When I was growing up I don’t recall ever being told I was beautiful. I sift through memories and the one thing that continuously comes out strongly is how I felt awkward and not pretty. I recall the words used to reference my appearance, and they were never appealing. I am a “Grand Dame Queen...
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When Your Best is Not Good Enough …
What do you do when you fail at the one thing that you believe you are best at? When you don’t just fail but you are utterly crushed by defeat in a way that rips out your very heart out? It is the 2nd July 2010 at Soccer City in Johannesburg, the world bears witness to, perhaps, the most...
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Generation Us
We are the neglected generation. We are a generation born to seekers. We are a generation born to the wrong people at the wrong time; born to people who wanted the sort of ‘more’ which maternity and paternity simply could not afford, could not provide. We are born to parents who wanted careers, who wanted...
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A. Designed. Life. (Part 4)
MR. K Frustrated at his foiled plans, Mr. K tells his brothers that the diner is cancelled and that they should all call their significant others, currents or exes and hit the town. Shirts pressed, coats swinging as they jump into their expensive cars and drive up to the VVIP entrance of the trendiest club...
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Police Brutality …
“Cops give a damn about a negro? Pull a trigger kill a N*&%a, he’s a hero” – Tupac Said Tupac in his song Changes which has lyrics still relevant 17 years since it was released. Even though the police officer is not and would not be a hero as it used to be, the death...
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You Don’t ‘Deserve’ A Woman, You Earn Her. But Why Bother When They Do This …
Thanks to women it has become ever easier to ‘get’ a woman, and even easier to dump one and go to the next. Look around you. We’ve done it too fast and too often that your current or prospect has probably already been with someone you know. In fact they may still be with that...
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Conversation with Mobi Dixon …
THE career of East London DJ Mobi Dixon is about to reach new heights now he’s signed a deal with nationally renowned music company Soul Candi. The company has some of the country’s hottest DJs and producers in its stable, among them Lulo Cafe, DJ Mbuso, Crazy White Boy and RJ Benjamin. via Dispatch We had...
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I Like It In The Dark …
“Bring on the night, couldn’t stand another hour of daylight”, this was a dope house joint way back. I love the night. There so much that can be said about how things change the minute the sun hits the deck. A single hour in the dead of night contains more truth than the entire day...
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KayaFM Wine and Malt Whisky Affair …
The KayaFM and Wade Bales Wine and Malt Whisky affair is slowly earning itself a spot as the appetiser tasting event in Joburg. This event seems to attract a particular type of Joburgers known as Afropolitans, which is no surprise considering the event organisers. None the less, it was an event worth attending, and this is beside the...
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Conversation with Kabomo …
Kabomo Vilakazi (also known simply as Kabomo) is a South African writer, poet, editor, musician, producer, artist manager and actor best known for his first single, Uzobuya, which was released in 2012; and his subsequent album All Things Grey. He is also known for editing Y-Mag and Uncutt Magazine and contributing to True Love Magazine and...