The dusty streets of Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape are known for producing some of the country’s most well-known boxers. But for Xolile Sizani, it was football and books to which he gave equal time and passion. In turn, his community made him feel like he was very clever and his need to not disappoint this community carried him throughout his schooling and working life.
His community’s belief in his academic ability was a burden of expectation that steered him well into his working life. Sizani confessed that, although that first year was difficult, it was the thought of disappointing people who had high expectations of him that kept him going. After four years, he joined food and drink processing company Nestlé SA in Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal as an assistant factory engineer, where he remained for two years.
“That job was satisfying because you directly changed people’s lives through timeous delivery of medicines, and also through transformation because that sector did not have an industry charter like other sectors,” he said.
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