Candace Jacobs

Candące Jacobs is a former swimming pool technician from Cape Town, South Africa. After working in the industry for 9 years, she left her job to start her own swimming pool maintenance company. She then decided to take a break from work and decided to wriite a short but powerful true story that deeply inspired her. She wats to share the painful experiences of a very close friend — a dedicated medical lab technician — Candįce wrote Unfair, Not Guilty, But Punished. to tell their story.

The book shares her friend’s journey of one life-changing mistake in 2017, the harsh workplace punishment that followed, the grief of losing their mother, and the long struggle against stigma and judgment. Through this honest memoir, Candące tells her friend’s story of one mistake, workplace injustice, loss, and the fight to be seen beyond thier past, hoping that the harsh punishment be taken into consideration with empathy and give them a second chance to prove their worth again.