More often colleagues and contemporaries question me on the reason and logic behind our location in “such a deep rural setup as Nongoma in the Northern Kwazulu Natal”. My answer to them has always been one: My father of blessed memory shared with me and advised that if one wants to have peace, expect to receive spiritual cum physical blessings beyond measure in any country, one needs to stay, if possible, in two locations – (1) where the King stays, and (2) where the President stays. Nongoma happens to be the home and seat of the Zulu King and not discounting my father’s advice, in any way as mere superstition, boldly chose Nongoma to be my second “ikhaya” since 1994. No doubt God , in His own providence, offered me, first, a teaching post to teach Accounting and other Commercial Subjects in one of the Royal High Schools (King Phumzuzulu High School) in Nongoma, a few metres from one of the beautiful palaces of His Royal Highness, King Zwelithini Zulu, KwaDlamadladla Royal Palace in Mahhashini.
Since then my heart has been intertwined with this community and its beautiful, lovely and peaceful people. Even though I had a lot of opportunities to move to the nearby cities like Richards Bay and Durban when I became a qualified accountant with SAIPA in January 1999, I swore never to turn my back to this previously disadvantaged community of which I have become part of. Instead I decided to stay put and contribute my quota in the development of Nongoma. I say to The Glory of God that Nongomians today, who know all that professional excellence is about, no longer have to incur extra expenses as well as unnecessary waste of time to travel to a “city” before they receive the numerous services of a Professional Accountant. We are at arm’s length and only a phone call away – centrally located at the heart of Zululand, Nongoma (The Royal City).