Post Graduation

Graduating sounds like a dream. A far away dream when you are in highschool. Life after highschool things are not the way it seems, whether you take a gap year or just jump into university or college life just changes. It will reveal the type of person that you really are force you to be […]

The unexpected should be expected. Diary of a suger baby

As Hellen grew up to disover pieces of herself that she had never thought she would unlock. This year has been a journey and I have been delaying to finish this piece because it’s not something Hellen was proud to admit but it’s also not a secret these things happen. Please note that this is […]

Loss of skills

Key word skills. If you are not nurturing or honing your skills you will lose it. A little backstory about myself. I have been neglecting my writing skills and social skills for the past few months. Throwing pitty parties for myself and honestly I am tired of partying with pitty. I am not the best […]

Opening doors with your own keys

By Josentia Mafora 7 min read From playing in his church band in Limpopo, to being a producer, artist and an entrepreneur Thapelo Selahle is known as Stagz Jazz. He talks about his process to being an up-coming artist, the challenge of going to back school and how he is working towards being an all […]

Wake up and smell the coffee

By: Josentia Mafora 7 min read 21 year-old forthcoming coffee mogul, Jean-Felix de Villiers founder and owner of Nubian Co., he opened his first coffee shop in Woodlands last year. “Nubian Co. is an African themed brand inspired by North Eastern Africa, around Sudan close to Egypt. That’s where the name comes from”, He further […]

Losing your super power

Remember when we were kids we chose our super powers? My friend wanted to be spider man because he had the ability to swing on spider webs and trap things with his web and I was… you guessed it a fairy princes. I wanted to grow plants, dance and sing. My friend and I we […]

Forgiving myself

I have always been that girl that was over protected by her parents any chance I got to taste freedom… I took with both hands like there will be no tomorrow. And with that come bad friends that lead me to the freedom I craved, I wanted. While I portrayed my good girl act. Obviously […]

Recovery

It’s always hard to start over when you have no safety net. That safety net being anything from financial aid, parental guidance, even hope. Recovery is also a state of mind. A sense of will. I remember when I realised that I will be failing one of my modules last year and results were not […]

Massage from the universe: value yourself

Affirmations towards ourselves are vital to impact the way we see and carry ourselves out in the world. Which releases positive energy to the world ❤️. Ok imagine a R100 note, You crumple it up, put in the jean forget about it. Then laundry day comes and you wash your jeans only to find that […]

A very hurt soul

I haven’t been writing in a very long time and I was going through alot of pain emotionally and spiritually. I have not taken care of my soul. And I guess alot of us have not been taking care of our souls as well. I went through each and everyday just going and not really […]