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Message: [QUOTE="Nehanda, post: 26558, member: 2262"] Sindiso Ndlovu stands out from the crowd. She loves the Dynamos soccer team even though she lives next to Barbourfields Stadium in Mzilikazi. Most folks there cheer for the Highlanders. The team has royal roots. King Mzilikazi's grandsons started it back in 1926. People pick their teams freely, but some choices seem odd. A black-and-white flag in Mbare would look strange, as would Barcelona gear in Madrid. These things break with what people expect. Sindiso broke with normal jobs. She worked drawing maps at the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency. Then she left to drive big trucks across borders. She first dreamed of trucks in grade five. A woman drove her school bus to Masvingo from Hwange. This amazed her. She thought if that lady could drive something huge, she could try it herself. Her grandpa drove big trucks across borders. He sometimes brought his truck home. She climbed inside and fell in love with these giant machines. She first sat behind a truck wheel at age 22 in 2005, just for fun since she had no license yet. She got her driver's papers in Zambia in 2011. Her family comes from there, though she grew up in Zimbabwe. She kept making maps until 2015 when she went full-time with trucks. She drove from Congo through many lands to South Africa. Her trucks were super linked with two trailers. Being slim built, people often stared at her. At toll gates, workers seemed shocked. Once, she had to stop at a checkpoint near Bulawayo. The police did not believe she could drive such a big vehicle. They checked her papers. She told them she did not carry loads on her shoulders; she just steered the truck. They laughed hard at this. Sindiso worked for a copper shipping firm. The trucks always went in groups. If any driver had trouble, all the trucks stopped, so no one was left alone on the road. Truck drivers rest at stops, often staying through the night. These places can have drinking and bad stuff. Some male drivers bring sex workers. Sindiso says how you act matters. She likes that many stops now have better facilities for women. They have separate bathrooms for men and women. Her company used certain safe stops only. Sindiso thinks truck driving needs a special heart. She tells other women to follow what they want. The sky has no limit. Men may talk down to women who seem quiet. But that should never stop anyone from doing what feels right. [/QUOTE]

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