Ahmed Kathrada passed away in his sleep early this morning – bringing an end to a life fully lived. The ANC stalwart died at the age of 87. Today POWER remembers Kathrada – with a documentary – THEN AND NOW. “When Walter died I lost a father and now I have lost a brother my life...
Every profession has an eleventh commandment. The one thing not in the rule book but which should be adhered to. The eleventh commandment though is not sacrilegious; it can be broken, but with heavy consequences. In our trade on the streets the eleventh commandment is never to fall in love with a client. When one...
Let’s take a moment to remember why we’re not working today. It was 1960. Verwoerd’s government had enacted new pass laws saying that black men had to carry, at all times, a dompas, which contained permission from white employers – temporary and revocable – to be in “white” cities. Failure to produce a pass at...
It’s hard to imagine that until now, skin coloured underwear for brown skinned girls has not been a thing – with all the shades and tones of melanin-rich goddesses walking this African continent. This is why this brand is for US. Brown skinned girls – beautiful in every shade. “GUGU” simply means ”Your object of...
I have been fascinated by the idea of the Devil & Hell. Not because I will end up in the hot arms of the Devil. But because I am intrigued by the philosophy of sin. The definition of sin, and the factors that make one kind of sin to have more weight than another. Why...
When we think about fathers, we automatically think of the provider of the family, the one who makes sure there is food on the table and a roof over their family’s head. I am talking about the real father out there who didn’t run away from their responsibilities. That is what is expected of them...
There is nothing better to humble you than growing older, when we were young we always wanted to be older just to find out that being an adult is a trap really. We believed that growing older came with independence therefore doing whatever you want but we forgot to read the terms and conditions. Basically...
A complicated dynamic… But maybe you share a child together or have been together for quite a long time and ended up developing a friendship unlike any other and now it’s hard to cut that person out of your life. And now with a new person in your life, how do you manage your partner’s...
Prostitutes are said to be carefree. The reasoning being that if they can have sex with all these men in these days of HIV then they care less. But the truth is we do care. What would be the point of us making money if we wish to die? I remember reading some interesting statistics...
‘Actually,’ Thami stated matter-of-factly, ‘I’d much rather cry in the back of a Rolls Royce Phantom than in the back of a Toyota Tazz, thank you very much,’ while smiling smugly and using her French-manicured fingertips to push the fringe of her Brazilian weave out of her face. We had spent the afternoon watching a...