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A love letter to my sisters on this Women’s Month
Warning: Some of the following may be triggering and tough to get through. It is a layered topic, and I don’t hold myself as any kind of expert, but as women living in South Africa, topics like this stalk our every waking hour, so… Dear Sis. As I write to you, understand that I speak…
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Disney Sermons: Scar and the Temptation in the Wilderness
Anticipation lingers in the air. This day’s dawn is different. As if summoned, the beasts of the field and the birds of the air start moving en masse, seemingly in concert. Their destination: Pride Rock. A leonine prince has been born, and he is to be presented to the gathered fauna, his future kingdom. Rafiki,…
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On The Theological Musings of Stevie Wonder
For some reason, I have had quite the affinity for music from the 70s, for most of my life. Yes, especially the funk. Stevland Hardaway Morris? A favourite. You may better recognise him as Stevie Wonder. His artistry, and unbridled savouring of melodies (9 minutes of “Do I Do” attest to this factoid), are a…
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On These Workspaces (or The Battles Our Mothers Left Us)
South African Lockdown (seasons 1 through 4) have been rough, and will yet be so. As I write this, we’re at 600 000+ cases of that Rona. As part of “essential services”, work carries on, but at a different rhythm. The one change that this altered cadence has wrought is that I, Gugulethu Mhlanga, actually slipped…
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On Names (alternatively: Don’t take our names from us)
A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and is entitled to my love and service-Henry David Thoreau. My parents love names, it seems. Either that, or they were beholden to a lot of creditors. I jest. Between the…
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