Four centuries ago in Bolobedu, a Northern Sotho region in present day Limpopo, lived King Mugodo. Mugodo was adamant in eliminating the symbolic power of patriarchy and remapping our understanding of gender dynamics. He instituted an exclusively matrilineal line of succession.

There's nothing wrong with your CV people are just hiring their friends and relatives

First job in a newsroom our editor would emphasise: If in doubt, leave it out.

Often, I know a thing is mine by how relaxed it makes me feel during my pursuit of it. I’ve never landed/kept anything that made me nervous.

i hate that Afrikaans is still considered lingua franca in this here land.

Reading a good book while editing is one of the best things you can do to make good stuff. Read excellent fiction, novels, flash fiction, newsletters, journals, poetry, self-help books …works that are well written. Just read and read!

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Konje this queen here made your boyfriends twerk for Playstation 🤣🤣🤣 we've been trough a lot as country

My father said the reddest flag ever is when a man admires you for working hard! That got me.

so far in my 30s, the best lesson i ever learned was that life will go on. People come and go, we lose friends,break up with lovers, meet new people, encounter success and failure and life will go on , You will be alright…

Elders really believe in reconciliation no matter the extent of the harm caused. Fortunately for me though, I don’t.🫶🏾

Accusing women of “sleeping their way to the top” is admitting that most men abuse their power for s*xual favors. They don’t wanna talk about that part though it doesn’t suit their patriarchal narrative.

The pandemic gave us beautiful moments like Tamia and Deborah Cox singing Count on Me. 🥹

Political scientists are advancing! Were proud.

pawtectwa 🐾🐾

.to everyone starting a new role or contract, congrats 🎊. May you be welcomed with grace & supported to perform at your best. Go on & delight everyone with excellence. To those who faced rejection: don’t let it dull your spirit. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Onwards

Black women still have it harder though and no one above us in the privilege totem pole is giving us grace, so… It’s a no from me, respectfully.

You can stay mad. I show grace to: -women -children (male and female) -elderly (male and female) -LGBTQ+ (male and female) Not cis men. ✌️🫰

Ifumaneka phi le mali? Kudala besimamele.