Follow your dreams and good things shall follow you!

Monde Somzana holds his book Ashes.

He was born in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape; he was raised by a single mother. When he was 7, he moved to East Rand in Gauteng with his mother. He has a younger brother Anele and a little sister Bongi.

He went to Jongimfundo Primary School in Vosloorus, he then proceeded to William Hills High School in Benoni, that where he matriculated in 2008.

He then went to the University of Johannesburg to do a one year course in Computer Science in 2009. In 2010 he enrolled for a New Venture Creations at a school in Vosloorus known as MACE for two years.

In 2014 he registered at Tshwane University of Technology to study Industrial Design. He said he choose this course because he likes to do all things at once.

“I have been reading for as long as I can remember,” said Somzana. He started writing poetry and use to post it on a page that he created on facebook. He said “from poetry I transitioned into writing a book because of the recurring dream I was having. “He took this dream and wrote it into a poem and the poem got longer and longer until it became a book.

The dream was about a group of 7 children, they are sitting in the park and playing together. By the end of the day they go to sleep and while they are sleeping their souls come out of their bodies and they continue playing, and as they play their souls end up fighting and they go their separate ways. The souls go back into their bodies and as they wake up, they are angry at each other and they don’t know what the reason is. “I had this dream again and again and I felt that I should do something with it,” said Somzana.

When he was writing this book, there was a lot of re-writing as it was his first time writing a book. After the book was complete he sent it to people to review it and he got positive feedback. He designed his own cover and did his own layout, since he has a background in design.

Somzana said “The publishing company Group7 published my book in July this year.” His book has been out for two months now and to get hold of it, you can contact him online on social media. He said that he is already working on the second book which is a follow up to this one.

His friend Nelson Sikhosane said “He is a hard worker, he is dedicated, he is creative and he believes that there is no problem that is above him.”