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23 May 1986-10 November 2013 I stopped breathing the day I heard. That Nkulukelo Mthembu was no longer with us. It was simply not...

I am listening to The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady by American Jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus. This album...

The term ‘happy-ending” is ambiguous at best. Depending on who you are, where you are from and your perspective in life a happy ending...

My Dearest Mam’Khulu… [ Zulu phrase/noun. Mam’khulu: Mama omKhulu (mama-mother) Omkhulu (Big, older, eldest, grand) colloquial...

Wedding season is fast approaching for those in the Northern Hemisphere and since my head is often in the clouds I have been thinking...

If food is the way to a man’s heart, 33-year-old *Thembi Nkosi seemed to have the exact Global Positioning System (GPS) co-ordinates to...

Latvia is a country, right? Imagine if I had to pitch an advertising campaign congratulating Latvia on the successful conclusion of its...

For two days last week I reported from the front-lines of what many in the media call Nkandla-Gate. But in reality I have been standing...

This is Me; Between my Aunt Masi’s legs. I have been nagging her all week, all day and all night to “please, please plait my hair” . She...

In my 20’s I was a vociferous advocate for women’s rights. I let it be known to any man who dared challenge a womans' right to equal...