Carmelicia Erasmus (23) started her activism as a Community Organiser at Khanya College in February 2021 and now is a part of the staff in the Forum of Activist Journalists writing for the Karibu! which is a publication of the College. She grew up in Eldorado Park and attended school there at Nancefield Primary School and Missouri Secondary School.
She was a substitute teacher for a year from 2018 to 2019 at Eldocrest Primary School and moved on to start doing simulation training for call centre agents at Discovery Health as a simulator from 2019 – 2021.
This article was submitted as part of the Imbila Yesu publication produced daily for the duration of the Winter School in 2022 (17-22 July 2022). It appeared in Edition No. 1, released on 21 July 2022.
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