My book The South African: True Colours was written for many reasons and one of those reasons is the title of this article and everything I write on this blog. Throughout my life and even now I still say, “If only someone told me…” See most people think you already know what they know and…
The first time I left home and my country i.e. South Africa I had no clue what life abroad would be like. I really had no idea the extent of layers I had to “shed” for my own good. You think it’s a storm at first but then you see the rainbow and then you…
I was born in a patriarchal society, in the apartheid regime. If there’s anything I remember a lot of being three was Bollywood movies, the black and white ones. It was almost as if I was born with sexism being okay by the age of six. Don’t get me wrong, I learnt a great deal…
The very first time… I’ve written a poem about this was in the year 2007. I’m not sure what’s worse i.e. feeling the pain when you’re alive or feeling the pain when someone is gone. The two people feeling it the most are unlikely to die at the same time. So, what am I on…
Just in case you are unfamiliar with the term LGBTQ it means lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning. Yesterday I was sitting with a group of girls whom I practised French with. We decided to meet at the local coffee shop which they classed as “good enough” being French (saying this with a…
You know it is hard to often break away from patterns, but it is even harder to break away from the patterns your family know you to have. It is almost as if these patterns give you an identity, a uniqueness, and a personality. When you’re in a culture that expects you to do things…
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Just thought I’ll put some pictures of the event that took place yesterday. You can also hear a re-recording of the talk which I gave at Harrison’s on this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQCky-tH9OU The first image is the picture of Isabel who won a copy of The South African: True Colours but she also is an amazing artist.…
So here you are… you’re coming out of high school and heading towards college, maybe university, maybe straight into a job or you’re becoming an apprentice. Your school might have provided you with lunch or your parents packed lunch for you. Perhaps you got pocket money or not. The average child would usually get what…
25th November 2018 20:34 I was always a big dreamer. So many said, “You will never…” In 1997 I started writing poetry. I didn’t tell anybody. I had a pen and paper under my pillow, and I’d think about the world, my dreams… at that place, we called Willow. Mobile phones were…