Sisipho Butana, 20 year old girl from Walmer Township.
Yintoni into onondixelela yona abantu abangayaziyo ngobomi bakho?
Sisipho: Abangayazi?… hmm, andinaMama, andimazi uTatawam. UMamawam wasweleka ndifunda ibanga lesine. Ndiyendahlala noTamkhulu wam.
Sipho: Uziva kanjani kengoku?
Sisipho: I don’t really care, seriously ebengekho ebomini bam.
Sipho: Nam ndikhule ngaphandle ko Tatawam. uMamawam ebesela kakhulu. Ndikhuliswe nguMakhulu wam.
Sisipho:Ukhule ngaphandle koMamawakho?
Sipho: Ha.a bendihlala naye. Yintoni into ebuhlungu eyenzeka ebomini nabo?
Sisipho: Ayikho ngaphandle kolahlekelwa nguMamawam.
English translation:
What can you tell me that people don’t know about your life?
Sisipho: They don’t know?… hmm, I don’t have a mother and I don’t know my father. My mother died when I was in grade four. I stayed with my grandfather since then.
Sipho: How do you feel about that?
Sisipho: I don’t really care, seriously he was not present in my life.
Sipho: I grew up without a father also, my mother used to drink. I was raised by my grandmother.
Sisipho: Did you grow up without your mother?
Sipho: No, I stayed with my mother. What is the painful thing that has happened in your life?
Sisipho: Nothing besides losing my mother.