Ndu: I’m the one that tells this story. Good to meet you! I’m sixteen years old, in Grade 11 – and I’m a MOgeek. I’m very self-conscious about my shaky voice. It is as unpredictable as an earthquake or an earth tremor. I try not to speak out loud if I can help it, but when I do I measure how bad the tremors are on my Voice Richter Scale.

Stylus: She’s my bestie. She’s the same age as me, and we’re in the same class at school. She’s also the owner of the Black Swan Dream hair salon, where she braids and cuts hair after school and on weekends.

Geekboy’s is my other bestie. He’s like my MOgeek brother. We’re both obsessed with hacking into cellphones and inventing new things from their parts. He looks the part too!

KFCgull: Oh he’s only the lust of my life! He’s also a mozak* with a singing voice to die for, and moves that make me melt. But things between us are….complicated.

The Twins: You’ll meet my little brother and sister soon. They’re 4 years old. Veliswa and Nqabisile. They’re little screen junkies, but man, are they cute.

Mthunzi: My other brother. He was thirteen when he died in a terrible accident six months ago. I don’t want to think about that too much right now….you’ll meet him in my story.

My mom: She’s not that easy to understand these days. But she’s my mom. I love her.