Esther keeps the Standerton office tip-top
Esther arrives for work, sometimes walking with a friend all the way from Azalea, and immediately puts out the latest newspapers for lhe locals.
The highly independent Esther Nkutha, a domestic worker at the newspaper, does not need to be told what to do.
She assesses the work that has to be done and goes about it without any supervision.
Esther arrives for work, sometimes walking with a friend all the way from Azalea, and immediately puts out the latest newspapers for the locals.
Before making coffee, she dons her apron and asks about the well-being of the journalist. She knows the township and has accompanied the Standerton Advertiser to the municipal offices in Sakhile.
Esther would often bring news from Sakhile and do talks to walk-ins in their language if English did not suffice.
Elizabeth, her mother of 92, stays in Pretoria and is visited on Christmas.
Esther has a wide circle of acquaintances and friends who know what she is up to on any given day.
Her cellphone will ring, and she will meet a friend at lunchtime and go to the shops, aware of specials at the retailers.
Esther has been in the employ of more than one company in town. Her experience at a former restaurant at the Standerton River Park prepared her for requests from residents for coffee and tea.
Washing a car is no problem since she worked for an auto dealer in town too. She wouldn’t hesitate to tell the journalist her car was dirty.
On the home front, she cares for two sons, Sizwe and Sibusiso, one daughter, Sasa, and her late sister’s daughter, Sanele.
She took Sanele in when her sister, Christina, died.
On Sundays, this true believer attends services at the Faith Mission Church in Ext 7. “I have to work and enjoy my work,” she said.
