Four youngsters pen a book

Young Conversations book cover
Young Conversations book cover

Four youngsters have teamed up to write a book on their personal experiences and what young people in general go through. Refilwe Kerekang, Phodiso Mpotokwane, Lesego Otlhabanye and Lazarus Takawira, who are in their 20s, penned the book titled Young Conversations and released it last week.

The 165-page book consists of  writing by the different authors and were combined to make Young Conversations talk of their persona.

“Navigating youth years is a double-edged sword that slices immaturity to make way for destiny. This book is for people who are trying to juggle personal and societal expectations, common life challenges, self-identity and progression issues as well as having a decent crack at life in general. Young Conversations will leave you asking the right questions and exploring the status quo to forge new paths in various spheres in the bid to raise up a generation of integrity, excellence and positive societal impact,” reads the epigraph of the book.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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