Chapter 1: Chronicles Of A Zulu Kasi Princess (Page 1)

Mgani, u Tshepo called saying I can come and collect money for pampers. Eish, but I am not sure if I want to go. Lindiwe sent a WhatsApp message to Boipelo while waiting for the water to boil. She is late for school but it is important for her to leave her babies sparkling clean because her aunt complains and baby daddy pops at any time in their house. Lindiwe and Boipelo had been friends since they were young. Boipelo enjoyed bringing her skhafthini of old left overs and making Lindiwe her charity case. But if there was one thing she could not control of Lindiwe was her beauty and the type of men who approached her. She was dead-drop gorgeous for a Kasi chick. She looked mix, most of the time forsaken as a coloured, others say Asian, and Ethiopian when she wore her corn-rows.

Texting back with laughing emoticons:😂😂😂 Boipelo said to Lindiwe: hauuuu mgani I thought it's over between you and Tshepo after you found the panty under his bed. I did not think that you would even consider going there, kanti dintshang. Lindiwe was at a phase of losing her mind, her aunt is pressurising her to go look for a job and take care of her three children. But her dream was different from what her aunt aspired for her.

The 23-year-old mom of three, enjoyed a life of friends and partying. Lindiwe did not mind sleeping with the fathers of her kids just for money, so she can spend time with her friends at malls and town clubs. Her Sassa money also was spent on impulsive buying and entertainment most of the time. Aunty Betty prayed day and night for a better lifestyle for this child. What she hated most was the big cars that made the girl to look unworthy.

Around the 15th of every month, Lindiwe finds herself in the same vicious cycle where Aunty Betty threatens to let her sleep outside their two-bedroom Zozo because she always said, "le mgani, akafuni ukukhula". The behaviour of her niece changing boyfriends like changing panties was her biggest problem. After bathing her children, the phone rings and auntie is waiting just to have a chat with her. Lindiwe grabbed her small purple Louis Vuitton handbag and waved promising auntie to come back.