“Slindile hou van skool. Sy en haar vriendinne is op pad terug huis toe, maar vandag is sy nie lus vir die giggel en skinder nie. Zama loop langs haar, “Ek hoor Dudu gaan ‘n baba hê,” sê Zama oor hul gemeenskaplike vriendin.
“Hei, Sli, hoor jy wat ek sê?”
“Ek gaan ‘n boek skryf.”
“Jy en jou drome! Akho seBhayi apha! (Dis nie Port Elizabeth die’ nie) Niemand op Zabasa het nog ooit ‘n boek geskryf nie.”
Liziwe Ndalana is a freelance writer and blogger, and she has worked as a radio presenter and a content writer for Fin24. In 2007 she graduated with a Diploma in Public Relations Management from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Liziwe is active on social media with her own YouTube channel and a blog documenting her hiking and coffee shop-hunting adventures in and around Cape Town. She founded Dream Factor, a club focussing on the advancement of literacy amongst children and adults in Nyanga. As a literacy champion, Liziwe has associations with Nal’ibali and the Fundza Literacy Trust. She also runs her own laundry business in Nyanga.
