Sitting lonely on top of the beautiful blue and mist-covered peak of the Drakensberg Mountain Range, admiring the view, Ncwati looked down the mountain and saw students at the boarding school; some were singing, some were talking.
A voice came from nowhere: “If you cannot sing or talk, then write.”
“What must I write?” he asked, and no one answered as mist was approaching from the mountain peak called Mont-aux-Sources.
Going back to school, his journey of writing began and continued through the years, yielding four broadcast stories through the national radio and four books in an African language, winning literary awards twice in 1996 and 1997.
Curse Before Birth
None was born hated by the regime, family and biological parents. His father, Ronie, hid himself; his mother, Rita Wessels, decided to abandon him after birth. The only place Ronie could think of to hide was Matiking (a dumping place.) Rita’s parents passed on and left her with part of their wealt...
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