All my life I’d been telling myself stories to help me cope with reality. Sometimes, because my sense of self had been eroded and then actively suppressed to stay out of my mother’s line of fire, they were stories that had filtered in, landed and taken root in that empty shell.

Our leaders make laws they flout and can't abide by but expect citizens to obey them

Uganda shows Museveni using constitutional changes to cling to power, while low turnout at poll reveals voters' despondency

I would really love to be part of the herd right about now. And I’m not talking about herd mentality. I’m talking about herd immunity, or ‘population immunity’ as our beloved president, Cyril Ramaphosa, prefers to call it.

South Africans must take personal responsibility in fight against Covid

As we will be seeing off 2020, we recognise that it has been an almost unprecedented moment in history, one that will be spoken about for generations to come. It is both a time to reflect on what we did well and what we got horribly wrong both as individuals and as a collective, at the international, national as well as local levels.

At the funeral of Nomzamo Mhlanti and her five children in Sidabekweni village in Xhora (Elliotdale), police minister Bheki Cele urged women who find themselves in toxic relationships to leave sooner rather than later.

Today is day nine of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign. This annual campaign keeps the plight of women and children who find themselves under the yoke of abuse in the spotlight. It raises awareness and informs.

Have you heard of the tale of The boy who harnessed the wind? This is the title of a Netflix film, the story of a young man, William Kamkwamba, from a village in Malawi, who saved his family and his village from famine in the mid-2000s.

If SA does not address inequality, it cannot hope to improve quality of life of all people