‘‘You need rejection as a wakeup call’’ - Michael Oupana Diago: He bought his first house at age 27 from the money he received from an apprenticeship. Despite the love he had for engineering, the passion for business took over as he is now one of the successful guest house owners to live. Michael Diago married to Matee Diago, a father-of-two, has accomplished it all through hard work and dedication. Diago who describes his teenage life as experiential and exciting, completed his matric in 1999 where he was entrusted with leadership. The 39-year-old, originally from a small village of Limpopo in Jane Furse achieved academically. This brought an opportunity for him to encounter tertiary education. He gained fame as he was counted among the least that went to University. In the year 2000, Diago with his best results became a student of the Witwatersrand University and studied towards a diploma in Biotechnology. In the same ye...
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‘‘The older the berry the sweeter the fruit’’ – by Simphiwe Mandla Malunga Little Sakhile had it coming that night and had regretted every single moment he had spent with the old woman, she was just a problem with no name. ‘‘God help me, you know how much I truly want to stop doing this but she seems possessed and just won’t stop until she gets what she wants’’, as Sakhile kept praying. He heard his door being forcefully pushed but fortunately he had placed his father’s not-so-light toolbox right behind the door which prevented the old woman from entering his room. Sakhile aged 19, was a very bright student among grade 12 pupils at Jikanelanga High School, trusted by his parents as a witful older sibling. As he came from school on his neatly worn black and white uniform with shiny black shoes, he followed his daily routine; went to place his school bag in his room, and immediately went to his mother’s room who was unemployed at the time. As he app...
You can do it anywhere – Simphiwe Mandla Malunga South Africa is a democratic country hence I don’t see a reason why someone would be hesitant to do this. You can do it anywhere and anyhow besides closed doors, as most people prefer doing it in their bedrooms. Someone once said that if you do it once you’re surely going to do it again; it’s like stealing a candy you always go for more. I for one prefer doing it with eyes closed because doing it with eyes opened creates a dull experience. It was during early hours at dawn whilst everyone was far asleep I on the other hand could hardly sleep as I heard sounds coming from the other dark room. The sound of that tiny woman’s voice as she continued to call out names rapidly and repeatedly took away all my sleepiness and all I wished was to be in that very same room. I remembered that she wasn’t alone in that room, whilst I was sleeping there on the floor I kept wondering if the man that had slept right beside her on the same...