says Mokgadi Mabela,
a morning guest on SAFM radio
of her beekeeping career path
(and a trail-blazer at that)

Her grandfather, a crop farmer,
started a small beekeeping business
her father turned it into a career
that, unbeknown to them,
fed them and paid their school fees

It would have been quite romantic
for a young white-coated she
to follow her white-coated father
marking out a career path back then

(rather, the siblings were irritated
at this unusual occupation
that took up his time and theirs)

It would have been quite romantic
for a M&G’s “200 young S’Africans”
and she says she wanted
the youth to smash stereotypes
treading where their parents didn’t

Now, is that romantic or what

“Native Nosi” is interviewed on Michelle Constant’s Sunday Jet Set Breakfast.