Cherie Pascoe was born in the Zimbabwean town of Bulawayo in 1975. At the age of four, and at the height of the Rhodesian War, her family left for South Africa. She grew up in KwaZulu Natal starting near Eshowe on the north coast before moving inland where she attended Cato Ridge Primary School, then on to Pietermaritzburg Girls High. She left the inland city for Durban where she obtained a degree in Environmental Health. However, work opportunities took her in a slightly different direction, and she was employed by the Keep Pietermaritzburg Clean Association for eight years. Her role was to e...