my kasi diaries

  written by Valencia Legodi Tshepo Mogala popularly known as Eetz Blaq was born on the 9th of February 1992 in Gauteng and raised in Limpopo at Ga-Molepo, he is a rapper , creative director, model, entrepreneur and motivational speaker. he is also a man that impacts masses through with his powerful vernacular punch lines and he is a top headliner on his own. The stage name "Eetz Blaq" was inspired by people that heard him rap during studio sessions and cyphers, after hearing him rap a couple of times they named him "black out" and later he realized that the name was long and changed it to "it's black" but chose to write it in his own modified way. "I grew up listening to music and writing lyrics in a book, having a music book made me realize my passion as I wrote lyrics of songs by well known artists and imitated my favorite rappers. in 2010 when I was still in college I also realized that I could use my musical talent to inspire and change lives...

Written by Valencia Legodi Matefello Puseletso Ramokhoase popularly known as Ms P is an Olievenhoutbosch disc jockey and entrepreneur born (October 1, 1988) and bred in Soshanguve. She is a loving, bubbly, fun and intelligent young female DJ that was raised in a strict family; her father had enough money to fund her education, but refused to pay for any course that is entertainment related. “I grew up being the center of attention at home, most of the time when there was an event or celebration at home; I would play a song and dance to it. They even gave me a nick name seboko which means worm and in school I participated in all activities (netball, drama and dance), as I grew older my love for music developed and it led to me being a DJ full time”. Growing up Puseletso wanted to be an engineer until she realized that she was not good with numbers. In 2013 she enrolled at Foreal Academy; a well-known school of DJs in Pretoria. She did a 3 months course where she was taught...

Written by Valencia Legodi Amanda Valencia Ndlovu born (March 01, 1997) and raised in Pretoria West is a founder and director of a non-profit organisation named Becoming woman, she moved to Olievenhoutbosch in 2012 while she was still in grade 9 and she completed her matric in 2015 then furthered her studies in 2018. On the 3 rd October 2020 Amanda will be launching Becoming women which will only be an hour, the launch will be held at Dhova’s restaurant (ext.36) from 10-11 am. Becoming woman was inspired by her personal experiences and journey, growing up without an elder sister or brother to guide, motivate and advise her about life, career and relationships. Starting an organisation for her it meant becoming an elder sister to a lot of young women who need guidance, encouragement and support. The entrance will be two packs of pads that will be donated to some girls who are helping out with the launch, finger foods and snacks will be served to guests attending the event....

Written by Valencia Legodi Lerato Legodi popularly known as AJ Lee was born (on July 14, 1993) and raised at Ga Mashashane in a small village called Ga Mapangula, she was raised by her mother Magdalene who passed away in 2012 and she is the only child of her parents. The model, DJ, and small business owner moved from Mnandi plots to Olievenhoubosch in 2019 to pursue her deejaying career. After her matric she started hosting events (Black swag) at Upper-level media with Stemmer Kgole also known as Rabthibz, in 2018 she opened a boutique called MFB (Magdee fashion boutique) in remembrance of her late mother and she named it after her. She buys caps and t-shirts and Nathi does her embroidery, she is currently working on the AJ Lee brand and runs monthly competitions on her Facebook page. Ntombezinhle Jiyane (DJ Zinhle) who is a DJ, producer, business women, and media personality, and Tshepo Monyaki also known as Sir Tonic who is a DJ and hustler inspired her deejaying career ...

Written by Valencia Legodi Prudence Zimkhitha Botha born (25 February 1992) and raised in Eastern Cape is a mother to a handsome boy, youth developer, television and radio presenter that was raised in a Christian family. She was raised by her grandmother who passed on and she is the last born in her family. The 28 year old has always wanted to be on either radio or Television; she would look herself in the mirror and imitate the news anchor Noxolo Grootboom “ndinithanda nonke emakhaya” she would say, mhlobo wenene FM DJ Mthobeli (KC) August inspired her radio career. Besides presenting she is a master of ceremonies (MC) and a vocalist, she is also part of Good Fellaz which is a community initiative that assists disadvantaged community members with what they need and lack. “When I started pursuing my career in radio and television it was hard because I was inexperienced and I had to learn everything from scratch, I got rejected by lot of media companies because I lacked exp...

Written by Valencia Legodi Tshepo Marota popularly known as Teeci was born on the 29 th of September 1983 at Driefontein, he is a rapper, song writer, fashionista and a visual artist. He fell in love with music back in high school when he listened to music by dalom kids, Mercy Phakela and Chicco Twala that was often played by his uncle. The rapper has always wanted to be an entertainer that is well known in the music industry, he is also a good visual artist that does painting and sketches which generally defines him as an artist. When he was growing up he wanted to be a singer but later realised that he is not a good singer, but rather a good song writer. The 37 year old would imitate snoop dogg when watching his music videos play on TV and in 2005 he moved to Olievenhoutbosch where he met different rap crews. Upon meeting different artists who performed different genres of music, he was inspired to write his own songs, record and perform. Teeci Is inspired by two artist...

Written by Valencia Legodi Olievenhoutbosch born and raised Sasha Matava (24 September 1999) is a managing director of Olieven fashion show and he is currently running Miss Centurion grand SA. Matava is currently completing degree in economics development and planning at University of South Africa (UNISA), his vision is to influence change to others, impact young people’s lives positively and collaborate with different talented individuals that have the same goal in mind He started participating in arts and cultural activities when he was in high school, in grade 10 he participated in a project called youth citizens action program (YCAP) which taught him how to profile, address challenges that are faced by the community and run projects. “I joined art and cultural activities with Rasta, working with him made my childhood meaningful and it actually helped me realise certain things I did not know about myself and my abilities. i know that a lot of young people from Olieven a...

Written by Valencia Legodi Tshepo Tona also known as Sonsei was born on the 23th of September 1996 at Winterveld in Mabopane, he is an international DJ and producer who features a drumist on set, He is passionate about music and he is making his mark in the music industry. The DJ and producer fell in love with music at the age of 6, he would take cassettes that had various songs and mix them. “I started listening to music at a very young age, I remember when I was 8 I had a radio that recorded songs, I would take cassettes that had a lot of songs with different genres, mix them to make one song and then I realised that it was a God given talent that I could not waste as I grew up” he said. In 2016 the 23 year old lost everything that he owned, he became homeless and lived on the streets for 3 months; he would sleep hungry and survive street fights daily.it was the toughest time of his life, he survived the cold nights ,conquered challenges and vowed to make his dream come ...

written by Valencia Legodi Thozama Phikiso (31) was born and raised in Eastern Cape by her single mother; she is the first born and has three siblings. She completed her grade 12 in 2005, furthered her studies at Walter Sisulu University in 2006 and moved to Cape Town in 2008 to seek for employment. Living in the mother city helped realize things she was passionate about and she was good at, one of the things was her ability to play the keyboard skilfully. In 2012 she came to Johannesburg to continue with employment search and later found a job as sales person. After a year she was offered a permanent job as a contractor, she worked well until 22 august 2016 when she fell ill, it started as pain in the throat for a week and later swallowed to a point of disrupting her vocal cord. “At first I thought my vocal cord was strained, I used normal flu home remedies until it got worse. I visited the clinic and they transferred me to kalafong hospital, doctors did some tests and con...

Written by Valencia Legodi John Lati Semenya is best known as Mr Vintage by many people in Olievenhoutbosch; he sells beautiful collection of vintage clothes and does a lot of community service. Semenya was born on the 3 rd of October 1990 in Limpopo (Seshego) and raised in Olievenhoutbosch, he is part of various projects that aim to develop, mentor and educate young people about culture, careers and self-development. In 2010 he enrolled at UNISA and studied marketing, he is currently studying mentorship in psychology at UNISA and he aspires to be a psychologist, mentor or teacher. He is the co-owner of the brand Vintage Klozet which was established in 2019 with his friend Morongwa Maifo, he has been running things while his business partner is overseas. Vintage Klozet is a brand that has different individuals under it, they believe in restyling vintage clothes and aim to change people’s perspective of vintage as a whole. They have decided to branch out and launch differe...

Written by Valencia Legodi Tshepo Joseph Monyaki also known as DJ sir Tonic is a DJ and a hustler that is based in Olievenhoutbosch; he was born on the 11 th of November 1990 at Bloemfontein and moved to Gauteng in 2001.in 2011 he was accepted at Tshwane College of commerce and computer studies to study information technology, but he did not complete his qualification due to financial struggles Before he started deejaying he would go to nearby taverns to watch local djs play, the likes of Sir Collin, mystic G, the late magnetic k (khutso) inspired him to learn how the machine they played with worked. “Sir Collin might not know this but I look up to him, hence I address myself as sir. He is one DJ that promotes local upcoming DJs from different townships” Tshepo said. In 2011 he was offered a job at Walter’s place to be a bar man, the place was not really entertaining and he decided to bring his personal computer, instal  owner  led virtual DJ on it and played mus...

Written by Valencia Legodi Naledi Dhlomo born (February 21, 1991) and raised in Ga-Rankuwa is a mother of two daughters, a baker, junior chef and military veteran. She started baking in 2019 as a hobby and then she realised that she needed more training, she registered for a 4 months course at the community centre in Ga-Rankuwa. Growing up she wanted to be in the SADF and in 2010 she joined the south African navy “ those were the best days of my life, serving and defending my country in uniform and also furthering my love for cooking as a chef in the navy” said Naledi. Things took a sudden turn when she fell ill in 2015, she could not move from the bed, could not talk, she also struggled to eat and she ended losing the job that was close to her heart. “It was darkest time of my life and I lost the best thing that’s always been a dream for me, which was close to my heart at that time and it was something I have always wanted to be from a young age. When I was bedridden I th...

Written by Valencia Legodi Diepsloot born and raised Shylett Ndlovu (11 November 2000) is a phenomenal writer that aims to inspire and empower people through writing. The radio presenter and blogger fell in love with writing back in high school, she started by writing songs, poetry and her thoughts in a journal. She later started blogging which improved her writing skills. “I had a dream and in the dream the exact thing that I wrote about in the book happened, I wrote a poem and later I realized that there is more to tell regarding the story, so I was like why not expand the vision and write a novel” Shylett says.   Before writing her novel she used to read a lot of self-help and inspirational books. The book (untill death do us apart ) tells a story of a woman who fell in love with a rich man that was too good to be true and perfect. Things changed when she married him and got pregnant, he started revealing his true colours and became a completely different man. In...

By Valencia Legodi Johannesburg born and raised Tshepo Lunga Madihlaba also known as dj lungsta da mixsation (9 th September 1990) is the next young artist to take the industry by storm. The radio dj and presenter kick started his dejaying career in 2013 at a friend’s place where he learned the basics of mixing. With the likes of dj fresh as his inspiration he decided to pursue a career in radio and in 2014 he was told that there was a recently opened community radio station in diepsloot that was looking for volunteers. He applied at the radio station and was later hired as a journalist; he trained at 702 stations and eye witness news. He gradually learned the systems and techniques of being a radio presenter and combined them with the experience he had acquired over the past years “I had a background of being a school president ,a debater and a life coach at love life, I learnt communication skills and public speaking. I wanted to be a great example in the commu...

By Valencia Legodi Thandeka Mtshweni (27) was born in Mpumalanga in a polygamous family; her father married her mother because the second wife could not have children. Her father took his life while her mother was pregnant, his family accused her of trying to deceive them and cheating their son, they even denied Thandeka as their own. Her mother moved on with her life after her husband’s passing, she met a man and moved in with him together with her children. Few months later his behavior changed towards Thandeka, he became sexually attracted to her and ended up molesting her. She told her mother about what her man was doing to her, but her mother did not believe her and that tore her apart. “I hated her so much, it felt like she chose her man over me and what hurt me the most was that she did not see the pain I was going through as a child” she said Thandeka moved in with her aunt, but her cousin was not happy about that. She would insult her, call her names and make h...