Mnqobi is just so angry. I don’t even know if we are going to get married tomorrow. I’ve been seeing him everyday because they’ve been staying at the Meadowlands house to accommodate the time they must arrive for the lobola negotiations. I keep asking Palesa if the wedding is still on. She keeps saying that the wedding is on. He’s just replaying what could have happened if Sasi was actually raped. The fact that Lindiwe exposed Sasi to that and left...
My pregnancy is progressing well. I’ve graduated, and since the lodge has also taken off, I’m giving myself a gap year to just have my baby and monitor the game lodge. It’s going well so far. Molise and Molefe are the ones that make the trips to go check in on the place. Sometimes Mmaneo goes with them. Me, I have to limit my travelling. I’m forever in pain. If my ass is not in pain, my hip is in pain. Or...
Today, we are meeting with Moloko. We meet with him every month to take him through what we are doing, decisions that we are making in cultural court, what’s happening around the world that could affect the kingdom, etc. It is usually an eight hour meeting. He asks us questions, he also makes suggestions and we all prepare for the month ahead. He hasn’t started taking these meetings seriously as yet. I guess to him, he still has a few years before he...
I’m dropping Wehweh and her mother off at the mom’s house. She’s been staying with us all this time and I can genuinely see that this has made Wehweh happy. Wehweh has this strange detachment from family values and I think it has a lot to do with her relationship with her mother. She still is crazy here and there, but there is an improvement. When her father told her that he’s going on holiday with his fiance, Wehweh was...
To say that I’m glad that Meh is back in this house and back in my life is an understatement. That’s my wife. And she makes my house make sense. She understands and manages the chaos in my house. With Hopolang and Keamohetsoe being back in the house post Phemello’s passing, it hasn’t been an easy time. Hopolang is a bit resistant of Meh. But Meh doesn’t give up on him. I’ve even spoken to my mother about taking Hopolang and...
We have to head back to the kingdom today because Khanya’s leave is over. My mom also told me that Seipati and Bakang just showed up at our home. She didn’t go into detail about what they told her, but I think my aunt Tiisetso is in trouble - as usual. “Mrs Buthelezi, are you ready to hit the road?” Mr Buthelezi asks me. “I really like this house”, l tell him. “I’ve noticed.” He says. “We should come here more often”, I say.“There’s...
“UMeh athi uTerrence ufuna umshado. He’s sent his family to KZN to deliver the lobola letter and everything”, I tell Banathi. We are honestly gossiping nje. We are in our kitchen eating scones that I baked last night with coffee. The kids are at school and apparently Katli has a girlfriend. So nje, I’m going to fish for information because Katli has this thing now where he tells Banathi stuff and not me. It used to really hurt me and I...
“Mme-Meh”, Tshepo calls me for the 76th time today. I’m used to it by now. It’s just the two of us, so when he wants to talk, I’m the friend. When his siblings were around, those were his friends. Now, it’s just me and him. “Yes, my boy?” I answer him.“Howcome it’s so hot these days?” He asks me.Bandla! “I don’t know, boyza. It just is!” I say. “Do you know what my teacher said?” He asks me.“What, boyza?” I entertain this.“My teacher says...
I wish I could say that I’m the only one still in school. As you’ve read by now, all my friends are now adults rather than being students. I thought I’d hold it down and be the one to represent us all, see us to graduation as a full time student, but I’m just too fertile and my husband won’t keep his hands off me. Mmaneo gave birth to a healthy and bouncy baby boy. We were on holiday together -...
Mnqobi and I have our doctor’s appointment today. We kept pushing it back because when we came back from Soweto, Mnqobi and Banathi told their mom about Phakathwayo’s efforts with the house, as well as the sacred room. They encouraged her to also go so she can find peace. There are a lot of things that she needs to find peace with. Bab’Zithulele lost his parents traumatically at that very house. He also lost a pregnant fiance on that day...
