Frack! I bought a home. This is very good news, so I hear. Well, it is. Really. As a young African, carving my way through this brave new world trying to make my mark, longterm[…]
Category: Misc
Fall for broken things: 15 things I know to be true this year
This has been such an amazing year with so many wonderful adventures in so many wonderful places with incredible people. I have learnt a lot and had some old lessons reaffirmed. So, here are somethings[…]
I am not my hair: discovering my face was good enough
“No colour?”, “Your natural hair is so long!”, “What happened to the weave?” and “Woah you are gorgeous!” I have been a loyal member of the weave cult for the better part of the 10[…]
Courtship and intimacy: the scar tissue of the Tinder generation
“You are a walking contradiction,” Demi says to me as he peered into my eyes trying to unlock its secrets. He had interrogated me for the last 70 minutes. We were on a first date[…]
Dancing in the glorious Johannesburg thunderstorm
Almost a year ago, I left everything behind and moved to Johannesburg. I did so kicking and screaming. I was convinced my life as I knew it was over, I wasn’t shy telling everyone this.[…]
Dear single girl: it is okay to be alone and be happy
Last year, on the occasion of my birthday I began to reflect on my life and the lessons I was learning in my twenties. As part of the transition from my early to mid to[…]
When did it become okay to receive kindness and forget to give it?
The standard mantras of well run homes and well behaved children is that they always say please and thank you. They never raise their voice and are always polite. The children are the jewel of[…]
How to be a grown up 101 — the ‘DYI’ edition
I should have known my entire universe was going to come crashing down the minute I had to insert the L4 lever into B3. There was no L4, I looked in every single packet that[…]
Saying goodbye to Memeburn: the hardest thing ever
I wrote Memeburn a ‘Dear John Letter’ and someone asked very nicely that I share it. So here goes. Note, Burn Media is the holding company for Memeburn and Creative Spark is the parent company[…]
Eat cupcakes: things I am learning about growing up in my 20s
When I was a little girl I always assumed that your twenties was the time where things come together. Every book, film and television show seemed to make it so. You get your own nice[…]