My name’s Lucky. I live in Cape Town but I’ve got friends all over the place. My family is up in the Eastern Cape in this tiny little village called Didimana near Queenstown. It’s great to head up there to get away from it all but actually I love city life. Jozi, Durbs, PE, East London, even Kimberley, they’re all so different but full of great people. I just call up a few friends, organize a bus ticket and before you know it I’m having the time of my life.

If there’s one thing you’ve got to know about me, it’s that I love to talk. Talk, talk, talk! I’m always asking people their opinions about all kinds of stuff – and not only what they think will happen in the next episode of Generations. Actually, I love talking about real issues like the crazy xenophobic violence we had or what people think about outcomes-based education. I get all kinds of responses. Some people are super positive while others think we are doomed. Some people have really great ideas about how we can deal with some of the problems we have! Then of course there’s the “whatever” crowd who just don’t seem to care. That gets on my nerves. I mean, at least think a little and come up with an opinion. I promise it won’t hurt.

A GREAT IDEA
Some time ago I was chatting away with some of my friends and we got into that amazing zone, you know, when you feel like you could solve all South Africa’s problems if people only listened to your ideas. Then I thought, why not? Why can’t we get young people from all over the country to start talking about what matters to us? Why can’t we let Members of Parliament and the government and everyone else know what we believe is important and what we want them to do for us? And why can’t we start thinking about what we as young people can do ourselves to make this country truly amazing?

BUILDING A YOUTH COMMUNITY
I’m on MXit, Facebook and Twitter all the time and I’m constantly texting my buddies so I decided to use these networks to get young people like me to start conversations about real problems and real solutions. I knew I was onto something big, one of those ideas that keep you awake at night while the possibilities just zoom around your head. By the next morning, I had a name for my idea – Bokamoso Ba Rona,  Our Future!