Incognizant of the turbulent life journey that lay ahead, Elias leaves his native country, Zimbabwe, in search of greener pastures in South Africa. The political instability in his beloved country has brought economic recession and agonizing hardship upon the entire land – nothing is ever the same again – and he blames the inordinate ambition of former President Robert Mugabe for all the indescribable miseries besetting the entire nation.

Elias quits his job as a high school teacher, and he is forced to go through horrific channels of illegal footpaths to cross borders into South Africa, leaving his wife and son behind with no source of income. However, things become dark and twisty in South Africa as he is unable not find a job for a very long time. Unemployed, stranded, and broken, he gets immersed into the world of crime. His crimes eventually come back to bite him, leading to his incarceration for twenty years. Having spent time in prison, he is back in Zimbabwe to start a new life where he embarks on a variety of political and developmental activities to rebuild their country.

Nceba Tyobeka is an ABET teacher at Bekkersdal Adult Education Centre. He was born in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape, and relocated with his parents at a very young age to Bekkersdal Township where he was raised. He started his schooling at Isiqalo Primary School and successfully completed his matric in 1999 at Kgothalang Senior Secondary School where he started developing the love for writing.

He has written a number of impressive books both in IsiXhosa and English. Some of his literary works have been recommended for publishing by Shuter and Shooter Publishers.