I'm meeting with my wedding planner today because he's the one who will be making sure that everything is as it should be. He is very organised and is even making me feel a bit nervous about this whole white wedding thing. I am nervous because it feels as if the date is too close and everything will not be ready on time. My wedding planner is afraid of Ona, so around Ona, he keeps it together and makes...
Aus'Lebo and I are playing tennis just to keep fit this morning while my dad, Ntate Seete and Maboko watch the boys swim. Maboko has Ruri in his arms and he has my child wearing an oversized cap. I don't understand because Ruri has her own hats. But she also seems to be enjoying this oversized cap. She enjoys anything that she does with her father. You can already tell that she's going to be a daddy's girl. Ruri...
Nathi is over a year old now and the second baby I have on the way has been baking in my tummy for seven months. I miss Zithulele with all my heart. I needed time and space to get our affairs in order, then I could get him out of prison and bring him home to comfort. I used an estate agent to find my ideal home in a quiet and gated suburb where we would have peace and...
Thomas and I have bought a house together. A lot has happened for the past year. He proposed, I said yes, but I refused to stay in his late wife's house. The agreement was that he will not proceed with the lobola negotiations until we have moved into the new house. Rofhiwa was extremely upset about the new house. I guess she believed that the house was an attachment to her mother. But I told both her and Thomas that...
2010 Maboko Tonight is my matric dance. After months of waiting and preparing, the day is finally here. The dance is on a Saturday because our teachers don't want us to miss out on a school day. Our teachers are as crazy as Tebza's mother. Tebza had to lie to her and say that she's visiting a friend. Gwen is the friend. She told the mother that she would be away for the weekend. She bought the story partly because she's...
I am sitting in my office and contemplating whether I should reach out to Tebza or not when I get a phone call from my mother's neighbour. "Dumela Aus’Mavis" "Regodise! There are soldiers in your mother's house and they are dragging your mother out of the house." I sprint out of my office and run upstairs to Queen Kea's office while I get Ona on the line. "Baby!" "Ona, fetch Mohale from crèche right now. We need to leave Tholoana Kingdom". "What?!" "Get Mohale now!" I burst into...
I have a five-month-old daughter. Her name is Ruri. She's so beautiful. She is the beautiful combination of Maboko and me. She is the ray of sunshine that we've been longing for in our lives. Maboko is so in love. Sometimes, I'm a little jealous of their relationship. Sometimes, I feel replaced in Maboko's and Bane's lives. It feels weird to not be the only woman in their lives anymore. But I'm happy. My family is in a good...
…ONE YEAR LATER… My son, Banathi, is ten months old. He is the spitting image of his father and my husband is the happiest I have ever seen him. He loves being a family man and that is very special to me. With Banathi in our lives, I see different sides to him that make me fall in love with him more. My mother gave my son a second name - Mohau. He is an absolute favourite everywhere he goes. My...
Khanyisa is at that stage where she refuses to sleep in her cot and wants to sleep with me in bed. Now I have this cot in here for nothing. I also ended up buying a stand alone bathtub for her in my outside room because she's still too small for a shower. I hear chatter outside and I'm instantly annoyed because I know someone is going to knock on my door and think we are friends. "Is Fikile still sleeping?...
2010 Teboho: "Ma'am, I'm here to collect work for Gwen Seete." I say as I enter the last classroom that Gwen would have attended today. This has been me all day, going to Gwen's educators and collecting work for her until her home-schooling program is finalized. It doesn’t really affect me because I do this during my school breaks and after school. The teachers have not been nasty, shame. If anything, they've been extremely cooperative and going beyond the call of duty....
