My dad was really nice. We had movie night every night. His girlfriend joined us once or twice, but for most nights, it was the two of us. This weekend is Michelle's event in suncity....
"These outfits are so nice! Yoh! Your friend is talented! Look at how good we look!" Molise says to me. "I never thought I'd be into sotho looks, but these... I'm sold!" I say. He laughs and says, "you are a sotho bride. You better find it in you to be into sotho outfits." Ruri did the damn things! If we look like this, I wonder what the bride and groom look like. She even designed for the king and queen! She will...
I’m sitting in Terrence’s car that is parked outside of Mercy’s apartment. Mercy is baby mama number three. We are here to pick up Tshepo, her son. He’s spending the weekend with Terrence. I’m apparently featuring tomorrow because he has a soccer tournament at school. His mother will not be in attendance, from what I understand, because she has a job. She’s the least problematic baby mama. She’s the reasonable one who understands what co-parenting is and she’s the...
