The Last HourWhen the clock strikes noon we know that morning has passed, what was missed at 11:59 can never be recovered at 12:59 for the time has passed a new hour arises. The sun shifts accordingly making room for the moon which shall rise later on.All that was not done or said the previous... Continue Reading →

As we come out victoriousMy name has been denoted into a three-letter word slash a four-letter word. An acronym of bigger words that is dreadful to pronounce. I do not know how they do it, to say my name in such conviction, with a stern voice and without fear of what I am.I have come... Continue Reading →

This is where it all started Uk’thul’ ebandleni, iNkosi ngisay’ philela, angikaboni lutho okungangihlukanisa neNkosi. Ngicela iNkosi ithel’ umusaThese were the words I grew up with.Week after week, Sunday after Sunday, every church service.Young as I was, starting from the youngest to the oldest, till the Priest has the final.Bathi “phila mntanami”,I never understood what... Continue Reading →

GrowthHave I become a pay cheque slave, where I have been institutionalised to work from hand to mouth? The corporate world which most of us dream off when growing up is not as glamorous as shown in the Hollywood movies; big cars, glass house on the mountain peak, a dog to keep you company and a... Continue Reading →