Nolo Mokoena

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168 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 10 Feb

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The Moth · Live from New York: The Audacity! Global Stories of Daring: The Moth Radio Hour · 10 Feb 2026 podcast

get a bit tight, and I could see her face change.

And during that time, I thought, well, this is, I should probably pay attention.

And all I remember is hearing the words from the therapist going, Mrs. Mukwena, your son likely won't be able to speak like other children, and he won't be required to do prepared speech assessments at school, because his status is so severe.

And I remember leaving and thinking to my, I mean, most 10-year-olds would be like, yeah, I don't have to do schoolwork.

But for me, it was kind of tragic because, you know, if you're from the family I come from, your voice is actually an instrument of belonging.

So I come from a family of very strong social advocates and politicians and so forth.

And kind of if you don't speak up, you don't have space.

And so voice is not just expression.

Voice is actually belonging.

And even growing up being a teenager, you know, I always have bad dates.

But anyway, I was 12 years old and Valentine's Day was coming up and I saved up money to buy a gift for this.

I won't mention her name because she's still not my favorite.

But anyway, I saved up money to kind of buy this gift.

And I'd rehearse the speech that I was going to give it to and say, you know, hi, I...

like you, and this gift is for you, would you be my Valentine?

After saving up, washing dishes, making a lot of cup of teas for aunties, who pay very poorly, I gathered up my cents, bought the presents, and when I went to see, I was like, hi, I, I, I, I. And so for me, being daring is actually speaking every single day.

Thank you so much.

And I'll be accepting sympathy drinks later at the back.

All right.

We're ready for more stories.

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