Whistleblowers: It’s not jolly hockey sticks
Down the stairs shouting their war cries, brandishing hockey sticks, they enter the arena psyched for the battle. The arena in this case is the floodlit stage where our five … Read More
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Axel: Fuel, fumes, rivalry
By Nesta Kupemba Jealousy is a disease. It seeps in under your skin unexpectedly, writhes around until ultimately, its flag hoisted, your brain its territory. Once colonised, the sickness spreads … Read More
Memory Laine: As the days go by
By Danai-Nesta Kupemba The seemingly endless number of hours, minutes, seconds that drag through quarantine, our lives reduced to repetitive activities, the lack of social interaction driving us slowly mad. … Read More
The Little Girl Inside of Me: Domestic fault lines
By Mandisa Mpulo Lily tries to mend the broken pieces of a home disturbed by tectonic emotional shifts as her two mothers drift apart on the grounds of labour; one … Read More
Phitlho (The Hidden): Uncover this Gem
A family’s secrets. A family’s shame. Show me a home with no skeletons in the closets and I’ll ask you what trickery is this. Phitlho (The Hidden) is about such … Read More