“Please make fat cakes and coffee for all the elders in there, ngwana waka”. This man is tap-dancing and my last nerve. “No!” I say firmly and angrily. “What did you say?” He says. I see Mamholo running into the kitchen as if to stop a fight. “I said no! Mamholo, who the hell are these people? I’ve never seen them a day in my life! But they are all here telling us what to do, eating all our food - including your...
“FUCK! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKEN HELL! THAT BITCH WITH HER WIDE HIPS AND AN ASS AS BIG AS TWO PLANETS PUT TOGETHER HAS FUCKEN ESCAPED WITH ALL THE FUCKEN KIDS!” He says. I see relief of faces here. I even see Banathi and Mnqobi smiling. Wehweh just saved all of us! She actually just saved the church! Khanya wanted to know more about me and didn’t want me to shut him out, so he’s kidnapped right here with us. “You think we wont...
Honestly, I miss Mnqobi out of my mind. I’ve had the most difficult time having to accept what he did. It took me back to when my family fell apart because my mom cheated on my dad. My father became an alcoholic. He fell apart right in front of me. I bathed him. I fed him like a child. I had to survive alone while he was in rehab getting better. Now, here we are. It took us forever...
This year, I made a resolution to be a better and a more involved mother to my kids. Molemo is still living with us, so he is one of my kids until next steps. So today, I’m taking him quad-biking for our mommy-and-me date. He’s really excited. Molise is keeping the other two entertained. Their turns are coming. They understand though… my sweet kids. Molemo and I ride our quad bikes throughout this place that we are at. I struggled...
My first day as the queen’s lady-in-waiting had me understanding the nature of work that she does, what is expected from her then of course, what is expected from me. She then had to go out and be about being the queen and I flew out to Gauteng to check in on the Onaleruna Khotso College; the school that she has built. It’s a stunning school. Everyone is extremely professional. The head office is literally some corporate functional office. I...
I am at one of my township local restaurants today. I’ve been checking in on business all day - from the clubs to the restaurants. Sometimes I just decide that I’ll randomly work at one of my establishments and everyone must adjust. It helps to keep people in check. They never know when to expect me and they are all scared of me. Wehweh is good with the administration of my businesses. She does my books, policies and all...
Molise My house is very chaotic. Phupho and Lelapa generally are chaotic bona self. But now with Molemo in the mix… he’s much older than them, but the three of them enjoy being around each other. So now the party has got a bit bigger. It’s Zah yelling at them since 5:30am that now has me in the kitchen drinking water. I need water to heal my headache because I don’t want to rely on medication. “Keng?” My mom asks me. She’s...
Reahile Mapho goes back to school next week. We are back in the kingdom, but she’s been home since we touched down. She has been feeling quite sick. She says it’s just flu. But I’m seriously worried about her. We’ve been working on missions with the church, so I haven’t had the time to see her. We just talk over the phone. But today, we are all entering our period of cooling off and laying low, so I’m going to see...
When Ruri and I came back from Nelspruit last week, she went home. I haven’t seen her since. We just text each other every now and then, but things are not exactly hot between us right now. My mom gives me a daily speech about breaking up with her. Khosini reminds me everyday that he has never approved of our relationship. My relationship has never been for him to approve anyway. Tholoana has really been upset with me about...
Today is the first of January. It’s a new year. And every year on this day, my mom hosts a lunch where all my siblings and I come to eat and pray for the year ahead. Even my dad comes out of whatever woodworks he disappears to during the year and joins us. Our children come with us. My baby mamas insist on coming with their kids as if my family and I are incapable of looking after my...
