"I started drinking alcohol and smoking dagga at the age of 16. My bad behaviour not only affected my studies, it also affected my mother's health and she was later diagnosed with high blood pressure.
Nokuthokoza became discouraged and lost hope of following her career when she battled to secure a job after she graduated with a degree in social work.
Trying to please her friends, Mami smoked cigarettes and dagga from the age of 16 while she continued attending the services at the Universal Church with her grandmother.
