Life After Matric

Name: Life After Matric
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ISBN: 9798224780068

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Sibusiso Mahlangu

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Sibusiso Mahlangu
19 January 2026

Libraries, museums, schools (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's&YA)

Life after matric is a sentence many young people are excited to hear. For Thabiso, it became the beginning of a quiet nightmare. He did everything right.

He was disciplined, intelligent, and consistent. A top learner who believed the promise he was told all his life: pass matric well and your future will be secured. But when the results came, what followed was not opportunity, but silence. Rejections from universities. Waiting lists. Closed doors. Months of doing nothing, not by choice, but by circumstance.

As pressure grew inside a small, poor household, love slowly turned into disappointment. Encouragement turned into anger. Words spoken in frustration became wounds that never healed. Thabiso began to disappear, not physically, but emotionally. Depression crept in quietly. Alcohol and drugs became an escape. Hope became something painful to think about.

Until one ordinary morning, when he cleaned the house, sat down with a pen and paper, and wrote a goodbye letter to the one person he wanted to make proud. A letter filled with apology, shame, and love. A letter his mother would only read when it was already too late. Life After Matric is a heartbreaking true story about failure, mental health, parental pressure, and the dangerous silence surrounding young men who are struggling. It is not just Thabiso's story. It is the story of many households, many children, and many conversations that never happened.

This book asks one question that lingers long after the last page:

What if someone had listened sooner?

By: Sibusiso Mahlangu
Imprint: Sibusiso Mahlangu
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 64g
ISBN: 9798224780068
Pages: 50
Publication Date: 19 January 2026
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The Author, Sibusiso Mahlangu, is a Content creator, writer and keynote speaker. Born 5 October 2001 and raised in a small town known as lydenburg. Sibusiso Mahlangu is someone that is truly passionate about helping others find their voice, own their power, and create the life they want. His mission is to empower others to make positive changes in their Lives and create a ripple effect of change in the world.

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Life After Matric

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