Ndi Tshililo Tshanga – my lament

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The 22-year-old Adziambei Netshishivhe is a rising young literary star who has snatched the pen and started telling good stories in her mother tongue.

A resident at Mukula village, she has just authored and published a novel entitled Ndi Tshililo Tshanga. In the book, she tackles the issues of gender-based violence, where the protagonist endures abuse.

“Sometimes we are inundated with so much violence, to the extent that we even fear to get married for fear of living in the same house with a man who has turned himself into a wild animal,” she said.

She stated that her love of writing stemmed from reading a book, The Voice, when she was only 12 years old. “From that very moment, I have not looked back; I have been reading and writing ever since that time,” she said.

She is the daughter of Vho-Ariandani Bernard Netshishivhe and Vho-Rudzani Grace Netshishivhe and has six lovely siblings. “Growing up in a big family is a lovely experience,” she said.

She attended Ramushasha and Takalani Primary School. She matriculated from Dengenya Secondary School and is currently a business-studies student at Tshisimani TVET College.

“When spiderwebs get united, they can tie up a lion – so, I call upon all South Africans to come together and fight gender-based violence,” she said. The book is meant for people of all ages. “I have travelled a long journey, both as a writer and a social being, and Mark 11: 24-25 and Isaiah 20:22 are pieces of scripture that kept me going,” she said. “I didn’t give up, because the time of God is perfect.”

Adziambei is available on Facebook and can be reached on 072 521 6719.

By: Tshifhiwa Mukwevho

Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho was born in 1984 in Madombidzha village, not far from Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. After submitting articles for roughly a year for Limpopo Mirror's youth supplement, Makoya, he started writing for the main newspaper. He is a prolific writer who published his first book, titled A Traumatic Revenge in 2011. It focusses on life on the street and how to survive amidst poverty. His second book titled The Violent Gestures of Life was published in 2014.