Entertainment Reporter
JOHANNESBURG – FROM the time Lerato Tshabalala first rose to prominence in 2011 with her Urban Miss column in the national weekly Sunday Times, newspaper she has since then taken turns entertaining, exasperating , amusing and confounding her fans and critics alike.
Now, with her first book, The Way I See It she looks set to become the national institution she deserves to be. With her customary wit and keen insight into social, political and cultural affairs, Lerato shines a bright – and controversial – light on South African society and the country’s quirky ways.
She is brutally honest about her experiences as a black South African in post-apartheid Mzansi, and no subject is too sacred for her to explore: annoying car guards, white-dominated corporate South Africa, cultural stereotypes, economic and racial inequality, and gender politics, among many other topics, come under her careful – and often laugh-out-loud – scrutiny.
The Way I See It is written for people who are hungry for a book that is thought-provoking, funny, irreverent and truly South African all at the same time.
According to Random House Publishers , “ it is light but full of depth: like a supermodel with an MBA!”
This book is about more than just Mandela , taxi drivers and weaves .It goes far beyond my disdain for Leon Schuster and Steve Hofymer “although I do find them both deadly and racist” quips the writer.
The book has already generated critical acclaim from some individuals for its take on some of the conduct by some black businesspeoplee .
However if you not afraid of a read that touches on some home truths about yourself The Way I See It just does that.
” My hope is that when you have finished reading this book, you will feel proud to be a South African .
That you would have laughed a little at some point and had a few I ‘ I can’t believe she said that moments ” says Lerato in her preface.
Through her book Lerato invokes laughter as takes the reader down memory lane on some of life experiences .
“Although my intention is to make you laugh, it is also to get you thinking while you at it. I don’t expect you to like everything I have to say , but I prefer it that way .Rather react negatively than be apathetic .”she concludes.
