A friend of mine calls me in the morning while I’m in an Uber rushing to the airport at 4:45 because my flight is 5:45, I think I still have time but I forget that this is not a local flight, instead I’m flying to Botswana… Suddenly I remember Phonte’s line; “Missed the plane...
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Do Black Men Marry Their Mothers?
When it comes to choosing a wife, a man really is drawn to someone cut from the same cloth as his mother, says Fiona Macrae. According to Dailymail.co.uk, “Research proves the truth of the old adage that men tend to marry their mothers.” So in an attempt to find out if this is the case...
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Rolls-Royce’s 103EX Concept
Rolls-Royce, preferred vehicle of the exceptionally wealthy and those who love Grey Poupon, has released a vision of what their ultra-luxury vehicles could look like over the next century. Spoiler: the cars won’t fly, so we’re going to have to keep waiting on that dream. But perhaps even better, the car is self-driving. According to a...
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1976 – A Country Re-Imagined (End)
I was pulled down into a crouching position in the dark passage as the crowd chanted past, down the street. I fought off the hands that held me. I looked at the person; he let out a white teethed smile in the dark. It was Themba. He was also a messenger. We had, sort of,...
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Conversation with Kutlwano Ditsele
We had an opportunity to have a chat with the Marvin kinda guy, he once said this on Instagram and we thought it would be a good idea to start a conversation with Kutlwano Ditsele … No one ever goes out with the intention to produce bad work. Whether you are an accountant or a football...
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Marvin Scholarship 2016
Marvin is excited to announce our first Marvin Scholarship Programme recipient, Mbuyiselo Bopape. This young, passionate and driven young lady will be pursuing her studies in Animation with Boston Media House Thank you to Boston Media House for making our dreams of taking kids to school possible. Help us congratulate her!
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Building Relationships …
If you believe that being a good person and working hard will get you far in life – this article is for you. Let me tell you a story… So, I am fresh from college and I just got my first job at TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris. At the time, they had said that they don’t do internships...
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Hoarder of Things …
Once a year, I go through my closet – okay, closets – and give away clothes I no longer want. This year, for the first time, I gave away some clothes, not because I didn’t want them, but because they no longer fit me. It was hard, because it wasn’t really about letting go of...
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Marvin Conversations with PowerFM 98.7: What Men Don’t Tell Us About Depression.
Depression is not gendered. Anyone can suffer from it, yet men seem to suffer silently in its abyss, owing to many reasons, beyond societal prejudices. Join Aphelele Somi @princessapplzz this week’s Marvin Conversation as men who have suffered from depression indulge her on what men really don’t tell us about their depression.