MBABANE – “You create your own fortunes in life!” This idiom rings true for two teenage boys from Msunduza, a location in the outskirts of Mbabane, who instead of brooding on the misfortunes of their lives, to an initiative to get what they want through hard work and sweat.
Festive
The duo of *Mandla, 14, and *Bongani, 16, instead of blaming other people for their state of being, they took responsibility for the let downs in their lives. Mandla, who is a grade six pupil at Mqolo Primary School, said he decided to partake in temporal work to raise money for the festive season.
“I want to buy things for myself as my mother is unemployed.”
The teenager said he did not want to look at his peers and wish for their lifestyle so he approached an artisan to help him with whatever manual work that needed to be done in his workshop.
He said he devised the plan to look for employment with his pal who is doing Form One, Bongani. He said what inspired them to think of what they could do to source extra money was that they wanted to have goodies for Christmas and fireworks for the New Year cross over celebrations.
Bongani cemented this and said that he wanted to buy fireworks so that he can also be jovial and colour the sky like many who will be cracking fireworks.
The duo said they are paid E20 per day and have been working for two weeks now.
“Our parents will not afford to buy us fireworks so we saw an opportunity in getting this job and making extra cash.”
The pupils further said they had single parents who were raising them; therefore, every cent within the family had to cover up for essential necessities.
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