Sphiwe ka Ngwenya

By Jade Campbell There is a section for each animal. Labels in all-caps announce what they have become: cows recast as beef, etc. Creatures transformed into something different, necessarily less creaturely. The shelves bow under the weight....

By Thabiso Tshowa I Life is quite something, and it challenges billions of people on a daily basis. Some challenges are harder than others but the way I now see it after Gavin shared the story with me, ‘It’s not about how good a punch you packing but how many times...

By Jade Campbell I did not know him but I liked the way he could make himself cry. I felt I knew him when he did, and that he knew me too. He played the role of a wronged husband. At a small table in the dim light, the woman pretending to be his wife admitted to...

By Joshua Omeke In the ancient kingdom of Buganda where the Bantu tribe resides, there roamed a joyous woman named Nantale, who fell for the charms of a native hunter whose name was Dembe. The couple united in the consecration of their families— engaged in native...

By Rosemund J. Handler ‘Pauline! The kitchen’s a catastrophe!’ That big word is one of Madam’s favourites, Pauline thinks sourly. Everything is a ‘catastrophe’ to Madam. She tells her friends on the telephone all the time how bad the whole world is to her and how good...