Interact

A few months ago, I was reading an article on a news site and this line happened to take a rough right jab at my eye, “The susceptibility of women and children to HIV was directly linked to the high levels of sexual violence committed against them.” This, from a prominent Capetonian politician, had me mauling over the ‘this-ness of this,’ the brutal, beastly nature of unperceptive men. “The Archbishop must be flooding his bedside with incessant prayers to the Christian God,” I thought.

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2012

May

Projekt 23 – The Green Movement II (Series)

Early in 2009, while working at an Island on the West Coast, I was preparing for my graduation. I was due to get my National Diploma in Ecotourism, and because I had had to answer so many questions about what Ecotourism is about throughout my Diploma years, I felt that as a way to celebrate my graduation, I needed to educate people about this. That’s when I started Projekt 23 – The Green Movement, a community project that deals with environmental education and the planting of indigenous trees at schools and the broader community.

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2012

Apr

MAS LAW – Interview

In this interview I talk to one of the UK’s hottest underground mcees – MAS LAW.
A long-time member of Kingz of the Kozmos, a versatile rapper, freestyle artist and also a talented producer.He talks about his debut album I need a BREAK and his plans for spreading his music worldwide.

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Apr

Bringing The Erotic Into Everyday

Love and/or getting off with someone seems to be mainly luck and making good use of opportunity, but we all know that it’s so much more than that. Using the biggest sexual organ, the one between our ears, we listened and spoke about this magnificent theme that has given so much to literature and other art forms.

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Mar

Pieces of Saddi Khali

Not many modern day artists are naturally-born artists like those who have always been haunted by that 3rd eye that forces them to see the world in a way most mere mortals are blind to. These rare breeds are forced to see the world as it truthfully is, as well as imagine how it could possibly be, and somewhere in between this awakening, they create art which relates their visions to the rest of the world. Saddi Khali is one such artistic gem.

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2012

Mar

Oratile O’Rrah Majoe

My skin is of the texture of slowly shattering glass due to my heart that is breathing out.

Life sweet thus it is meant to be enjoyed

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Feb

Nombongo

Nombongo tells the tale of how music chose her: “I think as a kid I’d dreamt of many things, but music was not one of them and considering it a career has been a recent development.”

This 24-year-old jazzy soul musician started writing music in 2002 when she was in high school.

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Feb

Taxan Tshabalala

Taxan Tshabalala is a South African poet, writer and performance artist.

This outspoken young man fuses humour with his intellectual and ambiguous style of writing to deliver powerful messages whilst educating and entertaining.

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2012

Feb

Projeckt 23 – The Green Movement

What is biodiversity? In the simplest term, it is the variety of life forms within an area; that is, animals, plants, and everything else found in a natural system (genes, species etc). But what is the big deal here? Why should you care what biodiversity is?

The big deal here is that we all depend on biodiversity – natural resources- to get on with life. Take a few seconds to think about it. You woke up today, walked to the bathroom to freshen up and brush your teeth because you would not have that cup of coffee unless you had done so.

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2012

Jan

The Spoken Mind Lives

Let me take this moment to reintroduce my new found self. During my long leave of silence I have turned my face to the Son (sun), thus the shadows have fallen behind. I have embraced the spoken secrets whispered by those who have lived before me, not because those who spoke them were perfect, but because the lessons learnt from a man of fault are as candles lit to disperse the darkness

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2012

Jan