I am Zukisa Tamle from Worcester working in Cape Town as a full-time
Model. I am 23 years old of age.
In 2014 I
was a student at Ned Doman High School in Athlone, but I didn’t do well at
school due to lack of confidence. I started doing drugs and this had an impact on
my mental and emotional state. I then decided to drop out of school.
Early in
2015, my parents begged me to return to school, but I refused. My mother then came up with a suggestion that
I enrol at Boland TVET College. I decided to give it a shot, but only because
there was no uniform. The same year, I started as a student at Boland TVET
College, Caledon Campus and in that same year, I received many blessings in
disguise.
Mr Abner, Safety
and Society lecturer at the college first introduced me to MOT. It is from this
moment that I have learned to find myself. Only good things happened from here.
I was then
nominated to run for the Student Representative Council (SRC) in 2016. I was
then chosen to attend Young MOTivators Education to be trained as a Young
MOTivator. Each moment on the camp felt like I was a new person. I met so many
new friends that were so supportive of me! I was transformed into a better
version of myself and was rebuilt internally!
Today I am
a model and a motivational speaker. My goals have been realized and I am living
my dream! My motivational speaking is highly aimed at those who lack confidence
in themselves, who feels weak and are vulnerable and who have a difficult
upbringing. It is even aimed toward those who are judgmental. My uncle Sicelo
Elliot Tamle taught me that no one volunteers to be born in a certain family,
situation, environment. He said that no one is perfect, we are all equally
perfect and this is what I focus on with my motivational speaking.
I just want
to say thank you to MOT for changing my life to become the man that I am today.
I found my true self and I have grown so much as a motivational speaker and I
will always treasure the MOT manual received at the camp. I use it in my daily
life and as a guidance for my motivational speaking.
It really
takes courage to be yourself and to be real. It takes even more courage to stay
true to yourself to who you are and being yourself and dreams.
So, have
the courage to be real and stay true to yourself and always work on trying to
make your dreams a reality!
Thank you
so much!
#TeamZukie
#Courage2bReal