‘We must write about what is happening’ – author
If you don’t write about the things happening in the country now, you will forget about them and repeat the same mistakes, according to author and businessman, Sello Lediga
POLOKWANE – His current book, Tenders and the Fall of Limpopo, reminds people in the province and elsewhere of how bad things were five years ago and how they have since improved under the current leadership.
The book is about the unfolding of political events in both the ANC and government.
From the time Cassel Mathale came into power as ANC Provincial Chairperson and his crowning as premier of the province, leading to the bankrupting of the government and the subsequent tumultuous factional battles culminating in his replacement as premier and chairperson of the ANC by Stanley Mathabatha.
Lediga was born in Alexander in Gauteng and moved to Limpopo in the 1980s to study at the University of Limpopo.
He obtained a degree in education and an honours degree in history. After obtaining his qualifications, he was employed at Sekhukhune College of Education as a lecturer for nine years.
In 1994 he was part of the senior personnel at the Department of Education in Limpopo. In 1999 he resigned from the public service to start a new life in business and writing.
He is married to Mabitse Lediga and they are blessed with four children.
Lediga is the owner of online portals named Limpopo online and Mzansi online.
He says his first book was published in 2004, and is titled Ndizani Bafana Bafana meaning Bafana Bafana must fly high. It talks about the story of the evolution of the South African national football team.
“I am still the only author to write about Bafana Bafana,” he says.
He further says the government should make sure the province does not go under administration again.
“The book reminds the readers of the darkness experienced in the province when residents woke up one day and realised the provincial government could hardly afford salaries, service providers and operational costs. Hospitals ran out of medicines, and schools ran out of textbooks. The current leadership must make sure history does not repeat itself,” Lediga says.
The book can be purchased at PNA at Savannah Mall, Bargain Books at Mall of the North and Selecom New Media at 102 Market Street.
