Birthday Surprise
‘NOT another R10 tip! Don’t people know the 10% rule when it comes to tipping your waiter?” I asked myself softly as I cleared table five.
Finally, my shift was done and I headed to the taxi rank to catch a minibus home. As I sat in the back, cramped in between two big ladies, my mind drifted back to the “good old days” as we call them. Back to the days when my dad was still alive and I was still happy. To when I knew exactly what I wanted and wouldn’t let anyone stand in the way of me getting it. What had happened to that girl?
I was born to wealthy parents. My mother, Felicia Mhlongo, is the founder and CEO of one of the biggest mining companies in Africa, Mhlongo Mining. And my father, David Mhlongo, was a photographer. Although
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