“The world almost swallowed my academics and my life. I was blind and did not see where I was heading to, my dreams and character had been drained and ruined by my actions,” elucidated Oyedzere Lekgoko a young PPS diamond. Nobody lights a lamp and hides it underneath the table but puts it on top of the table for the…
Up, down, up again, a little stroll, down again! A helpless, heavily laden Mrs Thipe did not know what to do in order to overcome the discomfort and tightness in her belly. From the very first trimester of pregnancy she had contended with many illnesses but this was by far the worst. It was quite amazing how what was supposed…
Thabang Isaac began his academic journey on a high note; he was a brilliant student and was very obedient to his parents and as such he constantly did exceptionally well. When he got to standard 5 it all changed as he became playful and as a result his marks dropped from an A to a B, which later became his…
The only remedy the doctors could offer to the seemingly impossible condition to him was to surgically remove the warts in his mouth. He had been tormented by mouth warts for almost a year. His mother constantly took him to the hospital for medical attention but all proved futile. Every time she took her son to see the doctors they…
Growing up Theo Keseontse was a well behaved and brilliant child who would incessantly score grade A’s and B’s. Unlike the youngsters of today he was a stout learner, not conformed to the worldly pleasures. The time ahead of him proved to be hard and challenging. When he got to senior school he couldn’t resist the temptations. From a once…
Ms Obolokile Leisimane who hails from Kgagodi village alluded that from December 2016, she was not cautious of the severe headache that she used to experience until a time when this headache presented itself as dizziness. “This headache struck me on a daily basis and on severe instances, I would spend the whole day in bed. My productivity at work…
From the very beginning Tlotlo Podisi had been an average student; she would get B’s and did nothing to improve her grades. With time things got worse as she developed bad character and started moving around with friends who added no value to her academics and as such made no time for her books. As a result, the highest…
“Instead of me to ask you how you are, my question to you is where you are. You feel that you are sick but you cannot tell what your sickness is. You are void, empty and not yourself, sometimes when you are walking you look for yourself. I am seeing an empty body without a soul” and those were the…
Growing as the only female amongst a crowd of boys made me behave like a boy and even dress up like one. All seemed normal to me and I never questioned my behavior. My interest was only in male clothing even at school I kept a company of boys. Nkele alluded that the same spirit continued with her to a…
For several years Charity Disang was an average student and had even come to terms with this fate. She had settled for mediocrity so much that she saw no need to work hard believing that if her grades were good enough to allow her admission into the next level then all was fine by her. Year after year her performance…