User:Sabelo.mpala

Sabelo Goodwill Mpala was born on the 20th of February 1987 at Luveve Maternity Clinic in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. I was born in a township called Gwabalanda, which is an extension of a township called Luveve. In May 1995, My parents bought a new house in a township called Emganwini, so we had to relocate to our newly acquired home. This became my home from 1995 up to now. Education wise, in 1992 i attended Thembiso Children's Home creche. Then in 1993 i proceeded to Fusi Government Primary school where i did grade one to grade three. When i was in grade three, beginning of the second term, we relocated to Emganwini so i had to transfer from Fusi Government Primary to Emganwini Primary School in Nketa 8 township in Bulawayo. There was no primary school in Emganwini, it was still under construction so we were forced to attend Emganwini Primary School which was found in our neighboring township of Nketa 8. I only did second and third terms of grade three in Emganwini Primary school. Then in 1996 when i was supposed to go to grade four, a new primary school was opened in Emganwini township, Senzangakhona Primary School, which was named after Senzangakhona, father of Tshaka, former king of the Zulu tribe in South Africa. In Senzangakhona Primary school, i did grade four till grade seven. In year 2000, i moved to Founders High School in the suburb of Baham Green in Bulawayo. I did my form one upto form four and completed my form four in year 2003. I was supposed to go for Advanced Level in 2004 after having passed Ordinary Level Examinations but i failed due to health reasons. So i finally proceeded for my Advanced Level in 2005 at Mabhikwa High School in Lupane District, about 170km along the Bulawayo - Victoria Falls Highway. I specialized in Arts subjects, thus Ndebele, History and Literature in English. I completed my Advanced Level education in 2006. In 2008, i proceeded to Lupane State University where i enrolled for a linguistics degree, Bachelor of Arts Honors Degree in IsiNdebele. During my linguistics studies, i developed passion for Information and communication technology (ICT). So i had to find a way of incorporating ICT to my linguistics studies. So i decided to venture into Computational Linguistics, which is the incorporation of ICTs in languages learning. For my final year dissertation i designed an Isindebele Electronic Encyclopedia. I graduated in 2012, in a ceremony which was presided over by Robert Mugabe, the former President of Zimbabwe. In 2014, i enrolled again with the Lupane State University for my Post Graduate Diploma in Education.

I am currently working for the Ministry of Primary and Secondary education as a teacher. I am married to Sakheni Ncube since 2014