Chapter 38

Good news finally hit home, Mpumi had found work. She had hustled tirelessly for the job. It was persistence and patience. The family knew then that they had to stop begging. It was only few days later that Mpumi found two more jobs. Luck seemed to had found way towards her.

She worked in the clinic on the outbreak of day. She was a cleaner there. She was lucky to have gotten a morning shift. She knew that every morning she had to be there at five and get everything clean and in order. She would walk a two hour’s distance to compass and knock off at four p.m.—or even earlier, depending on her time table—she assisted in a Pakistan tuckshop in some area. The owner would only let her go at eight evening.

The third job was at a garage not so far from her shack. She worked there depending her shifts. When she was in, she was to work the entire night and only depart the next morning around seven. She was struggling, but she knew she was serving the new fami