Author Archives: inkanyiso2009

2013 April 5: Short vigil for our late activists

Posted on April 5, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Buhle Msibi (1981 – 2006) & Busi Sigasa (1982 – 2007) We will always honor you. Your creativity will remain in our hearts. Your spirits lives on. You are both loved. With much love and respect. Today, we are commemorating … Continue reading →

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2013 April 5: A loving visual memory is…

Posted on April 5, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Marco Ntuli & the late Buhle Msibi (2005). Photo by Zanele Muholi, captured with a Konica-Minolta 5.1 megapixels digital camera. It was taken at the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW) offices at Women’s Jail, Constitution Hill, Braamfontein, Johannesburg. All … Continue reading →

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2013 April 4: Gender blind

Posted on April 4, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Thuthula Sodumo I have always wondered what would happen if I was a human being, with no gender, no sexuality and no identity. Just a human being that loved other humans and that’s it. I wondered how it would be … Continue reading →

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2013 April 4: @25 Reminder

Posted on April 4, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Dear Friends, Please note that this is a quick reminder for you to join us at the upcoming event. If you are an artist or activist or concerned citizen rather and willing to share your prose/poems/related narrative on human rights … Continue reading →

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2013 April 3: Time, love and pain

Posted on April 3, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Bathini Dambuza A cold winter night, all alone in my room I think of her, I think of me Me and her the joy and headache of reality The heartache of what is in front of me Pain of … Continue reading →

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2013 April 2: Of Hyperbole in Activism

Posted on April 1, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

I am the issue you set out to address, But somewhere you lost me, this much you must confess You used to desire, to bring about some change But now you’ll discover that things remain the same.   You’re stuck … Continue reading →

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2013 April 1: Who are you to tell me who I am?

Posted on April 1, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Keba Sebetoane On the 7th of March 2004 when I was seventeen years old I started hating all men. It took one man for me to hate all man. I hated him so much. The only thing could I … Continue reading →

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2013 April 1: Never a tear

Posted on April 1, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

The river is full but not a drop shall be lost, The sight of my tears comes at too high a cost, The tide clearly rises, but inspite of my pain, My tears, they shall fall, never again. The dam … Continue reading →

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2013 March 31: I Stand Corrected in Soweto

Posted on March 31, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lesego Tlhwale The long awaited theatre play I Stand Corrected that has been said to showcase the corrective rape pandemic in South Africa opened at the Soweto Theatre on the 28 of March 2013, a day that commemorates the … Continue reading →

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2013 March 30: Imfihlo yesiphambano

Posted on March 30, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Imfihlo yesiphambano Lesi siphambano siyi mfihlo esobala Sithi sisobala siyindida ecacile Sithi sicacile kanti siyesinda silula Abasithatha ngeqiniso likaqiniso Abalahlekelani neqiniso lika ntanyiso Abakwesweli ukukhanya bha kwaso Abayigqizi qakala imiswazi yezwe Ezabo izindlebe zishukwa ze zizwe Imfihlo yaso isekuuphambaneni kwaso … Continue reading →

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