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2015 Dec. 8: Cultural exchange from Johannesburg to Sardinia

by Lerato Dumse After spending nearly a week in Durban attending a conference with Feminists, Artists, Academics and Activists. On November 30 2015, collaborators and friends, Lindeka Qampi and Zanele Muholi, made their way to Italy. They are participating in … Continue reading

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2015 Nov. 27: Relationships don’t create happiness but reflect it

by Tinashe Wakapila Relationships are simply the mirrors of your happiness; they reflect it and help you celebrate it. Most people enter into relationships with an eye toward what they can get out of them, rather than what they can … Continue reading

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South African Visual Activism opens eyes in Liverpool

by Lerato Dumse It was exciting to witness the opening of Zanele Muholi’s Vukani exhibition, at Open Eye Gallery, in Liverpool UK. Three gallery rooms are currently occupied by Muholi’s photographs and documentaries on a show which opened on September 17, … Continue reading

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2015 Sept. 8: Faces and Phases presented at Hasselblad Foundation

by Lerato Dumse We departed from a sunny and humid Syracuse, New York in the USA on the last day of August 2015. Zanele Muholi was selected as an Artist-In-Residence, a month long stay as part of Light Work AIR. … Continue reading

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2015 Aug. 28: I have always wanted to enter a pageant

My name is Malolo Mofokeng also known as Eva. I am a 26 years old drag queen and come from Petrus Steyn in the Free State. I started my schooling in 1996 at Thiboloha School for the Deaf and Blind … Continue reading

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2015 Aug. 19: Time really flies when you are having fun

by Mlu Msomi & Sekara Mafisa We had big plans for our golden anniversary this year. But time just flew, before we knew it the day had arrived. We had a beautiful garden winter sunset wedding at the Val Verde … Continue reading

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2015 Aug. 14: A football match like no other

Text by Siba Nkumbi Photos by Lindeka Qampi Let me begin this one with a question: Why is it that in the history of South African women’s football, in fact women’s sports, we still have male coaches? Show me a … Continue reading

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2015 Aug. 8: Celebrated my late sister’s life

by Boitumelo ‘Tumi’ Nkopane At 16:45pm on the 4th of June 2015 I met with Ayanda “Kiss” Masina at Tsakane taxi rank. We were meeting as participants of Faces and Phases/Yithi Laba Intergenerational Conference, held at Constitution Hill (Con Hill) from the 5 … Continue reading

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2015 Aug. 13: Cheated out of a goodbye

by Bathini Dambuza     Losing a mother has never been an easy thing for someone to go through.  You feel the pain and the heartache almost everyday; especially when things aren’t going the way you want them to. I … Continue reading

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2015 Aug. 10: Fulfilling a wish

Text by Lerato Dumse Photos by Muholi Zanele I think black South Africans (maybe even other races) might agree with me that watching African American church services on TV or in movies makes one wish to attend. Their pastor’s sermons … Continue reading

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