Hey there welcome to Hive, you can earn nicely if you give it time to build up your Hive and HP as well as your reputation as a good content creator of original content.
Keep posting daily if possible and focus on writing a decent post of a few hundred words. I usually aim for 500 - 1000 words. If you put in some of your own photos it will add to the quality of your post. In that way you will start receiving more upvotes and make followers along the way.
Also remember to comment on as many other posts as possible to build up a network. You also earn Hive simply by upvoting and commenting on other posts. It may be slow at first to earn much but it will grow if you keep it up over time.
Wishing you all the best from South Africa.