Erfenisdag: Wie bring die vleis?
Erfenisdag is veel meer as ’n openbare vakansiedag en beslis meer as net ’n verskoning om ’n vuur aan te steek en vleis daarop te gooi.
Swart klere, maar ’n boodskap wat ons almal moet hoor
Wanneer ’n skool sy meisies vra om swart aan te trek, is dit meer as net ’n bewusmakingsdag. Dit is ’n standpunt teen die geweld wat steeds te veel vroue se lewens verwoes.
Lente is in die lug
Vir my is 1 September nie bloot nog ’n datum op die kalender nie. Dit is dié datum wat nie gou genoeg na die koue winter kan aanbreek nie.
Twenty-one years of sobriety and a lesson in gratitude
Sometimes sobriety is not about simply giving something up. It is about choosing life, one day at a time.
From fear to fascination, a lifelong love affair with elephants
Today, on World Elephant Day, I find myself thinking not only about the elephants I have encountered throughout my life, but also about the people who dedicate their lives to protecting them.
Women: The strength that carries the world
From the very beginning of humanity, women have been life-givers, nurturers, teachers, protectors and builders of families and communities.
The privilege of watching history unfold
I grew up during apartheid. As a child, that was simply the world I knew. Like every generation before us, we accepted the circumstances into which we were born because we knew nothing different.