Sarah Robyn Farrell"13 ways of looking at gold"13 ways of looking at gold It was the morning of the first Global Climate Strike of 2022. I prepared for my speech and my phone buzzed with messages from our Whatsapp group. In just a few hours I’d be joining my fellow...
Literary Journal
Carla Chait – “Mr Ntuli”
Carla Chait"Mr Ntuli"Mr Ntuli Mr Ntuli and I haven’t spoken before. I’ve assumed that we don’t speak the same language, which is really just an excuse for me not to talk to him. He’s been in the hospital for nearly two months. I know because I’ve been counting. He...
Rachel Ferriman – “Give and Take”
Rachel Ferriman"Give and Take"Give and Take As if to emphasize loss and limitation, Riva’s name, meaning “from the sea”, was shortened to Ree, meaning “to bind”. Her ancient female ancestors affected tides and raised storms. It took something within Ree—not a gene,...
Terna Abu – “Dream Guy”
Terna Abu"Dream Guy"Dream Guy A delightful, delicate scent coursed ahead, announcing the arrival of Adanma, the self-proclaimed Queen of Onitsha. All eyes turned to the entrance of the reception hall of the Jumbo Watamu Holiday Resort, Kenya. She could sense all eyes...
Robin Scher – “Six Days in the Life of a Gallery”
Robin Scher"Six Days in the Life of a Gallery"Six Days in the Life of a Gallery Monday Mike, Head of Communications (SA), Curatorial Office - Mondays at the office, sweet respite. Industry-wide galleries aren’t open to the public today, which means we run on a...
Adiela Akoo – “Suits” and “Urban Dance”
Adiela Akoo"Suits" and "Urban Dance"Suits They lied! It’s not the same! You watch re-runsto reconcile a semblance of reel and real lifeTo console and remind yourself of the reason you started… First to fade is the illusion of glamour:you swop heels for flats to parley...
Rory Kilalea – “Forces Sweetheart”
Rory Kilalea"Forces Sweetheart"Forces Sweetheart During the Bush War in Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe, men (mainly white) were called to military service to defend the colonial government. The Rhodesia Broadcasting Corporation produced a show called Forces Requests...
Bafana Radebe – Book Review – For You, I’d Steal a Goat by Niq Mhlongo
Bafana Radebe - Book ReviewFor You, I'd Steal a Goat by Niq MhlongoFor You I’d Steal a Goatby Niq MhlongoPublication Date: 2022Publisher: KwelaISBN: 9780795710223Review by: Bafana Radebe One of the most prolific writers in South Africa, deemed to be a notable...
Karabo Word – “My Experience as a Bus Commuter – as a Student”
Karabo Word"My Experience as a Bus Commuter - as a Student"My Experience as a Bus Commuter: as a Student There’s something about time that surprises people whenever a new hour, and era lands. One moment you’re young and care-free; the next moment adulthood is...
Henali Kuit – “It’s the little foxes”
Henali Kuit"It's the little foxes"It's the little foxes What the preacher never told me, though he did tell me about all the porn he was so woefully addicted to and his penis throbbing in the moonlight, is that loving someone is like having a job. When I got married...