In the timeless words of the third president of Stanford University Ray L. Wilbur, “The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation.” No better words can better describe the current crop of little ones still trying to find their ways around life: Generation Alpha.

 

 

South Africa has come far since the Soweto Uprising, and the young ones are free to be who they dream of. More than that, their minds can explore new realities and vast futures that were only a dream for those that came before them. Indeed, they prove the proverb true that they are the generation which is their ancestors’ wildest dreams.

 

In our Youth Month cover feature, we have Maliyah Hammond and Leruo Makhetha, who are both four years of age. We also have ten-year-old Lehakoe Makhetha and twelve-year-old Mashile twins, Kamogelo and Karollo, who all represent the crop of ama2K and share their dreams and pieces of their lives.

 

MALIYAH & LERUO’S Q&A:

What is your favourite game to play?

Maliyah: Tom Gold Run.

Leruo: My favourite game to play is chess, but I don’t know how to play, so someone needs to be in my team.

 

 

What do you want to do when you grow up?

Maliyah: A doctor.

Leruo: I have three choices: doctor, police officer or teacher.

 

What is one fun thing that you like doing?

Maliyah: Playing soccer and modelling.

Leruo: I like gymnastics because we get to do roly polys.

  

If you had one superpower, what would it be and why?

Maliyah: I’d like to be Spider-Man to fly anywhere on my own.

Leruo: I want to have super strength. I like being strong like Hulk. But I don’t want to look like him.

 

KAROLLO, KAMOGELO, AND LAHAKOE’S Q&A:

 

What is your favourite school subject?

Karollo: Mathematics.

Kamogelo: Mathematics.

Lahakoe: English is my favourite subject because I get really good marks in it!

 

 

What do you want to do when you grow up?

Karollo: A businessman.

Kamogelo: A programmer, a YouTube star and a businessman.

Lahakoe: I want to be an actress.

 

Who is your role model, and why?

Karollo: My dad because he’s rich, and Elon Musk because he is wealthy.

Kamogelo: My Dad because he is successful in IT. My mom because she’s a successful YouTuber.

Lahakoe: I don’t really have anyone that I want to be like. I want to walk my journey.

 

 

What is your biggest dream that you know will change the world?

Karollo: To be a philanthropist and help people around the world.

Kamogelo: Creating world-class education programs for kids.

Lahakoe: To start a business that feeds less fortunate people.