For my friend’s who grew up in RSA and the Eastern Cape (especially those who don’t live here anymore), and for my father who...

Ironically I suppose, I grew up deep in the rural areas of the former Ciskei, the youngest child of a trader whose isiXhosa name was...

Question 1. When you look at this picture, are you overwhelmed with protective sympathy for the blonde woman (because its so not fair that she...

The lesson was simple: “Don’t look away. Don’t look down. Don’t pretend not to see hurt. Look people in the eye. Even when their pain is...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie describes herself as “a happy African feminist who does not hate men and who likes lip-gloss and who wears high heels...

I have been running really far, mostly on trails, for almost 30 years. This is about two thirds of my life. I can’t really recall a time before I...

I have been running and reading (in that order) rather more than usual lately in an effort to make sense of stuff.  About half way through one of...

I know that women exist who accuse men of things they haven’t done. I have experienced this phenomenon personally and professionally. My guiding...

Thembi Treks The Wild Coast Thembi is a Transkei pig Despite this fact her dreams are big She paused one day with wrinkled snout Sniffed the air...