Last week I wrote a blog and was going to come back on-line to write part two.  Then something happened over the weekend that made my trials and tribulations as an Account Manager seem very insignificant in the world…

Mongie (my domestic worker), sms’d me last Saturday to tell me that she had to go down to the Eastern Cape because her husband had been attacked. She took a bus through the night, but unfortunately she did not make it on time - her husband died during the night.  Mongie is a Zimbabwian.  She had been in this country for about a year and a half and her husband just joined her in January.  Both of them are teachers.  Jabu had finally found a teaching job and had just finished his first week of work.  He was in town asking around for a place to rent and somehow ended up attracting the attention of the wrong people. His attackers forced rat poison and bleach down his throat, poured cold water all over him and left him. 

In a way, I feel a bit guilty writing this blog after reading such an uplifting one from Jules, but on the other hand, this is an issue that is real to South Africans at the moment and we need to be reminded of the work that still needs to be done in this country. 

A huge and heart felt thank you to Jules and Avo for donating money that will help towards getting Jabu’s body back to Zimbabwe and funeral costs.  At a time when the family is dealing with such grief, it is some small way that we can help to relieve some of the burden and ease the difficult times ahead for Mongie and her family.