I am a late starter. Matriculated in and started training as a construction supervisor. In 1980 I started working as a trainee civil technician. In 1981, I was hired as a trainee surveyor in various construction projects until I joined Ethekwini Municipality in 1987. In 1990 I began training as a civil engineering technologist and eventually graduated with a B Tech in Civil Engineer ing. In 2000 I was recruited to lecture at the university until 2012,when I became a farmer till present