A Thousand Hills

Thursday Dinners

I'm not sure why I initially thought working here would be easy, I currently need to liase between the 3 brothers.

As much as they all run different sectors of the business they each have a say/ opinion in an operation ran by the others.
Nsizwa is always on the firing line.
He and I are hiring an operational manager to assist him.

Phakamile has equipment being shipped to Nigeria, and Nsizwa being out for 2 weeks somehow over committed the trucks for the next 2 months.
Now I have to arrange with an external company much to Phakamile's annoyance.

Zigi is always messing up payroll so I need to double check and approve his invoices.
There's also a Social responsibility event that requires all the brothers to be present.
Work wise they are never at the same place at the same time so co-ordinating their schedule is tricky and its a must that they're all there
The PR team is working over time too because in the Zulu commission inquiry, people who testified mentioned the Mzimelas here and there, especially around the Reserve Bank deal
Nothing incriminating but the internet has been having a field day, accusing the family of selling out and chowing 'their' tax money

Nsizwa doesn't care, Zigi is annoyed and it's just business as usual for Phakamile, when I asked him if it'll be addressed in anyhow he just said

"We own everyone, there's nothing to address" then he winked at me smug, walking out of the office
I don't know why I've been annoyed by him since.
I am a little curious, all this money and wealth can't just be from hard work.
All these businesses aren't over 10 years old but somehow a billion rand conglomerate. There's something fishy somewhere but I don't care enough to find out

I'm almost done with school and only need to write 3 papers and provided I pass, I'll be graduating in April, it's long over due, I'm 28 next year.

I'm behind on work and school because I'm a part time parent as well now.
Just today alone, Peanut pulled a knife ( a plastic one) on another learner and I was called to the school again

I'm scared to tell his father because when Peanut told me some kids were being mean to him at creche, I told him to fuck them all up and even taught him how to fight.

Not my best moment, honestly I couldn't even be mad because I'm a little proud, I was annoyed because I made the teacher aware that he was being bullied.

He's just too smart if you ask me, the other 2 year old are barely talking and he already knows the alphabet, how to count to 50 and engages in full conversations.
Hell I too thought he was weird when we first met, so the other kids just isolate themselves from him.
Every time he tried joining in during playtime they'd pick on him, last week they locked him in the coat and bag closet for an hour.

His teacher didn't notice he wasn't in the playground because he keeps to himself that much.
He cried the second I walked through those doors and it was a first for him to break down like that and that's how I learnt of the bullying
So today I picked him up with some takeout and ice-cream, he was a little too proud of himself so I hope it builds his confidence
Zigi needs to consider enrolling him at those schools of excellence or advanced classes

I left him at aftercare because I'm yet to find another suitable nanny and bringing him to work will need an explanation to why he wasn't at school midday.
Peanut is a sweet kid, I don't understand why his nannies quit like this I'm sure those intense eyes of his hide a menace that I'm yet to see but his my menace now.
It's raining terribly so his driver will drive him back to Mkhulu's house in the evening.

"Why are you still here, what are you busy with" he asks catching me off guard

I thought I was the only person here, it's just after 5 and I haven't seen him all day since that cocky comment of his. He's a lot easier to be around since that edible incident