Young Teboho lives a frighteningly uncertain life in a shack with his drunken mother, who refuses to tell him anything about his family. At least, however, his pantsula group is on the up and up, and the girl he has loved for two years comes back into his life. Then his mother falls very ill. He is about to be orphaned. He must find his father. But how?

This story is available in Sesotho: Selori sa Setantshi.

Read the related story: Hungry for Love, or in Sesotho, Lapetse Lerato.

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This story forms part of a special project – Mentoring our Future Writers – sponsored by the National Arts Council.