The Fast Lane

THE FAST LANEMy Dark AgesSiphiwe "Mzo" Sibiya was born on the 28th of August 1987 at Ulundi(KwaZulu-Natal) in a small village called Mbangayiya and was theyoungest of four children. His mother was a domestic worker and hisfather a bricklayer who was addicted to alcohol. As a result of hisaddiction his father was never at home, unless he had run out of money. He was bom in the poorest of families and everybody in the communityknew it! Because of this he was often beaten up and bullied. One day, outof the blue, his mother got sick and died. The following year his fatheralso passed away. He committed himself to a life of crime, drugs andmany other bad things. Eventually the community grew so tired of him that they decided to killhim. But he managed to escape and he ran away to Mtubatuba where heworked for a very abusive taxi driver. His harsh employer eventually also met a sad end and shot himself. Thismeant that once again he was alone in the world, and it was then whenhe met an Anglican priest who adopted him as his son. In 2003 his lifechanged and he accepted Jesus as Lord and Saviour. He Studied Theology and Obtained a Certificate in Theology and aDegree in Theology. In 2013 he was ordained as a priest in the AnglicanChurch (Diocese of Zululand).