I am not afraid I am not afraid I am close to being free I am embarrassed by the shit that I used to put up with I have to leave you I have to leave you Because I can’t shrink enough Because I can’t be enough Because I can’t walk on eggshells...
Month: August 2018
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Oh What a Type, The Jaguar F-Type
With me, getting older and looking forward to the future of being a husband and a father, you get why certain cars are designed or made. When you are younger you want a sports car because it’s a status symbol, but now I have a different perspective of certain things compared to when I was...
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The Anthology of Breaking: You Left
*** There is a universe where you exist better You have loving parents You are not neglected Your mother does not call you a demon Your father does not leave You are not in pain You left You left the first time the second the third and the long last time You left and...
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The Spring Season Guideline for The Marvin Man
With the heavy chills of winter behind us and our hot water bottles and electric blankets tucked at the back of our wardrobes until next year, it is time for a new season, yes my dear friend you have survived another winter and are now staring spring slap bang in the face. Other than being...
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Andile Khumalo Talks Lessons Learned
As POWER 987 turns five this year, POWER Head of Digital Verashni Pillay sat down to chat to one of its co-founders, Andile Khumalo. Read the interview below. Verashni Pillay: How did POWER come to be? Andile Khumalo: Radio was always our plan. The strategy of MSG Afrika at the time was to be a...
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Understand Men Better: Men Don’t Listen To Women
To be heard is something that I hold very dear to me, when I am not heard I feel all sorts of things that might seem small to the next person but way bigger to me. I have come to the conclusion that both men and women don’t listen to each other, yet each one...
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The Anthology of Breaking: I Slept Well When You Were Gone
*** There is a universe where you exist better You have loving parents You are not neglected Your mother does not call you a demon Your father does not leave You are not in pain I slept well when you were gone When you had left me Not on Valentine’s Day when you actually...
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When I First Encountered Sexual Intercourse
I remember the first time that I encountered sexual intercourse, I was around nine years old. Ou lady sent me next door to get something, I don’t quite remember what. The guy I was sent to had umkhukhu at the back, I went with a friend of mine and we knocked on the door. He...
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iPhone X (Review)
I think I have mentioned before that I have been using Apple since 2003, with the first product being a G1 back in college because we needed to use Mac’s for graphic design. I remember that I didn’t know what Apple was but because I was inquisitive as a teenager and also wanted to be...
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We Are Not Meant To Be Alone
I’m not that intimately close to anybody anymore. And even if I do have close friends and family, I no longer know how to ask someone to “khapha” me, be with me, talk to me with ease. There’s a sizeable territory between the world, my friends and relatives and the true me. It’s not that...