Lubhalwe NgoPalesa Matlala
Oyi-Personal assistant uBrenda Moholi uhamba amahora amane nsuku zonke phakathi kwe-Protea Glen ne-Fourways.
Ingxenye yomholo wakhe iya kwibhondi futhi cishe enye ingxenye iye emalini yetekisi kanye nezidingo zendodakazi yakhe.
Engxenyeni yesithathu yochungechunge lwezokuthutha eSoweto, uBrenda Moholi usebenzisa u-R2,000 womholo wakhe ematekisini. Uhlelo luyahluleka, futhi abantu abasebenzayo abahluphekayo.
UBrenda Moholi (34), uvuka ngo-4:30 ekuseni ukuze alungiselele indodakazi yakhe eneminyaka eyisithupha kanye naye usuku lwakhe. Ngehora lesithupha ekuseni, usuke elinde itekisi e-Protea Glen, eSoweto.
Ugibela itekisi eyodwa eya eGoli ngo-R27, enye isuka erenki yase-Bree iya e-Fourways ngo-R20. Lokho kungu-R94 ngosuku noma u-R1,880 ngenyanga ukuze nje angene emsebenzini.
“NgoMfumfu odlule, ngathola amashift ukuze ngenze imali eyengeziwe. Ngisebenza ngoMgqibelo(2) ngenyanga futhi ngibeka u-R2,068 wokugibela kuphela,” kusho yena.
UMoholi usebenza njengomsizi kanti uhola cishe u-R18,000 ngaphambi kokuba kubanjwe imali. Ingxenye yalokho iya kwibhondi yakhe, kanti enye ikhokha imali yesikole, ukunakekelwa kwengane, igilosa nezindleko zokuhamba.
“Umholo wami ufika futhi uphele ngesonto. Akukho lutho olusele lokuzijabulisa. Ngicabanga ukusondela emsebenzini, kodwa izindleko zendodakazi yami zizokhuphuka,” esho.
Uthe ukuhlala eSoweto kusho ukudla okushibhile nezokuthutha, ngisho noma ukukhokha kwebhondi kuphezulu.
NgoLwezi ka-2024, umphathi wakhe wathi angasebenza ekhaya ngezinye izinsuku, kodwa ngoMasingaan, washintsha umqondo. Ngaphoxeka kakhulu ngoba bengiyonga imali,” kusho uMoholi.
Waze wacabanga ukukhansela ukunakekelwa kwendodakazi yakhe, kodwa akanakho ukukhetha. “Isikole siqala ngo-7:50 ekuseni siphele ngo-1:30 ntambama. Ngiphuma kusenekhathi ngiyomlanda.”
Njengabanye abaningi, uMoholi ucabanga ukuqala ibhizinisi ukuze asinde ezindlekweni ezikhuphukayo zokuphila. Kodwa kungase kuphazamise isikhathi esincane asichitha nengane yakhe.
Uphuthelwe yizingxenye zokuqala zochungechunge lwethu lwezokuthutha zaseSoweto? Zithole ngezansi:
Ingxenye yokuqala: Sihlangane noLungile Mafu, ovuka ngo-3:30 ekuseni ukuze agibele izitimela eziminyene ukuze nje agcine umsebenzi wakhe.
Ingxenye Yesibili: ULindiwe Ntuli usehlale iminyaka engaphezu kuka-20 ebhasini likaPutco futhi ubekhumbula izingane zakhe ezikhula ngenxa yalo.
NgoLwesibili ngomhlaka-20 kuNhlaba – Ingxenye yesine yochungechunge lwezokuthutha zaseSoweto: UNomthandazo Simalane ukhethe iRea Vaya ukuthi onge ezindlekweni zokuthutha. Kodwa manje usegibele ngokwesaba, ebuka abashayeli bamabhasi bedutshulwa bezama ukwenza umsebenzi wabo.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Amatekisi edolobheni.
Umthombo wesithombe: Palesa Matlala