by Teakisi | Oct 6, 2015 | Current Affairs, Development, Education, Empowerment
By Angela Semanda. “So you’re a feminist?”, a common, almost accusatory, question that I hear from time to time. To which I reply, “No- no, I better describe myself as a women’s woman. The truth is, I don’t want to be associated with those groups of women that...
by Teakisi | Sep 18, 2015 | Culture, Current Affairs
By Attiya Karodia Once a prison, built to house only white criminals and political activists (with the exception being Nelson Mandela himself), Constitutional Hill’s history and heritage isn’t one of joy or triumph, but rather one of tragedy that has...
by Teakisi | Jul 27, 2015 | Current Affairs
By Attiya Karodia Monica Lewinsky talked to a captivated audience at this years’ Cannes, about the brand that she built out of what she had to endure living in the shadow of “someone else’s headline” and concluding in a call to end or at the...
by Teakisi | Jul 21, 2015 | Culture, Current Affairs, Development
I remember travelling back to Lagos for holiday in June 2013. After my routine of familiarizing myself with the heat, traffic and NEPA; I agreed to meet with a close friend of mine at Ikeja City Mall, one of the most popular malls in Lagos. As I waited for his...
by Teakisi | Jun 5, 2015 | Current Affairs
By Noluvuyo Bacela “We live with the hope that as she battles to remake herself, South Africa, will be like a microcosm of the new world that is striving to be born. ” Nelson Mandela Nobel Prize acceptance speech in 1993. When I was little I would often...
by Teakisi | Jun 2, 2015 | Current Affairs
“Men are hard to find.” How many of us have heard that statement at one point or the other? It makes my skin crawl every time I hear it. It puzzles me because men are not hard to find. In fact, they are everywhere, even in places where you don’t want...
