The year 2020 was not easy, we were all trying to get by. I took a trip to see my father after lockdown laws were relaxed on travel. Every time when I go home I make three stops; the first stop is my granny’s house (where I grew up), the second stop is my mother’s...
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The Graduate; Lockdown Journal Part 1
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is felt by everyone throughout the world. The lower class is suffering more as compared to the upper class. During my final year, I had an internship, which later turned into a paying job. I am an aspiring copywriter with hopes of one day working for an established advertising...
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The Graduate; College
It’s 2017, I just got the scholarship and I am very excited because this is what I have always wanted. The cherry on top is that my new school is based in Sandton, I have never been there before and I am about to spend 3 years in this beautiful city. I felt like I...
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The Liquor Bottle’s Suffocating Throttle.
Why not? I loathe that I reluctantly have to come up with a response to this question everytime I’ve declined an offered alcoholic beverage at a social gathering because a simple NO doesn’t always suffice to many. For a lot of folks in our community, a drink or two is the most common pastime and...
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The Graduate; A Valid Dream
Having aspirations is important when you are from Ekasi, otherwise you will live and die there. It is not a bad thing when you want to spend the rest of your life in one environment. However, I wouldn’t rob myself of a chance to a better life; traveling, and exploring different parts of this country...
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The Graduate; A boy from a village
Everyone has a story to tell, I was born in a small village in Limpopo (Ga-molepo), but my parents resided in Gauteng. So I have spent my life moving in between the two provinces growing up. Attended a catholic school in primary and moved back to Gauteng at the age of 15. Although I have...
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DRUG addiction: A Family Dis-ease
Having a family member who has an ongoing DRUG addiction problem often has a far more severe psychological impact on the family of the addicted person. They are directly exposed to traumatic events that inevitably occur during the many ugly phases of their loved one’s addiction. I can’t imagine anything more painful than to helplessly...
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I Had A Penis All My Life, I Was Not Aware I Was Not A Man.
I never knew that my penis was not a sign of masculinity, only a sign of being male. Neither did it define my gender, only that I am born with the XY Chromosome. I carried this phallus all my life dangling in between my legs but all this dangling actually put my manhood off balance....
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“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval”
Corporate structures are shaped like a pyramid because they resemble pyramid schemes in many ways. A tiny fraction of people who ever walk through those doors will ever escape the multiple levels in the engine room to share in the disproportionate rewards of an organization. The odds of executing a successful startup? 1 in 20....
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Conversations About Fatherhood.
It has been a while since I engaged with other people on this topic. A life hack that I can share with any guy who is about to become a father is this: From the day your child is born, figure out what your child (and partner, if that’s the case) need at the moment...