Nkosazane yomzulu: my journey

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Prologue

Growing up in a poverty stricken home was never easy , being the eldest child I had to be responsible and I had to take care of my siblings.

Some of you
have it easy out there , but for us maintaining life as a teenager is a mission itself . Where do I get the time to socialize? Where do I "chill" and relax with friends? Have I ever dated , experienced young teenage love? Well as I said sometimes we aren't destined for the same things . Things weren’t always this way we used to be one of the richest families around .

My father owned a well developed business, well it all went wrong when my dad went into partnership with a white unknown business man . At first business went well and we lived the luxurious life but after some time Mr. Clifton ( Unknown business man) turned against my father . He committed fraud and stole my fathers shares in the business and then he fired my dad. All went downhill , we had to stop attending at our model C schools and attend public school's. We practically lived on our savings , my dad could no longer afford to pay the bond and our beautiful home was taken away from us . We moved from living in one of the major suburbs of Cape Town to living in a rural area called e-Mbumbulu , just outside eMlazi .

My dad didn't want his enemies to find him or see our downfall which is why he took us so far away. It was a foreign land for us , we knew nothing about the place , we had no friends and we couldn't even speak isiZulu well . We do speak isiZulu at home sometimes but English has always been the language we use the most .

This is the journey of how I Phawulothando Zekhethelo Zulu grow and develop in a village . How I tackle difficult obstacles , get hurt to what feels like a million times and then finally get freedom for my dad. One day Clifton Incorporated will take its original name which was Zulu kaMageba Incorporated.That's a definite promise!

Allow me to introduce myself : I am Phawulothando Zekhethelo Zulu , 14 years of age. This is my journey ♡Fasten your seats it's gonna be a long ride!