2010 I drive my VW Scirocco out of the matric parking lot then out of the school premises. My sister went home at 2pm when the school bell rang. She is quite lazy. She is the type that comes to school and rushes home after class. No netball. No public speaking. None of that. She is in grade nine, now. My dad must have fetched my sister. Gwen would never take a taxi back home. Besides, where we live, there...
“You know your boyfriend is a loser, right?” “He is not my boyfriend, he is my husband. Have some respect.” “That’s even worse. How do you have a husband and still need to work just to be comfortable. He has to be a provider. That’s what we do as men - we provide. If you have to provide for yourself, what is he doing?” “These are not the times of the bible. We believe in helping each other out.” “Does that really make...
Welcome to your unlocked bonus episode part 2 and season finale of The Workplace & Its Employees. We are at the end of season 1 and let’s just be real – it’s been real! I want to thank you all so much for being on this journey, welcoming the characters into your creative world and allowing them to frustrate you, make you laugh and occupy your time each evening of the week – giving you well-deserved breaks over the weekends because shame, banedrama...
Welcome to your unlocked bonus episode part 1. We are close to the end and before we step into it, we have some news to share with you. We would like to engage with you one more time before closing season 1 by introducing to you, character awards. At the end of each season of a written piece, we will ask you to vote for the characters in the categories that they find themselves in. You will have a week...
TODAY, we are saying goodbye to season 1 of this rollercoaster that we have been on in each of the lives of the characters that we have encountered in The Workplace and Its Employees, Season 1. As we wave goodbye to this season, we would love to say goodbye in style – with some exciting bonus episodescoming up tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday. For as long as you keep on reading, we will keep on writing. Please engage with us: We have had so much fun...
Mthunzi We are on our way to Mafikeng. I am driving and my beautiful wife is sitting next to me in the passengers’ seat. We are driving down with Maps and Ramaru. They are sitting in the backseat. They seem to have hit it off quite well and there is a bet on whether or not they will smash sometime during the wedding weekend. This morning, we found them still chatting away by the pool. In other words, they had not slept and now...
"Unawe, do you have any idea how hard your father and I worked for us to pay off that house and give you a home?" "I know, mama. I was desperate. You left after dad died- "I left?" "You went to get help, mama. You were not coping. We all know. That's what Unawe meant to say." Minenhle intervenes. "We were hungry, mah, and I needed to go to school. So I met a person online who offered me work that was paying really well. When I had to...
I did not expect Lu to receive me with her arms wide open. But I do respect her for letting Siya bury his father the way that her kids are burying their father. For that reason, I will happily sit at the back with everyone else and let the family be. She has really gone out of her way to make sure that George rests in peace, power, dignity and respect. She is letting Siya be part of laying him to rest,...
This week, we will be saying goodbye to season 1 of this rollercoaster that we have been on in each of the lives of the characters that we have encountered in The Workplace and Its Employees, Season 1. As we wave goodbye to this season, we would love to say goodbye in style – with some exciting bonus episodes. For as long as you keep on reading, we will keep on writing. Please engage with us: We have had so much fun reading your feedback....
Nobantu “How are things? How are you holding up?” I ask him. “I’m trying. Some days are easier than others, but I’m getting there. In a very weird way, having my daughter makes me feel like she is still with me.” He says. “These people are precious, until they aren’t.” I say. We both giggle. I haven’t spoken to Thomas in so long. I have been meaning to call him and just check up on him. He loved his stiletto girl a lot. I can...
