Full Circle | Meet Phindile Myeza
Some childhood escapes require passports and carefully planned itineraries. Phindile Myeza’s began when the routines of Eshowe fell behind and her family arrived at her grandparents’ home in the middle of nowhere. Life there ran on a different timetable. There were gardens to tend, livestock to look after and things baking in the kitchen. Picnics [...]
“Kabhi Khushi, Always Alyssa”
Alyssa Rajagopal’s favourite film has a title that could almost have been borrowed from her own outlook on life. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham means “Sometimes Happiness, Sometimes Sorrow”, and somewhere between those two poles sits a young woman who has decided that whichever season arrives, she intends to keep moving forward with a big heart, [...]
Voicenotes for Leandri
There is something wonderfully unpolished about a voicenote. You rarely rehearse one properly. You start talking, wander slightly off course, remember something important halfway through and, somewhere in the process, leave behind a little piece of yourself. Perhaps that is part of what appealed to Leandri Ferreira about ‘Voicemails for Isabelle’, the film in which [...]
Moving on Up | Meet Nathan Campbell
Fourteen moves before finishing school is enough to turn anyone into an expert in the peculiar rituals of moving day! Finding the sturdiest boxes, borrowing a roll of tape that never seems to cut cleanly, and writing kitchen, books or glass across the side in thick black marker. By the time Nathan Campbell reached his [...]
From ‘Kattekwaad’ to Collections | Meet Elmarie Janse van Vuuren
Before Elmarie Janse van Vuuren became the person calmly phoning members, working through accounts and helping keep the wheels turning at CEO, she was apparently a small Pretoria expert in “kattekwaad”. Growing up in Capital Park, she admits she definitely tested her parents’ patience with the pranks and mischief she got up to as a [...]
Plan A, B and CEO | Meet Afrika Somthi
Some children learn the alphabet from a classroom wall. Afrika Somthi learnt it as a life strategy. If Plan A does not work, her mother taught her, there are still 25 other letters waiting their turn. Keep moving forward. It is funny, memorable, and very Afrika, because behind the line is a whole philosophy of [...]
There’s always a way!
Zolile Maphosa’s favourite book is The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, and that choice tells you more about him than any job title ever could. It’s not a book for people who want chaos, noise, or drama for entertainment. It’s for people who like a clear head, a steady pace, and a life that makes [...]
ADIWELE! Meet Ntsako Mathe
Start with the soft keys. Not the flashy kind - the patient, rolling kind that sounds like a Sunday afternoon in Pretoria when the city is warm and the streets are unhurried. Then add a steady pulse underneath. Something grounded, something that doesn’t panic when the melody changes. That’s how an Amapiano track begins - [...]
“One Hundred Years of Getting It Done” – Meet Taryn Terblanche
If Taryn Terblanche’s favourite book is One Hundred Years of Solitude, it’s probably not because she’s keen on gloom - it’s because she understands the weird, wonderful truth that life isn’t neat. It’s chaotic, circular, occasionally absurd and somehow still full of laughter and love. Which makes it the perfect metaphor for a woman who [...]
The Longer Road. Meet Keotshepile Kodisang
Some journeys don’t start with a dramatic “big city” moment. They start with an early alarm, a uniform still warm from the iron, and a long drive out of a small village while the sun is only just deciding whether it’s awake. That’s Keotshepile Kodisang’s origin story. Humble beginnings in Ledig, outside Rustenburg, and parents [...]
Driving Lessons. Meet Clydelle Govender
Anxiety is having a bit of a moment. It’s the quiet extra passenger in the car, the one piping up with unhelpful commentary just when the traffic gets lively. Clydelle Govender knows that passenger well. She’ll tell you - bravely and without flinching - that driving alone once tied her stomach in knots. What if [...]
SEEING DOUBLE _ Meet Takayedza Moyo
Being a twin teaches you a few things early. There’s more than one way to see a moment, balance beats bluster and life is a duet even when you’re taking a solo. That sensibility hums through everything Takayedza Moyo does. He doesn’t charge into disputes with volume; he reads the room, mirrors the issues back, [...]