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Simon M. Matlou
Simon Mautla Matlou was born in the late 60’s in the Republic of
South Africa. He grew up in Ga-Seabe Village, Lepaaku Section in
Hammanskraal City north of Pretoria in Mpumalanga Province. He
star...view moreSimon Mautla Matlou was born in the late 60’s in the Republic of
South Africa. He grew up in Ga-Seabe Village, Lepaaku Section in
Hammanskraal City north of Pretoria in Mpumalanga Province. He
started writing poems while in Seabe High School from 1985 to 1987
and beyond. Th is is his second book to be published by AuthorHouse
Publishing Company, the fi rst being BEYOND THE HORIZON
published in 2011.
By the year 1994 he settled in Sun Valley, Mamelodi in Pretoria. He stays in Durban, in the
Province of Kwa-Zulu Natal with his wife, Th oko Merriam and two children, Lesego Romeo and
Amanda Tshegofatso. He was greatly infl uenced by Poets like Ridyard Kippling, Don Mattera,
Wally Serote, Mzwake Mbuli, Pascal Gwala, John Donne, Percy Besshe Shelly and
Butler Yeats.
In 2004 he was the runner up in the South African Police National Literacy Competition, the
Project sponsored by Pretoria Newspaper, University of South Africa School of Language and
Literacy Studies, Metro Home Choice, Van Schaick’s Bookshop and Telkom South Africa.
He works for the South African Police Services, attached to the Division Operational Response
Services which is primarily dealing with South African Border integrity. He has been travelling
extensively in all nine provinces of South Africa on policing duties, interacting and sharing ideas
and life experiences with persons from all walks of life.
At the end of 2006, he was transferred from Pretoria Public Order Policing in Gauteng Province to Durban in Kwa-Zulu Natal to assist in policing of Port of Durban. He currently holds the rank of Colonel in the South African Police Service and has a total of twenty years experience.
Supplementary to National Diploma and Bachelor of Technology (B Tech) from the University of
South Africa, he has acquired Masters Degree in Policing from Tshwane University of Technology.
He loves to read anything interesting especially poems and short stories.view less