Marcus Malesela

                                                                   Photo by MART PRODUCTION on pexels Retirement is often looked at as a reward for a long working career, and an opportunity to do what we want when we want. But is retirement a cultural concept? Are 'the born-free' changing the meaning of retirement?   When I was young, I were told that retirement was fun, with all the packages that had to come with it, the Gold watch received after working our tails off to get there, or the retirement package which most of the businesses or industries today no longer go along with it (pension funds)   I don't remember my father receiving a Gold watch after his retirement, or did he even go for retirement? I don't remember my old folk going for retirement or even heard him speak of it, I guess that's because he worked in a different sector where they don't offer any package at all.  Yeah, right my father worked as a panel beater, not far from where we lived, and h