Dear “Shluthu” We’ve been through a lot you and me. You’ve been with me through the worst and best days of my life. I’ve had to cover you with a doek to show respect at a funeral and put braids on you to celebrate my graduation. I am sorry I have not always been kind […]

Our stories are somehow the same, connected in a way, even if it’s just with the dots at the end of each one of them. But they’re connected, proving that we are all in this together. We are not alone, no matter how isolated we may feel at times. Let’s keep it going Hustlers, the […]

We left in confusion The world seems too bitter Too much illusion One cough defines death A new virus has come to earth Leaving people helpless Causing so much death The world is shaken in fear People dying, families always shedding a tear I could shout Enough is Enough But I fear to provoke more […]

“Dear Reader” I meant to delete the message that you accidentally dropped into my inbox But I deleted myself in your life instead. It cuts deeper to think you no longer my one I can’t even shake the feeling of you walking pass me one day without even a simple hello You loved me, I […]

I have all the ideas of how I want my office to look like. Spacious, neat, with beautiful and well designed furniture My house will probably be a corner house, with a huge yard. A huge yard that will accommodate every little idea that will occasionally pop up in my mind. I’m not sure about […]

Nothing is guaranteed in life, everything come and go Sometimes you think you got it all covered, it simply slips off your fingers When you least expecting, everything falls into the right places When you take it all for granted, you suffer the consequences Sometimes you plan so hard, yet still get it wrong But […]

love has always been this beautiful thing in my mind with only no words can describe it that’s probably the reason I always battle to understand when it’s not when it turns to be this ugly thing I find no beautiful words to praise it with Dear Reader, Love alone is not enough, but sometimes […]

the one who makes it count the most, isn’t the guy who designed the watch not the one who keeps the time, always right on time but the one who makes every minute worth living, makes every minute count the one who makes a difference with every minute because we don’t think about the time, […]

In the 1800, when steam engine boats were still in operation, dozens of men would flood the engine room to shovel the coal into the boiler’s firebox with a no-nonsense supervisor sweating on their shoulders, ensuring that there is enough coal in the boilers to maintain the speed of the boat. They’ll be there, burning […]

I don’t blame a black man when he falls from the top, all the way down, even when he’s suddenly less celebrated because we all look for easy way out sometimes when we hustling, fighting to get rewards and recognition for our hard work. But I blame everyone who was around him when he was […]