RAMADAAN LADIES THIKR TALK – 13 RAMADAAN 1442 25 APRIL 2021 Final Write up 27 August 2021 SABR (Patience) Introduction In the Islamic month of Ramadaan1443, the Gregorian year 2021, I was asked to give a
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Crossing the Rubicon of Racism
5 June 2021 Cape Town, South Africa Amidst a flurry of panic and mini pandemonium that surrounded a racist incident at my daughter’s high school, I found myself participating in a parent’s diversity task team
Continue Reading‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’ of what, by whom? Part 2 RAPE AND CHILD ABUSE
19 October 2019 I last broached the sensitive topic of being domestic abuse and being stuck in the vicious cycle of victimhood and abuse. Today I am venturing into a discussion of abuse that is
Continue Reading‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’ of what, by whom? Part 1 Domestic abuse
5 October 2019 Any South African will have come across this slogan within the past few months with the spate of violent attacks on women and children that has swept our country with such a
Continue ReadingFinding your purpose
24 September 2019 It’s been a while since I took up the mighty ‘pen’. On this arduous journey in search of a purposeful life, I experienced ‘the void’ creeping back again and having now hit
Continue ReadingPsssst… It must be that time of the month!
4 May 2019 Ok… I avoided the nasty acronym “PMS” in the heading lest it trigger a pre-cyclical reaction before you even read it. This applies to both women andmen by the way. Here’s what
Continue ReadingThe Samoosa Run
28 April 2019 South Africans are familiar with the infamous sardine run, where once a year, during the winter months, hordes of sardines and predators flock to the waters of the Eastern Cape coastline to
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21 April 2019 Greetings to my intimate group of readers. I’m back again to grace my blog with more of my thoughts, sometimes jumbled, sometime insightful, but mostly honest. I know I said I’m busy
Continue ReadingPart 20 Breaking the silence – The power of talking
I regressed into old habits this week and started feeling like a victim again and I decided it was time for stock-taking. I also realised that this is the typical cycle. As I learn to
Continue ReadingPart 19 – “One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star”
18 November 2018 Part 19 – “One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star” In my last post I recounted the questions that started surfacing in
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