Category: People and Art

  • Women in leadership: Karen Nelson

    Women in leadership: Karen Nelson

    A person’s success is often measured by how much money they have made, their net worth, real estate portfolio and any other such material possessions that they have amassed over the years. Maybe that is too materialistic a view of success to be palatable for some of you. Some prefer to measure success by the…

  • Women in Leadership: Dr Heather Evans

    Women in Leadership: Dr Heather Evans

    Listening to Trafficking Survivors: Lessons Learned on the Journey Dr. Heather Evans, LCSW An excerpt from Understanding Complex Trauma and Posttraumatic Growth in Survivors of Sex Trafficking:  Foreground Women’s Voices for Effective Care and Prevention Human trafficking is a global human rights violation, enslaving men, women and children.  Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment,…

  • Women in Leadership: Natasha Theunissen

    Women in Leadership: Natasha Theunissen

    August is a very special period in the calendar year. Where I am from, August signals the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Those howling Cape Town winds and the pouring rain pack up operations and make way for the spring season. The sun shines lustrously; never too hot, never too weak. The…

  • The Voice of Art and its Place in our World

    The Voice of Art and its Place in our World

    I was privileged this past week to meet with a man of many talents. He is a rapper, poet, artist and teacher to mention a few of his titles modestly. His name is Ntobeko Mjijwa. Ntobeko was born and grew up in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. He graduated with an honours degree…

  • Podcast #1: Art and its place in Society: Conversations with Ntobeko Mjijwa

    Podcast #1: Art and its place in Society: Conversations with Ntobeko Mjijwa

    The premier episode of this podcast is with artist, rapper, teacher and student mentor Ntobeko Mjijwa. Ntobeko starts by giving us commentary on three of his art pieces that explore the theme of ‘violence in language’ we also talk about how he ended up studying art, his work and how his take on the issues…

  • How I met  my mother: True Short story

    How I met my mother: True Short story

    I spent the early years of my childhood where the blue sky kissed the Kalahari sands and made them blush with hues of red ochre, sending shivers of shifting shadows across the terrain. Here, where my Herero ancestors were banished to die of thirst by the German colonial government, I spent my days painting across…

  • The Politics of Resentment: The Ideological Source of Xenophobia in South Africa

    The Politics of Resentment: The Ideological Source of Xenophobia in South Africa

    Introduction During October last year, the Gauteng provincial government released draft legislation that would prevent foreign nationals from opening and operating certain businesses in the provincial townships. Ironically, a year before this, the Gauteng province was the epicenter of xenophobic violence in South Africa, particularly in the townships. This is not an isolated incident. Xenophobia…