Violence – In My Words

Trauma, Truth and Tears

Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021 adminLife in South Africa

Tell the truth and shame the devil. Nothing is more important than the truth. The truth will set you free. These are sayings we know and use in daily conversations. As a journalist, the[…]

She can dance

Nov 28, 2019 adminLife in South Africa

Hues of pink Colour the afternoon sky. Oh! What a pretty sight! As pretty as The dreams she weaved. She saw herself Waltzing under the starlit sky, Matching his every step. Side by side, Hand[…]

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold

Sep 11, 2019Sep 11, 2019 adminLife in South Africa

My heart is shattered. My mind is scattered. I want to shut it all out. But for how much longer? There’s no denying it. Things have fallen apart; the centre cannot hold. The epic lines[…]

(Not) from the same cloth?

Aug 31, 2018 adminLife in South Africa

Let’s talk Women to women Womxn to womxn I’ve had enough! Haven’t you? I thought we were Cut from the same cloth. Biology aside, I told myself That we had a deeper connection. That solidarity,[…]

"Wathint’ abafazi wathinti’ imbokodo – You strike a woman, you strike a rock!"

Apr 26, 2018 adminLife in South Africa

It’s been one of those weeks where I have felt like our country was in flames, figuratively. There were the protests at Mahikeng in the North West, the hooliganism at Moses Mabhida Stadium and protests[…]

Spreading happiness in schools

Mar 10, 2018 adminEducation

It’s been a week of violent videos going viral in South Africa. First, it was the video of a mother physically and verbally abusing her four year old child in Phoenix, Durban. I have not[…]

I remember…

Feb 28, 2018 adminPersonal

As a journalist, I could rise to any challenge without getting personally affected. At least, that’s what working in the media industry for 15 years led me to believe. But, there was a story that[…]