Entertainment
Women Who Kill #5: Ava’s Baby
Mummy, I’m feeling cold” Ava rushed to cover her child. It had been raining all afternoon and the pink blanket was not enough. She then tried to pull the plastic sheet over the cot. Her […]
Month: May 2020
Health
Mental Health and The Workplace
Mental Health is a difficult topic to bring up in the workplace. I have found that in my country of Zimbabwe, in the African context, many people associate having a mental health disorder with witchcraft […]
Thoughts & Reflections
Secrets
I always wondered why my aunt was the most respected woman in my family. In my opinion, she was foul-mouthed, cunning and quite rude if I must say so myself. Unlike Madea who was a […]
Entertainment
Women Who Kill #4: Why?
She had a boyfriend! She could not stop thinking about how her luck had just turned. Walking down Kimathi Street, she could not walk fast enough to get to the hotel to meet her beau. […]
Entertainment
I Blame Her Mother
She was never good enough. She was too fat; too clumsy; too average in school for her mother to take pride in her. When chores were not done to her mother’s liking, she was promptly […]
Entertainment
Women Who Kill #3: Born to Suffer
Life had become unbearable. It was not always this way though. 16 months ago, Cherie thought she was blissfully married. They lived in a decent three bedroom house with her three children and her husband, […]
Family
My Baby Is Not a Mistake!
“Alright! That’s it! I am having this baby”. I have always loved the idea of a baby. I just didn’t know what carrying my own would feel like. And the day I took that pregnancy test, […]
Entertainment
Women Who Kill #2: Pink Is The Colour of Greed
Marianne was a beautiful baby. Everyone agreed. So fat and so round was she, that if babies really did bounce, she would have done so perfectly. She was the first child and the apple of […]