It was meant to be another uneventful ride to work. The sky was bright, the sun was out in full blast and I remember pulling down the car sun visor just so I could reduce the amount of sun rays… Read More ›
Africa
#The Other Room: Playing The Devil’s Advocate … Or Not
I recently saw a post on social media that reads: “Woman, if you don’t strive for greatness and empower yourself, you will be relevant only in the kitchen, the living room and the other room. You will never get to… Read More ›
Why we wear the Red Ribbon
I first saw the movie Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks (as Andrew Becket) and Denzel Washington (as Joe Miller, his solicitor) in secondary school. Tom Hanks played a very successful lawyer whose employment was wrongfully terminated when his employers discovered that… Read More ›
Colour me orange
Today, November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Woman and the beginning of the 16-Day Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign which runs till Human Rights Day on 10 December. This year, the United Nations Secretary… Read More ›
The gift that keeps on giving
“How did I even get here? …running around thinking of the right gift to buy for colleagues at work, accepting invitations for Christmas parties most of which I will not attend and getting the house ready for families and in-laws that… Read More ›