In Conversation With Poet Saaleha Idrees Bamjee
Full-time freelance photographer and writer, Saaleha Idrees Bamjee has released her debut poetry collection, Zikr. Bamjee said she has always been a writer from...
Best Rural Nurse: “Working In Rural Spaces Meant Coming Out Of...
Thabisa Ngcakaza, a professional nurse from St Andrews District was awarded one of the best rural nurses at the 22nd Rural Health Conference held...
“We Are Not Post-Racial”: Author Kharnita Mohamed On Identity In SA
Called To Song is academic Kharnita Mohamed's debut novel. It delves into issues of race, gender and identity in post-apartheid South Africa. Mohamedâ's personal...
To The Brilliant Hermione Granger
Most 90s kids grew up with the Harry Potter franchise. We inhaled the books, flocked to the cinemas to see the films and can...
“It’s Only Blood” Fights Stigma And Shame Around Menstruation
Millions of people around the world experience menstruation. It is a basic biological bodily function and yet menstruation is often viewed as something shameful....
11 Empowering Messages From “What A Time To Be Alone”
What A Time To Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide To Why You Are Already Enough is a delightful guide to self love and acceptance...
The Slumflower Speaks About Self Love And Her Book “What A...
You might know Chidera Eggerue as The Slumflower, the British-Nigerian blogger who fuses fashion and politics on her award-winning blog. Maybe you know her...
Sportswomen Get Their Chance To Shine At Awards
Women's sport in South Africa is a very difficult place to navigate. Most sportswomen play amateur, do not get paid either equally or at...
Rosie Motene On Her Book “Reclaiming The Soil”
A black girl's struggle to find her African self is the tagline of Rosie Motene's autobiography. In her book, the presenter, actor and businesswoman...
“It’s A Rare Sight To See A Woman Playing The Bass”
Regomoditswe Thothela (34) describes herself as quiet and reserved, but when the Bloemfontein-born musician plays the double bass it's difficult not to notice her....
How After Hours Game Shows Mental Illness
After Hours is a video game that deals with gender-based violence and Borderline Personality Disorder. It was created by Bahiyya Khan, a 23-year-old Experimental...
Celebrating Mam’ Albertina Sisulu In The Hundredth Year Of Her Birth
Chanting "Wathint` abafazi, Strijdom! Wathint` imbokodo uzo kufa!" outside the Union Buildings 62 years ago, it was Albertina Sisulu and other women anti-apartheid activists...
#TotalShutdown: “We Are Dying At The Hands Of Men, It Has...
In a sea of black and red, thousands of womxn* from all over Gauteng gathered in Pretoria on Wednesday morning to take a stand...
Pretoria Shutdown As Women And GNC People March Against GBV
On Wednesday, thousands of women and gender-nonconforming people took to the streets around Southern Africa. They were marching against the scourge of gender-based violence...
Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire Gives A Nuanced View Into The State’s...
The current political climate is such that anti-immigration and Islamophobic right-wing policies are fast gaining traction. From this climate emerges Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire,...
Master Storytelling From Lesley Nneka Arimah
Love, death, magic, reality, immigration and the diaspora, Lesley Nneka Arimah's book What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky has it...
This YouTube Series Is The Modern Day ‘I Write What I...
If you're looking for fresh YouTube content, you might want to check out #UnPolicedExpressions. Follow Nyiko Shikwambane and Naledi Chirwa as they navigate leaving...
Nozizwe Cynthia Jele Explores Imperfection And Forgiveness In Her Latest Book
A funeral is an important symbolic ritual. It brings together friends and family in a celebration of life, a grief of loss and an...
SAFA Says No Truth To Banyana Bonus Report
Banyana Banyana and the South African Football Association are reportedly in a dispute over the payment of bonuses to the women's team. However, SAFA...
Women’s Prize Winner Kamila Shamsie On Writing And Her Book “Home...
Writer Kamila Shamsie humanised the political story of a British family caught up by Isis - and in so doing, won the Women's Prize...
