http://consciousness.co.za it's a lifestyle Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://consciousness.co.za/interact/spoken-mind/the-spokenmind-venting/ http://consciousness.co.za/interact/spoken-mind/the-spokenmind-venting/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:22:19 +0000 Matthew Mokoena http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5558 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. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/interact/spoken-mind/the-spokenmind-venting/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/critique/young-money/how-one-man-can-change-the-world-we-live-in/ http://consciousness.co.za/critique/young-money/how-one-man-can-change-the-world-we-live-in/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 13:39:46 +0000 Paseka Lesolang http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5553 Fellow readers it is with great delight and relief that I compose this long overdue article to let you know that the young, humble, inquisitive, enthusiastic and innovative visionary that was on the quest to raise US$10000, in order to attend the Third Annual Unreasonable Institute, has made it. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/critique/young-money/how-one-man-can-change-the-world-we-live-in/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/social/beau-ideal-fashion/vintage-queen-an-interview-with-tsutsu-of-wonderment-garments/ http://consciousness.co.za/social/beau-ideal-fashion/vintage-queen-an-interview-with-tsutsu-of-wonderment-garments/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 13:32:23 +0000 Lerato Sibanda http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5538 One autumn Sunday afternoon in a quest to rub shoulders with an enigmatic soul I commuted from my hood to Tembisa to go lure a lioness from her den. My mission: to touch base with Dieketseng “Tsutsu” Magabane and learn more about this creative diva and where she gets her unique fashion sense and skill for styling. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/social/beau-ideal-fashion/vintage-queen-an-interview-with-tsutsu-of-wonderment-garments/feed/ 4 http://consciousness.co.za/critique/emancipate/new-study-links-relaxers-to-fibroids/ http://consciousness.co.za/critique/emancipate/new-study-links-relaxers-to-fibroids/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 13:06:08 +0000 Karabo Mkhabela http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5533 The dependency of African Women on Hair relaxers is truly worrisome especially as most women are not well informed about the chemicals present in these relaxers. Women relax their hair at least once every month and this ritual continues mostly for the rest of their lives. Being exposed to potentially harmful chemicals in small doses for a long period of time is whats absolutely scary. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/critique/emancipate/new-study-links-relaxers-to-fibroids/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/critique/mental/the-ties-that-bind-the-black-experience/ http://consciousness.co.za/critique/mental/the-ties-that-bind-the-black-experience/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 20:36:58 +0000 Khaya Sibeko http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5521 Mzamane asserted that great figures of the African Diaspora such as West Indian lawyer, Henry Sylvester Williams who, while living in England at the end of 19th century, convened the first Pan African congress in 1900. Don’t forget people like George Padmore; Marcus Garvey and WEB Du Bois, they must be as recognizable in our history books as former President Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Joe Slovo. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/critique/mental/the-ties-that-bind-the-black-experience/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/social/beau-ideal-fashion/beyond-the-surface/ http://consciousness.co.za/social/beau-ideal-fashion/beyond-the-surface/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 19:52:05 +0000 Guest http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5502 I've always wondered why women shave their legs. Who do leg hairs bother? They warm you in winter and, with the help of sweat glands, cool you in summer – if anything, they’re a win! Every time the question of shaving legs boggled my mind, the rich assumption that silky smooth legs seem to be more a need that bread on tables would settle me. It makes sense; hairy legs are not always a good look. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/social/beau-ideal-fashion/beyond-the-surface/feed/ 2 http://consciousness.co.za/promotions/brothers-convention/ http://consciousness.co.za/promotions/brothers-convention/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 18:34:51 +0000 Karabo Mkhabela http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5492 SHABAKA – MEN OF AFRIKA invites to BROTHERS’ CONVENTION; A day for Brothers to engage in presentations, dialogue and networking around issues of Blackness, Fitness and Business. With presentations by: Mike Muendane, Pitika Ntuli, Mandla Nhleko and more. There will be T...WO conventions: 12th May, 11 am @ Museum Afrika, Newtown, Johannesburg and 19th May, 11am @ (venue to be confirmed), Tshwane Duration: Registration from 10.30am. Convention starts at 11am (we start on time, don’t embarrass yourself!) and goes until 4:30pm. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/promotions/brothers-convention/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/editorial/1st-issue-april-2012/ http://consciousness.co.za/editorial/1st-issue-april-2012/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:47:21 +0000 Karabo Mkhabela http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5479 http://consciousness.co.za/editorial/1st-issue-april-2012/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/interact/spoken-mind/projekt-23-the-green-movement-ii-series/ http://consciousness.co.za/interact/spoken-mind/projekt-23-the-green-movement-ii-series/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:06:28 +0000 Guest http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5474 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. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/interact/spoken-mind/projekt-23-the-green-movement-ii-series/feed/ 0 http://consciousness.co.za/critique/mental/life-is-what-you-make-it-is-anything-and-everthing-fair-game/ http://consciousness.co.za/critique/mental/life-is-what-you-make-it-is-anything-and-everthing-fair-game/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:17:45 +0000 Khaya Sibeko http://consciousness.co.za/?p=5467 I often hear people say that “life is what you make it”, but I struggle with the interpretation of a seemingly self-explanatory statement without finding contradictions. On face value it seeks, rightly so, to place an individual at the epicentre of his/her aspirations and the true, and sometimes only, agent in the realization of those aspirations. On the other hand the statement seems to be without limitations to the extent that it lends itself to ‘abuse’ or justification purely because the “how” and the “at what” or “whose” expense, if ever, one “makes it” is left to the individual. ]]> http://consciousness.co.za/critique/mental/life-is-what-you-make-it-is-anything-and-everthing-fair-game/feed/ 0