Year-end blues of hits and misses – The Mail & Guardian

Year-end blues of hits and misses – The Mail & Guardian

It’s 14:45pm. I’m at Clicks in West Street. I get a call from a private number. A call that will jolt my withering dreams back to life. “You are one of the people we are taking for the internship programme.”  A million emotions flooded me at once, excitement and tears fought for the number one spot. After the call, I thought about the Lamborghini and mansion I was going to buy in Sandton because at that moment, nothing seemed impossible. The man…