“Being born in Hammarsdale there was no way that one could escape politics,” -Themba Mvubu
Photo: Facebook By Sthembile Ndlovu A politician born and bred in the semi-rural area of Hammarsdale outer west of Durban, attested that growing in such a politically affiliated area during the time of the apartheid government, politics was the only way to go. Themba Mvubu, chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) eThekwini region and the eThekwini Municipality PR Councillor fell deeply in love with politics at the age of 18 as he was exiting high school. “I think it was 18 when I was about to exit high school, or when I was exiting high school, it was 18 because that is when you realise that okay it is the end of the road now, for your teen kind of lifestyle now you are going to face the real world. Your peers are going to different directions some are going to be enrolled in varsities you start to get into reality with your own personal life in relations to your family and everything else,” said Mvubu. Mvubu also explained that the unmeasurable love for literatur...