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Gofaone Magano ~ I am a Woman   The year 2021 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of liberation struggle heroine and human rights campaigner, Charlotte Mannya Maxeke. The Theme of this years Woman's Month- The year of Charlotte Mannya Maxeke. Every year in South Africa on the 9th of August we celebrate Woman's Month and pay tribute to over 20 000 women who took to the streets and marched to the Union Buildings in 1956 in protest against the extension of pass laws imposed on women. From time immemorial women have been subjected and sidelined in different spaces of their lives, be it in the work place, at home, church, politics and in society at large.  Charlotte Mannya Maxeke was an extra ordinary women who took the plight of fighting for women and the greater struggle of  human rights, workers rights and for peace and justice. She might have been overlooked due to being a woman but her dedication and remarkable work will forever be engraved and celebrated for ma...

  A young man driven by passion to serve those in need. Be the change you want to see Musa is a young man (23) years of age who hails from a small village near Suncity called Ledig just outside of Rustenburg. He was born in Soweto in Meadowlands but grew up in Ledig.  Musa had a very decent upbringing with its own ups and downs under the care of his parents, which he relates how well they both took care of him and his wellbeing throughout his childhood. He attended Thanya Primary School and later went to Meridian College where he completed his grade 12. It was not easy like most black families for his parents to afford for his high school fees at such a prestigious school as Meridian nonetheless he managed to complete his grade 12 on record time. He furthered his studies at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) unfortunately he was there for just six months before he dropped out. He further relates his story that he felt out of place but more importantly he was not able to acqui...

   Set apart for Greatness Faith Edmunds From time in memorial the LGBTQI+ Community has suffered excruciating pain of being discriminated against, by society at large. Being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or inter-sex has always been seen as either demonic or some kind of sickness that needed healing or divine intervention.   The society at large from religious institutions to cultural norms and African based media publications are known to be aggressively unsupportive and unaccepting to such a point of hostility. The LGBTQI+ Community has suffered a lot of atrocities and being dehumanized to a point of cruelty. In the last couple of years, we have witnessed the cruelest killings of the LGBTQI+ Community and countless cases of correctional rape and all kinds of abusive behaviour. Language also plays a very significant role in how we address issues concerning the LGBTQI+ Community , the phrases we use both verbally and written often subject the LGBTQI+ Community ...