Hoeko
Protesgedig
Hoeko is Santino die slagoffer:
net ’n kleine kind,
Hoeko was hy nie gevind?
Hoeko het sy skree op niemand se oor geval?
Hoeko was sy pyn nie verlig?
Hoeko so wreed weggeneem?
Hoeko sy laaste asem neem?
Hoeko speel jy judge oor sy lewe
en execute hom?
Hoeko is ons nie daar vir ons kinders,
as gemeenskap?
Hoeko gebeur dit keer op keer?
Hoe gaan ons dit keer,
voor dit weer gebeur?
Theolla works at the University of the Western Cape, whilst studying an Honours in Women & Gender Studies part-time. Her poetry and short fiction have been featured in anthologies and magazines such as Kuier Tydskrif or IOL’s Landisa Project. She published Die Here kom sterk deur, in 2023, which received the Cape Flats Literary Award for Teenagers’ Books. She’s since received three more Cape Flats Literary Awards for her contribution to literature and for best poem for "Hou jou bek". Her debut novel, Soetroos van Saron, is soon to be published by Kwela Books. But she says her favourite story is being a mom and wife.
