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  • Culturing Care

    By Amantle Gabolekwe You’re 10 minutes old and I am exhausted. The midwife places you on my chest and steps back to continue tending to me. put my hands on… Read more

  • Silent Voice

    By Angel Joseph I walk through the world with open eyes–Every crack in the pavement speaks,Every silence hums a secret.I wonder-Do they hear it too?The hush between footsteps,The story folded… Read more

  • Birthright

    By Kago Boitshwarelo I am the eldest daughter –Not self-proclaimed,But it is my birthright, I carry more than just my name,I carry pride,I carry heritage and dignity,A living loom for… Read more

  • Looking Back

    By Mofenyi Kesego Looking Back captures a moment in which a young man stares back at the camera that imposes its gaze on him. This moment, brief though it was,… Read more

  • She Said

    by Noah Vale She said that man touched her inappropriately.That was a problem to me. I’m conflictedmaybe it’s my mother in me,maybe my father,maybe both. I love her.But something in… Read more

  • Bala

    By Sethunya Hlobisa Matsie We’re in brown and red.When she said read, I spelt.My words coming anchored withinShame tinted cords.Sinking in my seat.Bala! Swallowing breaths and snickering.Muffled laughs breaking the… Read more

  • Song of Praise

    By Keabetswe Molotsi Afa opens the door just as I’m about to knock. She stands before me, her ample curves clad in threadbare, pink pyjamas. The bags under her bloodshot… Read more

  • The Things We Carry

    By Baone Peace Moalosi We carry bodies – ours,Theirs, broken ones, blamed ones.We carry names we don’t say anymore.We carry hands we trusted,Until they turned into weapons. We carry beds… Read more

  • The Slow Unravelling

    By Dr Teedzani Thapelo i wake with the weight of sixty years, the days pressed deep into my skineach wrinkle a map of lost vitality, a fading memory of strengthmy… Read more

  • In Your Son’s Arms

    By Noah Vale She looks for a father’s love in your son’s armsravaging a spine of light in dark mattercheated out her dress by your son’s tongue After what had… Read more

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