my kasi diaries

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...