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Johannesburg, South Africa (11 February 2021)<\/em> – This Nando’s message will always be my favourite Facebook memory, and every year that it pops up – on the 11th of February – it reminds me how far I have come\u2026 and what a journey it has been.<\/p>\n Besides me loving their menu (and humour), having them post this little gem in 2014 and using me as a keynote speaker at many of their big events now, Nando\u2019s and I go way back.<\/p>\n You see, my very first job at just 15 years old was at a little Nando\u2019s in Alberton. We worked really long hours – from mopping floors and washing windows, to working on the tills and serving customers, we always smelt like charred-chicken when we got home and only got tips in 1c and 5c (for the zoomers, that kind of money was worth nothing back then either), but we got paid by the hour and could eat as many chips and perinaise as our hearts desired. It also made me respect hard work, taught me how to save and gave me a purpose every day after school.<\/p>\n That was the year 2000 when I really had no idea what I wanted to be, or where this life would take me.<\/p>\n Fast-forward 14 years later, and I woke up to this crazy message in the Newspaper. They had posted it in response to the Neknominations<\/a>, and they had, in fact, gotten very involved by helping a day-care in Alexandra that looked after special-needs kids. They used their nomination to entirely re-build the kitchen and dining area, to give the kids a safe, beautiful place to share a meal every day. It was really something special.<\/p>\n