I KNEW FROM AN EARLY AGE THAT I WAS BORN TO BE A LEADER I'm Thami Nkambule, a father of two and hap

I KNEW FROM AN EARLY AGE THAT I WAS BORN TO BE A LEADER I'm Thami Nkambule, a father of two and happily married. I grew up in Middelburg at Mathaileni and I know all the roughs and tumble of it. When I was a boy I had great mentorship, the man called Thoro also known as Man Super he used to be a boxer, Golfer, soccer fanatic he was Best in everything. Another lady who offered solid mentorship was from Ntuli's, Pastor Adam Ntuli who took me and taught me politics and leadership. It always was my dream to become a leader in all spheres of life. That's why I stuck with teaching, when I was a kid I could pretend to be a teacher. My supportive mother bought me a chalkboard, and I could invite my friends to come. They could sit down and listen to me teaching. I grew up with that spirit then become a Sunday school teacher in Nazarene at an early age. I started attending school at Manyano primary and then went to Sozama High School. In the supervision of the Following Doctor’s: Mqinisile, Dube, Lenkwane, Elias Mabuza, the late Somthuli Kubheka. Are the ones who mold a better me that you see today. Back then it was very much interesting, I couldn't forget this one incident in 1985. Where the was this thing called "phuma comrade, phuma ezindlini".The struggle was so rive between the police and young people. Lot of strikes took place in Mhluzi. Many of my friends were already partaking. So one day on my way to church, here they were people I grew up with wanted to force me on embarking on the strike. I had to hide, we called it "cover" then. All they wanted us to do was to go and destroy elderly groceries and other stuff there at the entry point of police station. I was against it, I took a cover in another random house. I could hear them outside claiming by saying “we saw Thami, he's around here “and they pass through (laughing). The wise decision that I've made was through the church. Besides that I grew up under the mentorship of Sanca Ntuli, the late Raymond Ntuli Cowen Ntuli, and Ogara Mahlangu. They taught me the