CHAPTER 1: My journey into freelance writing

 Hi again.....


Welcome to my first BEHIND THE COLUMN entry. I hope you stay and enjoy my journey with me as a newly freelance writer.

Although I have introduced myself before, I will do it again, as this entry is more personal and the beginning of even greater things to come.

My name is Limpho Liphiwe Nonkonyane, but I prefer being called Dee, mainly because most people get the pronunciation of my name wrong, and I've grown tired of correcting them.

Limpho means 'God's gifts, a Sotho name given by my late dad, Vuyo Nonkonyane, and my middle name, Liphiwe, was provided by my Xhosa mother, Nomfundo Magingxa.

Born on the 8th of April 2002, somewhere in Cape Town (I can't remember the hospital lol). Obivously I did the schooling thing and ended up later studying Journalism at IIE Rosebank College and graudauting with a cum laude.

I just knew I wanted to be a journalist, as I loved being the centre of attention and just telling people things they didn't know (so I thought).

Despite passing very well and landing my first job at one of Africa's leading magazines, BONA magazine, I thought my journey would be sunshine and roses but it wasn't, I guess life had other plans.

Going into the industry, I was exposed to many great people, where I realised that my writing abilities alone would not get me to where I wanted.

This industry is so competitive, and you constantly have to put yourself out there in many ways possible.

You have to write a lot, attend events, and mingle with the right people (cause it's not what you do, but who you know).

So that's how my freelance journey started, as I was craving my own creative freedom and just discovering myself as a person.

Might I add that the unemployment rate is very high, but never give up on your dreams, and if it keeps you up at night, it's definitely meant for you.

PICTURE: GRAD CLASS OF 2023

-LOVE DEE.


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