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2015 July 10: How it all started
by Sharon “Sicka” Mthunzi It all started with a ‘selfie’ captured using my cell phone. I remember I used to look in the mirror with a phone on my left hand, and take pictures of myself. Before the...
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2015 July 1: Accepting my calling
by Phila Mbanjwa This is my story about the remains of pride, which I had the opportunity to experience. My reality of sharing space with total strangers that I met in Johannesburg, during the Yithi...
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2015 July 3: Where I died
Bottles were always popped We club hoped all night I was always high High on weed Drunk in love Your love my weakness The night was always young and we were I spent my youth falling in love with you....
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2015 July 7: A month later after Yithi Laba conference
Photo Album Where: Women’s Jail, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Photos by Lindeka Qampi & Zanele Muholi Videographers: Mzonke Madotyeni & Phumlani Mdlalose Camera used: Canon 6d Kea...
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2015 June 30: South African Visual Activists Documenting Oslo
“We are not just about our sex, or just about what is between our legs, or what is on our chests, we live and eat; and there are so many socio economic factors that affect us.” – Fikile Vilakazi, South...
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2015 July 18: Photographs, writing and poetry remain as powerful reminders
by Lerato Dumse Hearing about someone’s passing forces you to reflect on that person’s life. We remember the role they played and lessons they leave behind. Then we search for reminders that will serve...
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2015 July 2: My return to school
by Thembela ‘Terra’ Dick My heart was beating so fast, I was nervous and scared. Maybe its because it has been so long since the last time I was a registered student. Since dropping out of school, it...
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2015 July 7: A meeting of minds
Report from Yithi Laba conference by Kopano Sibeko Photos by Lindeka Qampi & Zanele Muholi They say two heads are better than one; I say they are only better if they are functional. Yithi Laba...
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2015 July 24: LGBT network emerges from Shell
by Lerato Dumse After spending a year identifying, researching, reaching out, approaching, and convincing senior leaders, Linda Mayekiso succeeded in his plan to see Shell South Africa launch an LGBT...
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2015 July 31: Lihle Sokhela’s killer shows no remorse
Text and photos by Lerato Dumse It was a bittersweet moment when Thabo Molefe (47) was sentenced to a concurrent 22 years for murder and 12 years for raping Lihle Sokhela (28). Sokhela was a black...
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2014 Aug. 1: Chubby Vogue Divas: A Critique of the Female Body
Poster for Chubby Vogue Divas by Charmain Carrol A photographic body of work by Charmain Carrol. Chubby Vogue Divas exhibition is by a Market Photo Workshop graduate Charmain Carrol, (Photographer)...
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2015 July 15: Doing the best for my daughter
I am Thembisa Cordelia Mhlawuli known as Lovey. I was born in Cape Town in Somerset Hospital. My parents are Nomthandazo Patricia known as ‘Pat’ and Welile Christopher Mhlawuli. I am the last-born,...
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2015 Aug. 2: Untitled
I bring nothing but shame to the family Dear parents, those are your words Community, society and religion clouds your judgment towards me, why do they matter?. Look beyond shame and regret then...
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2015 Aug. 7: Double Despair
by Siba Nkumbi She never thought rape would still be an issue at her age, or in the year 2015. However, it seems like the human species has allowed it to be an everyday thing. Sadly, she found out the...
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2015 Aug. 9: Balancing culture and activism
by Jacqui Mseleku-Ngwane In my line of work I have seen so much abuse and injustice that happens in the name of culture. I am a dynamic Zulu woman, raised in a cosmopolitan household so different from...
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2015 Aug. 10: A true definition of reality
by Siba Nkumbi Chubby Vogue Divas, using confidence as their weapon of mass destruction! 59 Years later after the march of women to the union buildings, chubby vogue divas were marching in style and...
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2015 Aug. 9: Tangled pubic hair
Your piece of soft pubic hair is tangled with mine. I saw it as I showered. The blocking white shower surface makes it transparent that we exist here as one. I see my black curly stubborn-ness, so...
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2015 Aug. 11: Awed by Syracuse
Day 6: @ Light Work AIR by Muholi Good morning Lerato Dumse I woke up at 4h11. I’m working already. It is another day now. Jet lag is taking its own toll on me. Am thinking about what we’ve done since...
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2015 Aug. 13: Cheated out of a goodbye
by Bathini Dambuza Bathini’s portrait taken during Yithi Laba conference. Photo by Lindeka Qampi (2015) Losing a mother has never been an easy thing for someone to go through. You feel the pain...
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2015 Aug. 8: Celebrated my late sister’s life
by Boitumelo ‘Tumi’ Nkopane At 16:45pm on the 4th of June 2015 I met with Ayanda “Kiss” Masina at Tsakane taxi rank. We were meeting as participants of Faces and Phases/Yithi Laba Intergenerational...
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