"Ntombi! Banathi! Mnqobi!" I yell for these kids to come down the stairs. We are already late and now I'm the one who was left to wrap the birthday gifts because we need to rush.I like having Ntombi around. I feel like the only human beings that I push out are boys. So, having a daughter is so much fun for me. She enjoys the fact that I'm her personal hair stylist.They come running down the stairs. They are finally...
We are at the Nthatisi Facility for children with special needs today. It is Pelo's birthday and we are here to throw a party of note. We would've invited the gang, but the kids are meeting Pelo for the first time today and we thought we'd not overwhelm the situation. Lefatselabarena is particularly excited to have an older sister.The Facility let us have our party. We've asked for privacy at the facility's restaurant, but we brought food, cake and party...
It is 4am and he is not in bed. He's probably in the bar. His drinking has shot up since he found out about that thing we no longer have to speak about anymore.I wear a gown over my lacey night dress then go and find him. I know that he is somewhere in this house.I start at the bar. He is not in here. I go to his second favourite place in this house… the patio. He is sitting...
"Mrs Mohale… Mofomahadi… good morning", I hear a voice say. I know it's Ona, but I'm tired."What do you want?" I ask him.He pulls the blankets off my body and a cold chill breezes over my body."Ona? Keng?" I'm actually quite irritated."I want us to go out for breakfast together. Please?" He says."What time is it?""6am?""What breakfast restaurant is open 6am?""You clearly forget who you are married to. I make things happen. Please just come with me. We have thirty...
Tiisetso never came back for the rest of the mourning week, so Tebza did everything herself. It was the worst blow for her two days after her mom passed away. Her dad was sitting on a chair listening to the priest's sermon with the rest of us. He dozed off into sleep and just never woke up. Tiisetso has not been here for any of it. Everyone but Tebza has phoned her to come and bury her parents, but zero.Now,...
"What exactly did you tell him?" Teboho is about to kill Ona and Khotso.We are all in Maboko's ward. He's stable. Apparently, he will be okay."We found out what Kabelo did, and we told him."Teboho is boiling. Even Ona is shaking."Why would you do that? Did it not occur to you that Teboho had her reasons for not telling him?" I also shout at them."Wait, you knew?" Khotso is dumb enough to ask me that."Of course, I knew. I'm her...
2011MabokoI'm headed home today. I'm going to spend the weekend there. I need to see Tebza and spend some time with her. She says that we've broken up, but I'm not going to accept that. That's my wife.Yes, I've fucked around, and I probably will not stop… I'm in university and I'm fucken nineteen. But Tebza is my wife and she's not getting rid of me that easily.Ona told me that Tebza has a netball game today, so I'm driving...
While Teboho and Letlali took all the guards to rescue our criminal husbands, we got kidnapped. We don't know where we are. But we are grateful for one thing - we are all in one basement or container or… I don't know where we are.Lulu, Fifi and Kea are trying to keep the kids calm. I'm the only one who has been studying the guards here, so I can see a gap and get us out of here.I've noticed a...
My siblings are still living with us and we are in no rush to have them leave. The kids though - yoh, they drive us crazy sometimes. But, I've picked up some new routines.Suzy has this thing where she meditates every morning. She has asked me to join her in it and I won't lie, it's so difficult to do it in the beginning. She turns on candles and plays music - the kind that makes you sleep. And I...
It is so weird to have a baby in the house. Shaka and I are rabbits when it comes to being sexually free in our house. Now, Wande wakes up and we know there's no sex until he takes a nap or until Tebza comes to take him for the day.I have just spent a good hour in bed and underneath my husband. Now, I'm in the kitchen, making breakfast and humming about. I'm in such a good mood. It's...
