Jane Mamotse Mpholo

Jane Mamotse Mpholo was awarded the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture CCI Award for Outstanding Actor in Theatre. On social media at the weekend, Jane wrote: “I admit that […]

(A very special woman who I got to meet through tragedy. She has a very special place in my heart.)   Caucasian skin, Melanin heart.  In her African printed skirt, […]

Dearest John I hold on to the letters you wrote to me The ones where you told me you loved me And the ones where you told me how unworthy […]

In a desert full of weeds, So dead yet so alive. The grass resembles autumn, The breeze is seemingly cold. There’s a huge sense of what once was… Dead or […]

A once-silenced woman speaks out, from a place unfamiliar to the rest of the world. Desperate to be heard, she takes us on a journey of what was once, and […]

We have been raised to love our children and forget our true feelings about them and what they bring. Women hide so many truths that behind closed doors, many of […]

The concept of mourning in a South African context “A man dies and everything stops for the woman. From the day she hears the news, she must sleep on the […]

“There are certain expectations and pressures that come with being a woman, especially an African woman. From being groomed to never speak your mind, to submitting to your husband and […]

(Talk show) Palesa: good morning Mzansi. We will be talking about shoes today. They say the way to a woman’s heart is by gifting her some badass shoes. Now this […]

Journalists in their quest for information for deadline-driven stories leave out much more than they put into their 450+ words stories. These answers from Jakes Gerwel Foundation writers to questions […]

Birds chirping Babies crying  Silence needed  Cars passing  > The thoughts are too loud  I can’t hear myself think Suddenly it goes quiet and I am instantly aware of how […]

Thursday night was full of fun and laughter, then of course, Friday morning was filled with exhaustion as we slept really late. During the lunch hour, I decided to eat […]

Anyway, the workshops were scheduled from Thursday to the following Monday. We arrived in Lesotho late in the afternoon and already encountered some problems. The lady we drove with and […]

It was a sunny Thursday morning, and I was excited for the day. On this special day, I would travel to Lesotho to go be an assistant facilitator for a […]

It wasn’t always gloomy, this belief thing. I remember during one of our late night drunk moments; a friend of mine said to me: “Sometimes it is not that God […]

It’s 1 am and I can’t sleep. I was just woken up by the sound of thunder … so loud that it took me back to my dark days. I […]

It is a Wednesday morning and it is damn dusty outside. Circumstances force me to leave my house and go work from the coffee shop. You would think I would […]

I am a sinner, probably one of the biggest sinners on earth….well, I mean according to the Bible of cause. Let’s just leave it at 5 because wow, I am […]

Two days ago I went to a friend’s place to do my hair. She couldn’t do the much-needed house call for me because she and her partner couldn’t leave town. […]

Flowers for the broken hearted The ones whose souls are wandering between realms Flowers for the ones whose innocence was taken away  The very ones who watch the perpetrators live […]

Since I embarked on this journey of “self-discovery” or rather; questioning what was instilled in me….I always get random people who feel the need to talk about their beliefs and […]

 It’s a Friday afternoon and I just had lunch. I am in the staff kitchen busy doing some dishes and suddenly, a colleague walks in to warm his food in […]

Fast forward, I ended up graduating from the youth program. My mother was so proud of me but I still felt like a failure. Months later, I still couldn’t get […]

To be honest, I never quite felt like I belong. I always figured there may be something off with me. I remember my mom literally had to force me to […]