Mine is to filter out the rhetoric and propaganda, so that we children of the soil can form opinions based on logic and reason. Not through those summarized and scripted tales presented to us.
Ai Generated Art Be careful of your so-called leaders. Many have learnt how to wear the language of justice without carrying the spirit of liberation.La Nkosi There is an unsettling truth I can no longer outrun, Ours did not preserve Us for this. They surely did not preserve us for a liberation draped in familiar … Continue reading Ours Did Not Preserve Us For This
The demise of the ANC is not as far as these arrogant ones think, it is in fact nearing. Their current crop of leaders’ failure to ensure basic …Matamela did not lie when he spoke of this new dawn,it has dawned on us that these so called leaders aren’t for us and they will never … Continue reading Matamela did not lie when he spoke of this new dawn,it has dawned on us that these so called leaders aren’t for us and they will never be.
There is a quiet erosion taking place within student politics, and if we are not careful, it will cost us more than just elections. It will cost us the soul of student struggle itself. I say this as someone who has walked this path… and I’m not speaking from theory here, I’ve seen it, I’ve … Continue reading The Ground Is Calling, But Are We Still Listening?
Image Source: Pinterest Mama’s voice did not simply travel through air it travelled through bone, through memory, through the quiet places we try to protect from being touched. Image Source: Pinterest Mme Miriam Makeba carried more than melody. She carried the pain of exile, the dignity of her people, and the trembling hope of a … Continue reading When Music Heals: Miriam Makeba, The Empress of African Song
Being able to heal through the sacred art of storytelling is a gift I do not take lightly. Writing, for me, is not merely a craft. It is a calling. A breathing, living act of remembrance. I breathe life into stories that stir me awake in the quiet hours of night and into those that … Continue reading When the Ancestors Speak, I Write
Phila Dlozi The Sangomic Voice of Healing There are voices that sing…and then there are voices that heal. Phila Dlozi carries a sangomic voice that doesn’t wait for your comprehension, it moves you before the message even unfolds. Source: Pinterest He carries an ancient kind of energy, one that stirs the soul’s deepest rivers. Carrying … Continue reading When Music Heals:
Being able to speak about my ancestors is something that brings me so much joy. To be in the presence of someone whose energy allows me to share such truths says so much about the spirit they carry. When I remember my early struggles with grasping the basics of a certain ancient language, I laugh … Continue reading Our Souls Hold What Our Flesh Has Lost
I now see why madloti ami insist I walk their way there is a sacred peace in placing my feet where theirs once pressed the earth. This path keeps teaching me the art of patience. Even when the moment feels urgent, whether good or bad, I am learning not to rush. For this work is … Continue reading No Switch Ups
The Abahambe Brigade @lankosiwrites Gayton McKenzie’s public outburst did more than just spark debate…it revealed some deeply troubling views that many of us hadn't fully recognized. His decision to confront the Open Chats podcast, under the banner of defending the colored community, instead opened a can of worms he perhaps did not expect. In doing … Continue reading When Outbursts Expose More Than Just Anger
Having walked through all that I have, and now standing firm in my calling as a healer, I am no longer shaken by the whispers spoken behind my back even by those I once held close. Spirit has opened my eyes to see them not as they pretend to be, but as the wounded souls … Continue reading Clarity On The Boundaries I Set
The early stages of maintaining boundaries for your peace can be the most challenging. Especially when you end up confusing access with acceptance, or presence with progress. Just because they show up, doesn’t mean they’ve stepped up. You owe no one your softness if they haven’t earned your safety. Protect your peace even from those … Continue reading Maintaining Boundaries
My pen was never taken from me, because my gift is an inheritance. The ink I write with was never meant to run dry…it flows from an abundant well, passed down through spirit and blood. I write not just to tell stories, but to heal myself, and those who come across my words. I don’t … Continue reading My Pen Isn’t Borrowed
In Letting Go, I Return To The Rhythm Of My Bloodline I have come to accept that I cannot change what refuses to change. I cannot transform what resists transformation, nor can I walk into the future while holding onto a past that does not belong to me...or to my ancestors. The same applies to … Continue reading My Exit Is My Alignment
‘Never lost nor forgotten’ One thing about my ancestors? They never miss a moment to reveal themselves to me. In whispers, in visions, in signs too divine to ignore they speak, they show, they guide. I do not question them. How could I? Their love is old, unwavering, and wise beyond lifetimes. I trust them … Continue reading In The Arms Of My Ancestors
What is SAPO? SAPO is an abbreviation for, South African Post Office. It happens to be the national postal service of South Africa, a state owned enterprise, with it's only shareholder being the South African government. According to South African law, the Post Office is the only entity that is legally allowed to accept reserved … Continue reading The Demise of the SAPO: 400 Branches Shut Down
I have seen water, clean rivers and streams tha gracefully flowed. I have drowned in these waters, not because I was in danger but because it saved me from the wicked hearted ones.. The water I know, is water that brings about healing, The sounds of the waves crashing is enough to calm the storms … Continue reading About my journey ❤️
An experience we as daughters of the soil dread is that of being undermined by a fellow brother and thrown under the bus by your male counterparts, with the assistance of fellow daughters of the soil who are driven by greed systematically planted within their minds. Individuals draped in rolls of fake activism and sympathy … Continue reading The Spineless Creeps 🥱
Free speech is one of the central things to the democracy of our country, but we do not have an appreciation and protection of the plurality of views and the right to free speech. Before we did not have the right to express our views be it radical political expressions or free intellectual thought etc. … Continue reading About The Censorship
I remember asking my father why they gave me an English name, he chuckled and said I could always just stick to my first name. Growing up when teachers struggled to pronounce my African name, they would resort to using my English name; that did not sit well with me and I was yet to … Continue reading OUR NAMES ALSO HAVE A STORY TO TELL
You giggle at the shadiest things, hiding your disinterest at the seriousness of a problem. Have you no shame in the suffering others have been subjected to because of your ignorance? When you dined with the masterminds of the thuggery, it was quick to be painted as a formal gathering. The only problem is that … Continue reading The Problem With String Puppets
Don't come at me with lies especially where my passion is concerned my baby. Lana we deal with facts, also avoid using sensationalist content to justify the bile you spew in my presence...there'll surely be a decline from my end.
It took time for me to understand why certain people, would highlight the importance of allowing those who are capable and ready for the task to take it on and remove themselves from the space when they were done. When elected into a specific position you have a role to fill and the masses to … Continue reading What They Actually Meant
I find it interesting how we were warned about the snakes that slithered among us... Those with venomous tongues who destroy instead of uniting, for their own selfish gains! The snakes who only shed their skin when it's time to run, from the distress they caused those around them at the time! Masks are coming … Continue reading
Today she got the confirmation she had been longing for. She now knows her place and her position in this task she swore never to partake in. A change of principle is never an easy thing, she didn't have a choice in this case as the route she blindly took, threatened her very existence! Acknowledging … Continue reading
Trying to fit in will have you conforming to things not meant for you for the sake of falling under the normal category or label in the society. This takes more from you than you think, instead of receiving you give all the time...this only leads you towards the path of burning out.
The era of leading with use of words and no action has come to an end, to those of you who continue to do so unapologetically don't you ever get tired of having to lie your way out of things you could easily avoid? If the approach was from a genuine place of concern then … Continue reading The problem with today’s leaders
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