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["(??) Like my family my parents my father especially because he - he was the one who was - was supposed to maybe help me where I needed [UH] him to help me as he is the only one who was working. My mom doesn't work [UH] he - he's the only one who was working. So now I came into work [UH] to (??). And then I started. And then he - he was with me when I started. I started doing my N two [UH] my N two was [UH] I had to [UH] do it with trimesters because they were splitting subjects. They had me doing subjects and two subjects that are trimester. So now he was with me there. And then [UH] he paid for my fees school fees [UH] registration. and then a - able to [UM] provide me with the money for transport to go to school. And then I went there and then I passed. I passed all my (??). I went to and (??) (??) three. Then (??) [UH] there was this thing of [UM] a buzz area of fun [UH] fun companies [UH] which is I'm not sure if you are familiar with but it is fast. They call it (??) (??). So now (??)"]
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["Yeah the other one that I was reading is about - is about this other [UH] - this other woman and a man. They did not have children. They were always put under pressure to have children by their parents. And then when they get to the - the woman got her cousin to come so that she can be a surrogate. And she - the woman got pregnant the sur - the cousin and then they told the cousin no you have to go back. The cousin did not want to go back so the cousin leaves the man and the - but it did not happen that the man made her conceive. So the cousin had a b - he had a child he had an albino child. The child then was told they were told sh - she when she got the child she was like no this child is not mine I need to take this child somewhere. She took the child to her cousin's place to that woman's place and the m - to the woman and the man's place. When they - when she got there she just d - she just down the g - the child at the gate and then continued - continued doing whatever [UH] she went. I don't know where did she go but she - she - she ran away. After running away the woman and the man raised [UH] raised this child. No they raised this child until she was six months. And then at six months they took the child to the - to an orphanage because the woman had a baby to take care of. The wom - [UH] the cousin came back and kidnapped the woman's baby because he thought the child was his."]
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["hair that needs to be in a ponytail or the color of your hair. A Caucasian person can come with brunette hair then the next week with blonde which is not their natural color. However me as a person with Four C hair [UM] I'm not allowed to change my color and say that is my natural color of which is very unfair. The stockings [UM] need to be black instead of the same skin color that we have. And you as a Caucasian person you are allowed to put beige or tan or any other [UM] color [UM] when it comes to your stockings. So that rubbed me off the wrong way. By the way I was in grade eight at that time. So I remember in assembly I asked [UM] the principal she was it was winter because we have summer uniform and winter uniform. During winter you're allowed to have stockings. During summer it's white socks with buckets [UM] school shoes. Right. And in winter it's a long shirt with a tie. And then we have summer shirts during summer. So winter was coming up and obviously school protocol to be reminded how to dress and so forth. We're allowed to have nails by the way which is french tips. I then asked [UM] the principal. I was like OK [UH] I understand that we as [UM] the different race color are supposed to wear only black stockings. However I do have a skin color type when it comes to my stockings. Why am I not allowed to wear that? Of which was such a bad idea because it brewed a certain commotion. I [UH] was the forefront of a strike that happened at the school because I wanted us to all be treated the same way. Of which till today I'm very proud of myself because the actual school changed their school protocol. And now black girls like me are allowed to wear the same skin color in terms of the actual [UM] stockings when it comes to winter [UM] we're allowed to let-let our hair go coz I mean I have Four C hair and my hair is huge. So if you're telling me that a Caucasian girl is allowed to change the color of her hair because she can be blonde or brunette why can I not? So now each and every single person goes to school needs to be checked in terms of what really is your actual natural color that you're supposed to stay with. And I'm very proud of that. By the way that I was able to be in the forefront of change because each and every single person needs to be the same. We can't be racially profiled as kids you know because that becomes trauma. And I think that's one of the reasons why I don't want my kids to go to an all girls school because there's just certain traits that I remember from going to an all girls school to going to a coed school of which I was transferred to. I know my dad just transferred me there because [UH] I'm trouble. Literally I am trouble. But anyways I'm fun trouble because I stand up for what is right. And I-I love that about myself. So then I was transferred to another school where I did my grade nine [UM] I went to an all technology school. I love technology by the way. And that was the worst idea my dad did. I remember when [UM] my first day I was initiated. So o- we had a blazer rights and I didn't know each and every single child at that school was [UH] so technically minded in terms of how to steal. So the school is located in an area which is a residential area and has like a supermarket called Pick and Pay. So you know what kids did there every morning? OK well my initiation they took my blazer. There's a (??) an (??) which is cut so that the zip when you open it it doesn't stay at the pocket value but it goes literally down to the side of the actual bottom pocket. Why they did that? That's it's because they sell food every single morning. So every like I (??) the first time I was there I never used to understand why does every kid have an actual Magnum ice cream a [UH] red bull and there's something called a bacon and cheese bun. Literally every kid black white Indian you name it they'll always have that. Oh and a packet of like [UH] chlorates. And this goes like no because we steal this. We still have the supermarket across. [UM] I'm not talking about kids that come from impoverished homes like we're all good. This is a private school and you could steal? Like it was a huge culture shock for me. But anyways so I was initiated to my first stealing saga. Well these kids knew the supermarket very well. They know that between the duration period of half a half a half a seven to eight there's no security that's looking at the actual cameras. So that's the time to actually strike. You get into the actual supermarket go into your left side where there's a blind spot. And then from the blind spot you change because now what they do is then you're supposed to leave what is called a TV board. Well it's an engineering (??) and design board that we use when we do the architectural drawings at the actual school. So you leave them at the entrance of the [UM] of the supermarket and then you're only allowed to enter just by yourself. What they didn't know is that these kids use their blazers to actually steal. So you get inside the actual supermarket. You go by the blind spot to check if they're having a meeting. And in most cases yes they are. So you can take whatever you want. And obviously most of the things that they usually take was a Red Bull Magnum ice cream and a bacon and cheese roll. And another thing some take was that go to the scaling point where there's fries [UM] they had purchased fries for five rands and fries for thirty rands. And they take the sticker for the five rands fries and put it on the thirty rand fries and take the sticker for the thirty rand fries and put it on the five rands fries because they're going to leave those fries behind and take the thirty rand fries with the five rand sticker. So like they were very * they were very smart in ways for them to steal. They stole chocolate and stuff. And I honestly decided I got addicted to stealing that [UM] I'd-I'd steal at the supermarket even th- when there was no need. Like I had money every single day that my dad used to give me before he dropped me off. But because everything was so easy and we all were stealing it just became such a normality of which I don't I don't think it's a good idea for anyone to do. But I'm not going to lie. Hey I had the most fun at that high school even though I I got expelled again [UH] because one of my friends was found stealing one of [UM] the lecturer's laptop you know and she had forgotten that they were waiting for me so that my dad could come and fetch me. And like I said you know stealing and not being caught becomes very addictive. So then obviously because birds of a feather flock together we were all expelled. I think that's was my dad's turning point. And he's like you know what let me take you to a catholic school. Maybe God [UM] [UM] m-might locate you and you know your headspace might come back to life. So then for my grade 10 up until matric I went to the school where I did meet my current boyfriend [UM] I gained another culture shock every morning at that school. Well it was compulsory for us to [UM] have Bibles that we carry. So every morning after assembly there is perhaps maybe a Bible verse that you're supposed to say and [UM] tell us what resonates from the Bible [UM] that you might have liked about it of which honestly I usually just took whatever and try to work with it. I never used to read the Bible like that up until I think I got way older because I used to question a lot of things about the actual Bible. Like how did this happen? Because when I look at human nature this is awfully impossible. But then I realized like a lot of things are awfully impossible but possible in this lifetime. That's why we have miracles. And when in faith in terms of belief [UM] Yeah like I have so many life lessons that I have [UM] taught my cousins which are my younger cousins about when it comes to my high school life. I've had the biggest roller coaster about all of them. Well they call me what is called a black sheep but I'm a weird black sheep because I have [UH] a lot of success after being such a naughty child. Yeah that's about it.\n"]
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["[UH] I'm a three time university dropout. I first dropped out straight after Matric when I went to get it in when I was dating that guy. I think I was only there for the first semester [UM] because perhaps maybe the reason I actually dropped out was what I was doing was not what I actually wanted. I did it just to impress my dad because I got accepted. It was a Bachelor of Social Science. I'm sorry it was a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and I was failing dismally absolutely dismally you know and because I was not used to living alone and not having rules [UH] that too got to me because I'm so used to routine. After school you come back home you do your homework and then you got wou- then (??) sit with each other and have dinner. And I know I'm not allowed to leave the house because [UH] I live in a gated community. Now I'm living by myself in a flat and I can do whatever. I can leave wherever. I can-I can leave at Eleven p .m. and come back at Two a .m. And no one's going to scold me. Are you insane? I can drink alcohol from Monday to Monday and not be scared that we might get caught. Are you guys insane? Like so much freedom was not. Oh my God. It was very overwhelming [UM] I I just went to university and I came back home [UH] the second semester. I didn't tell my parents by the way and I didn't tell my grandparents. I think my grandmother noticed [UH] when the whole month of second semester's holidays were over and I was still at home. She asked me she's like [UH] nana are you not supposed to have left? And that's when I told her listen you know there's this thing called (??). And that's what I did. And then my dad cut me off [UH] for the remaining of the year. Then I had to find myself a job of which was a horrible time for me coz I was not used to having to wake up so early in the morning to go get (??) go to work and come back. It's the same routine every day. You wake up go to work come back. That was boring [UH] That forced me to go back to school again. * And [UH] that was I (??) the first time in twenty-fourteen. I'd-I went back in twenty-sixteen [UH] I was a bit older so I understood the term freedom. And I was able to literally do two years and then the third year. I don't know what happened. Hey I was just like you know what I'm fed up. And I didn't actually want to finish this degree. I didn't go back. The second time I stayed I started working. That's when I started traveling. It's-it's like well I'm not writing any exams. So [UM] the money that I'm getting [UM] I don't have any responsibilities per se. I don't have a car I don't have a house. I'm not paying as many bills as opposed to the only bill I was paying was for a phone bill and perhaps maybe groceries. So how-how about I just start traveling and experiencing [UM] new places? I'm a person that likes experience than actual materialism. Y- [UH] you wouldn't convince me to buy a-a-a thousand rands sneaker when I can take the thousand rands and go experience myself in a concert for a three day or or perhaps maybe a-a shirt that costed fifteen thousand rands when I could take myself outside the country into a resort and actually spend the fifteen thousand rands like that. I'm a person of experience [UH] I-I don't care about how expensive a T -shirt or sneakers or a dress costs. I don't I don't give a rat's ass. So yeah [UM] I ended up actually going back again for the third time of which that's when I really finished my degree. Oh my God. University. * Let me see. I get a few friends but most of the time I actually had the same friends I had since high school [UM] Did I date in university? I did. I dated a narcissist [UH] of which"]
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["OK so actually to [UM] we have what is called [UM] breakfast mimosas and turban that has just recently started where [UH] a-a few maybe a handful of restaurants will open earlier than usual which is like seven. And then they'll have like an unlimited breakfast and unlimited mimosas for a duration of three or three or four hours. And in most cases whenever restaurants have those type of buffets and whatever [UM] waiters tend to not give you great customer service because you know that you're not going to tip. I mean you're coming here to have breakfast and get drunk during daytime [UM] with a budget because obviously I am going to pay three hundred and fifty rands. And that's the only thing I'm going to pay for for a duration of three hours. I am drinking mimosas unlimited. I am eating as much as I can. And the bill is not getting any higher. So most waiters don't really care about that. They will take their time to come and bring the mimosas or they take the time to come and bring new plates for you to be able to you know refill the food for yourself. However [UM] this one girl at this other restaurant called Zy she was so lovely like she treated us as if like we're VIP. She'd come every ten minutes to us. Hey guys do you guys need a refill? Come on make sure that you make the most out of your money. And before we left I literally gave her money. I said thank you. You know I'm not used to this type of [UM] service when it comes to these buffets. Most of these girls don't really want to treat us you know great because they know for a fact that we came here and we only have a budget. But what they don't know is I'm daytime drinking with my friends because I know for a fact I need to be home at seven so I can sleep whilst I'm able to wake up the next morning. But because you treated me so well and you treated me [UH] with such importance I love that and I'm willing to take up money just to say thank you to you. You know if ever she was able to teach most of her other colleagues that as much as we're going coming for a buffet and we're drinking on a budget we still have (??) willing to give. If you give me the best experience. And then I purchased here from this other girl [UH] and the hair was on sale. It was like a year ago. And you know what she does every three months. She'll send a WhatsApp or perhaps maybe send you an SMS to check if the hair is good. Are you okay do you need because what she had offered was if you purchase hair from her you are your are allowed to have two free washes [UH] which is like [UM] a keratin treatment that she gets every six months for the hair of which that is absolutely great. An exceptional customer service because once one person has-has purchased a product from anyone they don't care. I've got the money. You have the hair you know they don't come and check up on you unless they're trying to sell you some other things. But she doesn't. She literally asked hey how's the hair treating you? Are you good? Do you need the keratin wash that had offered? Remember that you do have that thing so that you can use it you know [UM] Is there anything that you'd need? Perhaps if I could give you tips because she does. She puts the tips sends the tips to you [UH] to take care of the hair. I love that. I love how you giving me such an amazing customer experience that I want to purchase from you again. I want to buy other stuff (??) because I know for a fact that I'll be treated with such importance."]
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["So I've [UH] recently bonded with them and oh gosh I love my grandmother. They take they take really good care of me. And [UM] because of them I'm the woman I am today [UM] I used to be [UH] just a student. I would live there. And if something I short something in the flat I would just call my mom. I'm saying I don't have electricity. I don't have water. But seeing my cousins go out and go work and you know put their heart to it to be independent and they are almost my age. They would pay everything themselves. They took care of their own bills. So they (??) you and they didn't support it. They would help me then they take care of me. But they showed me ways that I need to stand up for myself. I'm getting old now. Twenty three (??)[UH] because I met them at the age of 23. So my grandmother I [UH] [UH] [UM] would sit down with me and give me advice is that you know what your first daughter is two years old and your mom is taking care of your daughter. That's that's wrong. That's wrong. You need to go out there and look for a job. So this is where I meet this guy called Abi. This guy changed my life [UM] I used to stay at a commune. They just on top of my family's [UH] [UH] flat. We had like a commune that had six bedrooms inside. So the guy that lived on the upstairs bedroom [UM] I used to clean because I was the only student there. So everyone woke up and went to work and I'd stay behind in the flat. So meaning I-I hated a dirty flat and would host parties a * lot a lot with them. So I was left with I was the one left with cleaning up because they had to go to work. So I didn't mind because I enjoyed cooking and I enjoyed cleaning. But this is where I asked him what do you do? He said I'm a call center agent. I'm a portfolio manager at a call center agent. And I asked him what do you guys do? They (??) he explained is a debt consolidation. And I said to him Abi I need a job [UH] I'm tired of being the bride of the flat where I do all the house shows. I don't feel comfortable with you guys waking up in the morning and having a purpose and waking up and going to work and building your lives while I stayed behind. It took that guy only.\n"]
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["Okay. So what I was saying is that I'm a person that always wants a plan B C D and E to make sure that you're sorted if plan A doesn't really work out. So this guy was literally just like you know what we'll apply you should see we'll go together we'll find an apartment we'll live together because it's far away from both each other's parents coz my parents lived in Johannesburg but I lived in Durban with my grandparents and his parents lived in Durban. So I didn't want a university where my parents were. But then I was just like you know what let me apply at every university. And then just in case [UH] [UH] U-University of Cape Town doesn't take me at least I'll have a university to go to. To cut the story short in that department I got accepted at UCT. And he didn't. So now that's where the crack started. So I was like you know what I'm not going to take [UM] the offer letter. Perhaps maybe we'll do something that's quite close since you didn't get accepted at UCT [UM] let's try University of KwaZulu Natal which is within our region you know our province. But then I preferred us going out of the city coz now we're going to be far away from my parents coz my parents are very clingy people. They don't mind just racking up any time to check [UH] what I'm doing. So she was like you know what? Yeah sure. The same university rejected him and took me. So I was just like you know what? I lied to him and I didn't tell him I got accepted. I took the offer letter accepted it and I carried on with my life. Now this is where the story gets funny every single Friday coz we had this tradition that we did. We [UM] we'd see each other every Friday just to catch up to see like how's life what we're doing and stuff. Because I mean he decided to go to a college that was in Durban. I lived in (??) which was like an hour away from actual Durban which is the city that we lived in birth. And then like I had to take this bus at school that later because now there's the same university just for campuses. Two are in Durban and then three are in Pietermaritzburg which is another city. So there's a bus that literally takes us from.\n"]
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["Well I did. I definitely did. You know like I learned that kids are very much appreciative if they're people. Oh my gosh. The whole conversation is going to be about kids. I need to adjust *. I love kids so much. But well at the end of the day like I just learned that you know kids are appreciative no matter the little that you do for them. It could be just sitting with them you know just talking to them. They really appreciate that a lot. You know they enjoy that a lot. So just taking them out you know when we got [UH] back home [UM] they were so excited. Like me. Oh my gosh [UM] we came back we saw an elephant we saw like you could sometimes you can feel it when they're talking about [UH] what they noticed or what they saw. So with me I just feel like you know [UH] kids are always at their happiest when you make them experience new things always make them experience new things. Like today we done with a zoo. Tomorrow they could go try new meals. Tomorrow they could go to - to a picnic. Another day they could just chill inside the house and watch TV watch Netflix for years."]
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["What is your favorite sound and why? I love the sound of music. I love music. So my favorite sound will be music. I love the sound of music the sound of freedom. So because [UH] music can [UM] take you through different emotions. So I like the sound of music. What is your favorite animal to watch and why? I love watching cats. I love how [UH] curious cats are [UH] So cats are the most intrid - intriding - intriguing animals that I love to watch because they are very curious. They are very fluffy and [UH] they are very cute. So I love looking at cats. What is your favorite thing to cook and why? My favorite thing to cook is samp and beans. That's my comfort meal. I love it very much. I can cook it any day any time. I love it. It's just my go to meal. Even though it's [UH] it takes longer to cook but I will cook it any day. I wouldn't mind cooking it."]
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["romance and fantasy. I don't have any fantasy but I haven't seen any fantasy that I like. But as for romance there's the other this other story that I'm reading The Prime. The Prime is a romance story. It's about a child who was an illegim - illegitimate child. He's an illegitma - illegitimate child. So he when his father died he said he should - he should get a - t - a wife. He had chosen a wife for him. But because the guy was married he got he went and divorced his first wife. After divorcing the wife he got married to the chosen wife. At the moment the [UH] the - the wife has been someone is -someone else is also interested in the wife because they think the man is not treating the wife right but the man is treating the wife good. That person who was interested in the wife the one who [UH] owned Aba the wife's name is Aba. S - so [UH] that person who was interested in Aba he sent people to - to - to - to he - hold Aba hostage. And Aba was with Pe\u00f1o's girlfriend. Pe\u00f1o is - is Aba's husband's brother."]
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["[UM] Actually staying with my grandmother was just it was nice it was good. The only thing that was no good about it is that she also passed away when I was still very young. So that's why I say you know [UH] it was not so good. But just her being around even now like I'm just talking about it it just feels so surreal. I'm just happy that I got the time to just spend with her [UH] but it was really painful you know just losing her. It was great. But to the time that she passed on [UH] that was the most painful part because now I had to move and go stay with somebody else as my mother was [UH] busy working for me as well so that I can have you know a better future. So yeah that's how that's why I said it was not so great because now I had to move from her my grandmother after she passed on I had to go and stay with somebody else now again [UH] which was moving from one place to another. I - I still believe today that it's not good for kids to be moved being moved from one place to another. But due - d - due to circumstances you know it had to happen."]
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["what you've been looking for the whole day. Because the moment that you - you make them feel like you're just selling to them but y - y - you don't necessarily need their money will make them lose confidence in your products. Will make them not to recommend your products to other to their relatives to their friends or to strangers like [UH] nowadays people do communicate on social media right? Maybe let's say someone is looking for a nice shoe to buy right? If you treat them well you've marketed your - your products to such an extent that [UH] when someone asks can I - can I where can I - can I find a nice shoe a - a durable shoe a nice shoe that's worth the price. They'll just recommend you without you being in that room. So [UM] a good customer experience is whereby you make them feel at home and you - you answer all their questions you explain everything that you know and you do not lie about the product. You tell them truthfully and it will be up to them to trust their product or [UH] to trust the product as it is or to just leave the product and look for something else."]
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["right now is every job when I'm in a relationship like things are different because I'm working. I can manage them and say okay right now you can (??) in or go for shopping. It's a little different but still it's like it's a little harder than that because these days most relationships women [UH] some women are focused on money. You know like if a woman who's working wanted someone who's not working that - that's another impact (??) see. And we as men we have to forget about that and say we as men we don't mind getting an - an unemployed woman but women wanted an - an unemployed women - men when they are waiting. That's another impact that I can say relationship - relationships for me have been - have been hard. They are not great at all. They've been hard because when I'm [UH] when I try to tell the person that I'm in a relationship with and - and say okay I want to see if for my - for me to get my degree. Then that person will be like no you are wasting my time. Education is use - is useless because we are having a different mind - mindset. I'm not getting someone who has the same mindset like me because for me education is important in life. That's why I have to get it when I'm getting a job or not. But [UH] be educated at the end of"]
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["Yeah [UM] let's (??) move to the fourteenth question. If you were given a one week with no responsibilities how would you spend it? I would really love this week. Oh I would be so happy. I would be so happy. I'll be jumping up and down. Okay if I were given one week with no responsibilities I'd spend it with my boyfriend. As I've told you I like spending w- time with my boyfriend. We travel go on adventures and enjoy each other's company. We take time to relax and recharge. We make the most of our time together *. One of the things we do is explore new places. We go on hikes we visit museums try new restaurants. We love doing things together me and my boyfriend. We also spend time relaxing unwinding [UM] we take naps read books enjoy each other's company. We make the most of our time together and cherish the moments we share. Yeah. I also use this oppor - opportunity to pursue my hobbies and interests. I spend time reading writing and creating arts *. I also want to try new experiences and step out of my comfort zone. I want to learn a new skill or create a new challenge. This will be a great opportunity for my personal growth and development. [UH] I also want to spend quality time with my loved ones and nature those relationships overall."]
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["And h - I've tried to cultivate a positive mindset ever since. Yes. [UM] I think this poem is relevant to everyone who struggles with self-doubts or negative thinking. It's a powerful reminder that our thoughts can shape our reality and that we have the power to choose how we think and feel [UH] found that when I focus on positive thoughts and affirma - and - and affirmations [UH] I'm more likely to feel confident and motivated. Yeah. The poem has also inspired me to be more mindful of my thoughts and to challenge negative self-talk by focusing on positive and empowering thoughts I've been able to build my confidence and develop more optimistic outlook on life. I'm grateful for the impact of the poem and has ha - [UH] oh yeah I'm grateful for the impact that this poem has had on my life. And I try to apply this message to my daily a - life and to my students. I (??). Overall gee if you think you can you can. It is a powerful poem that had a lasting impact on my life."]
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["deforestation frustrates me a lot because [UH] for us to have the oxygen that we get from trees and natural resources the high rates of deforestation is actually affecting that. And in the long run we are going to be extreme - extremely [UM] affected by the active - human activities. And also the issue about [UH] carbon foot - footprint is something that people should know about and [UM] be able to contribute positively and reduce carbon footprint reduce the use of plastics because the moment that y - you use plastic and do not dispose it in the rightful way it becomes a problem to the society. It becomes a problem to the earth. It becomes a problem to aquatic life. So [UM] this makes me angry the moment that I think about it. So I think for now I'll just end here so that I - I do not [UM] continue being angry about it. The more I - I - I talk about it it makes me o - more and more angry. Then question number thirteen."]
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["who is very valuable in this digital era that we are living in. That's the very best advice that I would give myself and to explore more in the digital world rather than staying back and crying about the society ca - crying about the problems that [UH] are in this life. Yeah that's the very advice that I would give myself. Do you think it's better Number Seventeen? Do you think it's better to live in a city or in the countryside w - and why? [UH] I've - I've been living in the city for quite some time and I've never imagined myself living in the countryside. So I do not have much experience of living in the countryside. And [UH] from just analyzing how the countryside is like it's - it's a bit slow than be living in the city. So I would rather prefer living in the city because I'm someone who loves technology and to - who loves to be hands on when it comes to technology. So being in the countryside would limit me in terms of [UM] grabbing the a - opportunities that come my way"]
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["bad. So if I could go back I would just try to make them keep it together. And just for the sake of their child you know I wish I could just take them back [UH] just to be in both their minds and their heads especially my dad's because you know I'm moving on with somebody else. So I wish I could just go back and just tell them that hey * [UH] what you're doing is not good. It could affect the child you know [UH] as she grows it could affect the child as [UH] as - as she gets older. So please just try to be you know [UH] [UH] just try to be considerate. You know I was still saying that please try to be considerate. Don't consider yourself only at this point. Don't consider yourself only at this moment. Just try to consider your child. Try to consider you know [UH] both of you. It's not only about you at this point because now I had to experience a lot of things on my own. I had to (??) most of the stuff on my own or with just my mother. Of which at the end of the day my mother ended up going to work for me and leaving me with my grandmother which was not a very pleasant [UH] childhood you see."]
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001690112_001764430
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["So what we do is that [UH] we have [UH] it's kind of like a society. So we gather together every second week of the month every Sunday. Sunday is the second Sunday of the month. So we contribute t - twenty runs [UH] everybody contribute twenty runs. So I'm currently the treasurer of [UH] that. So most of the time I'm - I'm required to speak. I'm required to stand in - to stand in front of people and speak as well. Som - some of the things like the cyber things I was like I have to tell them if ever I come across something fascinating or interesting I have to go there and tell them oh people I came acro - across this and that and that and that. And most of the time they listen to me because like [UH] [UH] I got like I went to school kind of like educated. Then like yeah if ever you went to school and educated and built - I built currently built a house for my mum before she passed away. So they look up to that like boys who do that they like they look up to such people like. So whenever I speak that they listen and they take it to consideration. So I want to be able to stand with that confidence and be able to speak without being scared"]
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002167894_002241604
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["[UH] Managing social media platforms. If you're someone who's very creative I'll just advise them to venture into virtual assistance. And also if you feel like you - you can do the teaching and teaching a skill or two I can [UH] encourage them to open like a YouTube channel where you can be teaching people [UH] about DIYs [UH] opening a - a - a tutor - a online tutoring account. Or if you are someone who is very creative when it comes to singing when it comes to dancing I would encourage them to [UH] focus on that like [UH] focus on the skills that do not need education much but needs you to be hands on and earn from it. Because [UH] in this digital era people are earning from the comfort of their homes right? So [UH] as someone who's in the digital era it is very wise and very advisable to venture into it and maximize and find w - a way do not sleep at [UM] you don't know the skill so you don't need it. But you be - be - be so eager to - to - to ask yourself to learn like"]
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000234390_000307071
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["Okay first question says introduce yourself in a long form. Oh okay. My name is Tob(??)Katwa(??). [UM] I am a primary school teacher [UM] I'm an introvert. I don't * necessarily like people. I like being indoors watching TV reading books [UH] that's just a bit about myself. What has been the highlight the past seven days? The fact that schools are closed. I don't have much to do. I have some grading. I'm marking some papers [UH] I find that difficult because some children are making my work hard because I can't [UM] since schools are closed I can't talk to them directly and ask them what they wrote here. So I have to figure it out [UH] teaching [UH] small children. Sometimes it's fun sometimes it's challenging [UH] Okay"]
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002185815_002257619
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["department of labor here because most of the things that I need Department of Labor and [UH] Department [UH] Transport Department of Transport as well. So those are the things that I - I wish to build here so that I could be able to assist like those people who have to travel to labor most of the time like when kids are born [UH] you have to go to labor in order for you to make IDs for them like [UH] the identities to be registered in the system. So [UH] most of the people here they travel early in the morning. You have to travel to town to do that. So I wanted to build that here around here. So the security thing [UM] will be like I would employ those people those ones that had criminal records * because yeah having a criminal record you will be able to work anyway. So those ones that have criminal records but they are willing to change that I would hire them to do what to (??) to be the securities of like the places [UH] like. Yeah. So the stadium that's where they'll be like. I would hire them to work there. And I wanted to do a - a sort of [UM] mall"]
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001098914_001169130
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["I think so. Like I - I - I think it will give me a day-to-day joy. Like I think it will give me happiness. I don't know like just being able to teach people and for them to be getting it for them to be enjoying it. I believe whenever I'm doing it they will enjoy it. So I think just teaching kids for them to understand certain things for them to be getting it [UH] a - at some point I just feel like it will give me happiness because they'll be getting it. You know they'll be gaining it. They will be gaining something from it. So I think [UM] that will just benefit me from that. It will give me happiness. You know just being able to know that what I'm doing is benefiting other kids. What I'm doing is helping other parents. You know some parents are not always available but if I'm available to do it for them like I believe it will just bring joy to me. Just knowing that I've helped other people I've helped people that couldn't do it and I'm here I'm doing it. I'm helping them and it's helping them at the end of the day. I think that will give me joy. Yeah"]
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001541528_001611745
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["What food do you enjoy eating? [UH] * Oh usually I enjoy eating [UH] samp and beans. That's the food that I like. It's - it's comfort food for me. So samp and beans it's my go to food. What music do you enjoy listening to? I enjoy listening to R and B music. Love songs. I love [UH] listening to love songs. R and B music. That's the best music for me. What place do you enjoy visiting? I enjoy [UH] going to church. I really enjoy going to church on Thursdays and Saturdays and Sundays. That's my go to place. I really enjoy going to church. What time of the day do you enjoy most? [UH] time of the day that I enjoy most usually is [UH] from morning [UH] maybe till the afternoon because [UM] at work [UM] it's my happy place. So that's the time that I enjoy most."]
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002657117_002726609
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["If you could relive one day in your life which would it be and why? [UH] as I remember back then when I was in my final year presenting my project on acid mine drainage using fly ash. Well that project was a bomb. It made me realize that I can be someone who can be right in front of people talking about a project that she has in mind a project that she had a pilot [UH] test on how it would work and [UH] having a - a - a moment whereby everyone will be just loo - looking at you presenting and listening to what you'll be saying. And I - I - I what I love the most about that project wa - which I did it for a company called Hwange Colliery in in Hwange Zimbabwe. They actually implemented the plan and it has been working right now because there's too much acid mine drainage from the processes that they do at Hwange Colliery whereby [UM] a toxic [UM]"]
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001187406_001256205
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["How do you make students feel safe and welcomed? By being friendly by being myself [UH] If I see that a child maybe is being too quiet on that day because I'm a very observant teacher. So I know every child's character. If I see that the child is out of character that day I usually will call them on the side or I will go to their desk and then I will ask them if are you okay?. Is there something that I can do to help? And if there is the child will let me know or maybe - maybe the child is sick I will call the parents [UM] so that they can come and fetch the child. But if it's something that has to do with other children maybe they make fun of something. And then I will talk to the children. They will come (??). We will try to resolve the situation together. So I - I can say that I am the safe space because I give them the platform to come to me. They know that they can come to me any time"]
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000770644_000839207
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["[UM] Actually I do have like [UM] I - I love baking. I think that's something that I love to do baking or being a chef. So yeah those two I think they normally work together. So I don't know. I love cakes and I love food so much. At some point I was like you know what I think I must - I must just get into [UM] baking or being a chef because you know I love - I love love love cakes [UM] whenever I see a cake that a person made or is designed I'm like oh my gosh I wish I would just see how this person did it. I wish I could just see how they designed it. How did they get to this point of making it look exactly as the client wanted? You know so I love baking. Also a - a - as well as being a chef just cooking because I love trying new recipes. I love baking. So I don't know if I must say I love being in the kitchen *."]
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002501800_002570363
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["[UM] I think for myself is [UM] - is [UH] waiting and I'm not so patient you know. I get a little bit impatient whenever I h - have to wait for long time. And I normally do not like or dislike [UM] a personal who is not punctual. I love punctuality. Yes and I love response especially if there's (??) or something just (??) And then I know how to schedule my time. You know yeah I think from a circle of friends especially from my husband. He doesn't like he normally gets angry when my daughter interrupts our conversation [UH] Yeah I think he believes that [UM] everybody has a turn. They will get that. And so you know how kids are. They just jump into in the middle of a conversation w - whether it's important or not. Yeah * I think it's that from him"]
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001028309_001096686
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["[UH] with my time I will spend it traveling * and getting to appreciate the - the - the - the - the whole world at large getting to appreciate places. I - I - I really love nature walks [UH] things that have to do with nature be it skydiving writing a note that if anything happens to me please I will not hold this company responsible because I've made a choice where I am going to dive. And it's more like [UH] testing the - the - the near-death experience. So it's something that fasci - fascinates me. But just that I don't have much courage to do that. But then if [UM] if I win that large amount definitely I'm going for it. Skydiving I would go to Zimbabwe and expe - get an experience of how it feels to do the skydiving and [UM] go to oh I've be - I've been wanting to go to Binga."]
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001178834_001246924
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["don't know [UH] I must say maybe probably you know [UM] I don't know. But there's that love that comes from within. Sometimes it's not always about doing it for the money. You know it's - it's - it's that love that comes from within is that love - that love that comes [UH] from knowing that okay I'm doing it for love. I'm doing it [UH] to help others. I'm doing it because others will gain from it. Not because I want anything much from it but just knowing that you know I'm doing it for others. I'm doing it for them. I'm helping others. Those people - those people that are probably always busy you know some jobs they occupy you from morning till night. So you hardly have the time to be busy with the kids or helping with probably just homework. So sometimes just knowing that I'm there to just help out I think it - like you know it just does that in a way you know. So I always - I'm always glad to do that. I'm always happy. I'm always glad"]
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000417484_000485085
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["* Oh I started loving fashion design soon after my - I met [UH] the father of my children. Like that was the last thing at the back of my mind. You know I never [UH] thought of doing something like that. I never imagined myself doing you know fashion designing making clothes and stuff like you know I always believed in. Okay I went to school. I studied accounting. I studied business management. Like the only thing that I had in mind was you know working for people [UH] managing their own staff you know working probably as a cashier at some retail shops until I met [UH] the father of my kids. So you know as time went by he just mentioned to me that you know what I don't want you to be working for people [UM] I prefer for you to be you know working for yourself hiring people to be working for you. So I was thinking maybe you should try fashion designing or hairdressing. So you know like"]
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002054950_002121944
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["being able to talk to - to - to - to - to - to be strong and [UM] brave enough to be able to speak everything. Because w - when you are nervous and shaking like this you end up not be able to [UH] share everything that you wanted to be - to share or everything that you wanted to speak. I've once saw people like [UH] standing their grounds like [UH] being brave. I [UH] don't know how to date (??) because when you like looking at someone doing it so perfectly you - you think that [UH] this thing is so easy. I mean it's so easy when I can also do this. But until you come across with that [UH] same thing and - and be in the same position that you have to address yourself especially in times like i - in times like interviews and [UH] this type of communication I'm having right now with you. So [UH] that's the kind of skill I would say right now. I really like to gain and to have."]
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001039176_001105782
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["started doing that. So we do he - here in South Africa what we do - we do something called [UM] where we play r - we call it (??). So the thing we do like we gather together then we take tins you know tin fish you see [UH] [UH] tin fish I don't know if ever you are - you are - you are familiar with that. So this [UH] this fish [UM] baked and [UH] contained in like [UH] tins. What we do is that we eat those things and we pour soil in them then we pour water then (??) we cook it. So we do that [UH] we gather together [UH] a lot of people here at home what we do is that we gather together there some people calling themselves the father they do this if like I'm the father they want to be like the mother. Then what we do is we do that. So one day I explained to them about the story that happened to me. So they felt interested. They were like hey how did you do that? So [UH] I started showing them because we - were peers of same age. So we started doing that * most of the time and it became an addition."]
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001128090_001194645
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["(??) [UH] stole a piece of meat from the pot my mom was cooking. Then I was the only kid in the house by that time. Most of the people there were now grown up. So I chose [UH] people chose to - to point at me that I'm the one who stole the meat. And I knew that I didn't eat the meat. So * me being a kid I just thought maybe I should just do something to clear these people to clear my name from these people. And I took - I do - I when I was eating I - I ate my piece of meat. Then I removed the bone. I took the bone I put it behind the fridge just to prove that [UH] it's a - a - a rat that he had taken the meat and it was the one that was eating it. Unfortunately my mom was so easy to catch up on me because she said no this piece of meat that was thi - this [UH] piece of bone that was behind the fridge it's not [UH] something that was eaten by a rat. It shows that a human being ate this meat and finished it. Then the bone was thrown"]
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003418703_003485039
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["I've never that's why I said you know what like I really appreciate this call I really appreciate us talking. You asking me all those things. I think I've never gotten to a point where I had to open up about all this or - or - or all those things you know like I've never had that opportunity to just say [UH] my grievances. I've never had the opportunities [UM] to - to - to just [UH] you know express how I felt about all those closest people to me. They are passing me separating from them me having to start a new life over and over and over again you know just getting used to not having those people that I - I had been used to being around. So yeah I've never - I've never had anyone asking me I've never. So that's why I think from get go I just say you know what I really appreciate this call *. It's been years since all this happened but I never had anyone asking me all these kind of questions. So I'm just grateful honestly"]
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000061725_000127926
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["You know there's a shortage of teachers. So * so yeah. Okay the day flies by and before I know it the bell rings [UM] signaling the end of the school day at three forty-five. (??) not three forty-five. Is it? It's two forty-five. It's two forty-five. After school I usually grade papers learn lessons and attend staff meetings. In the evening I like to relax with a good book and watch cartoons. Yeah I like cartoons and I don't usually watch movies [UH] but I like cartoons. Maybe sometimes I watch a movie like maybe a comedy but I don't watch horror. I'm scared of horrors. I'm scared of actually like the - the blood *. Don't like some blood. I don't like people trying (??) all those. I don't like to see those thing [UM] I'm a very emotional person. So that's why I don't really like watching movies. Yeah. So yeah you did that. I live with my friends so we watch mov - we watch cartoons or I read a book with (??)."]
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South African Accented English Speech – Public Sample (1 Hour)
Dataset Summary
This dataset contains 1 hour of South African–accented English speech paired with human-annotated transcripts. It is provided as a public sample to demonstrate the dataset structure, audio quality, and transcription style used in the full commercial version.
Language
- English (South African accent)
Dataset Structure
- Audio files: High-quality
.mp3format (48 kHz). - Metadata: Accompanied by a
metadata.csv(or similar CSV) containing:- ID: Unique identifier for each entry.
- File name: The associated audio file path.
- Transcript: The corresponding text transcription.
Transcription Details
- Pipeline: Audio was initially processed using an Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) system.
- Human Review: Transcripts were subsequently reviewed and annotated by human annotators to ensure accuracy.
- Real-world conditions: Transcriptions reflect real-world noise and imperfections, making the dataset suitable for noisy-label and robustness-focused training.
Intended Use
This public sample is intended for:
- Dataset inspection and quality evaluation.
- Accent analysis and linguistic research.
- ASR experimentation and benchmarking.
- Commercial assessment for licensing the full dataset.
Limitations
- Sample Size: This is a small subset (1 hour) and is not intended for full-scale model training.
- Error Rate: Transcripts are not 100% error-free. The estimated transcription error rate for the full dataset is approximately 15%.
Access & Licensing
This sample is publicly available for evaluation purposes. The full 300-hour dataset is owned by DATAI. For full access:
- Contact: [email protected]
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