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Usuku lwamagugu (Heritage Day)

Celimpilo Surprise Ndebele — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:04:21 +0000

Ngalolusuku lwamagugu sithi, Akuphele inkohlakalo kosopolitiki Kubuye inhlanzeko kwezepolitiki Kanye nokuthembeka. Akwande imfudumalo ezweni lokhokho Sithakasele isivuno esihle saseAfrica. Akuphele umkhuhlane ezweni lobaba mkhulu, Unwele olude maAfrica. Ayiphele indlala esizukulwaneni sikaMamonga kuchichime inqolobane yakwethu. Akuphele isomiso, kunethe umvimbi Wemvula ahlume amasimu. Akutshakadule amathole emadlelweni Kudliwe ifutho kuthakaswe. Ayigcwale imifula neziziba Kujabule izinyoni zezulu. [...]

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Death of a Zimbabwean Child

Celimpilo Surprise Ndebele — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 11:17:47 +0000

Let it be a genial death, Jovial and Jubilant. Ladies and gentleman, please allow me to Die this jolly death. Take me to the midst of guns and firearms! Stop your amusing songs and satisfying voices, They are futile to my ears. Take me to the streets of Bulawayo. Where cry and weeping is heard [...]

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Ndim’lo – Poetry Feature

Wesley Pepper — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:53:49 +0000

Ndim’lo Bio: My late mother told the 12-year-old version of me to excel. Her words became my North star, I completed my high school education at Christian Brothers College and currently working towards my bachelor’s degree in accounting at the University of Johannesburg. Throughout my career writing was my outlet. I won countless awards dedicated [...]

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Tshwane Speak Out Loud Youth Poetry Competition and Festival Schedule – 6 to 15 June 2019

Consciousness Admin — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:48:35 +0000

Time Event title Venue Participants THURS, 6 June 17:00 – 19:00 Inclusive Social Justice: Narratives of Queerness Pure Cafe, University of Pretoria Hatfield Campus Pierre Brouard, Finn Reygan, Mantedieng Mamabolo, Raymond Montadi and Kegan Gaspar Moderated by: Siseko Khumalo SAT, 8 June 09:00 – 13:00 Semifinals National Library of South Africa Judges: Quaz Roodt, Vangi [...]

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Contentment

Celimpilo Surprise Ndebele — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:46:10 +0000

You will notice that life is no delusion Once you escape your hypnotic intelligence. With in-depth and comprehensive attention, You will realize that its only elegance of the Almighty. Like the grace of ballerina conveying prayer of thanks. You will notice that life is no delusion Once you begin to journey with the delightful. Laugh [...]

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Tracy Sam – Poetry Feature

Tracy Sam — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:44:57 +0000

Noble daughters of the soil, did you know that the first ever female Leader In the world is African. King Sobeknefru, she did not obtain authority of Pharaoh through regency, nor was she named Queen which actually just meant at the time “wife to the King”. No, she was a King, a god, a true [...]

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Bongani Mavundla – Poetry Feature

Bongani Mavundla — Mon, 28 May 2018 09:31:03 +0000

Away from the entanglements of the violence we once thought was confined to the townships I traverse Into the artificial homelands Where enigmatic mountains remain unnamed yet fenced in the name of early European settlers Where blacks unconsciously live through changing times walking as obelisks of unchanging histories of :dispossession, super-exploitation, racial “shared-monopolies”, civilisational childhood, [...]

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Celimpilo Ndebele – Poetry Feature

Celimpilo Surprise Ndebele — Mon, 07 May 2018 11:55:45 +0000

Do no Bury my body! I hopped along Just one more leap I told myself I was not going to stop, I actually knew I wasn’t. Again and again, Over and over I dropped down on my black face I tasted sand and blood on my throat, I exhaled with my lips on the [...]

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Abunu K. Minka – Poetry Feature

Abunu K. Minka — Mon, 07 May 2018 11:50:26 +0000

In Search of Africa’s Crowned Jewel I’ve traveled 5000km in search of this jewel The Jewel I seek is precious and rare, and loves the texture of her own hair. This Jewel is unique and doesn’t move with the crowd, She’ll know when to be silent and when it’s time to be loud. I don’t [...]

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Kgalagadishe Nicholas Mashabela – Poetry feature

Kgalagadishe Nicholas Mashabela — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:01:22 +0000

BORN ON 07-04-1983 IN LETHOLE, MOHLALETSI, GA-SEKHUKHUNE: KGALAGADISHE NICHOLAS MASHABELA IS THE AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY BOOK “MIRROR OF HISTORY” AND A FICTION BOOK KNOWN TO MANY PEOPLE AS “ROAD TO LIGHT”. MASHABELA IS ALSO AN AUTHOR ENTREPRENEUR AND EDUCATOR. MD of DESHABA MEDIA, a company that utilizes modern trends in the publication industry to [...]

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