Continental Imposter syndrome vibes
Why do we persist in feeling astonished every time an uncommonly brilliant innovation, solution, creation emerges from an African brain on the...
A kind of fierce grace
Last week I had the opportunity to speak at Queens College, Komani. It’s an extraordinary school and I’m still trying to put my finger on...
Born to Run. Really.
A note to all the misguided folk who insist they don’t/won’t/can’t run:I had already been running for more than half my life...
Mbashe Seahorse
“Take notice, be astonished, write it down.” Mary Oliver Trekking home from the wide mouth of the mystical Mbashe, it’s valley rising...
I am as outraged as you are
When I heard the news of the violent death of Uyinene Mrwetyana in September last year, the heartbreak and the anguish felt physically...
Hope is not a substitute for action, it’s a basis for action
Because Easter is the best illustration of Hope, action and sacrifice: A revised piece on Hope – “Hope is not a substitute for action, it’s...
Who can speak these words in a way that will make them count
AntjieKrog, internationally acclaimed poet, author, journalist and academic, was quoted in an interview this week saying: “Every South...