Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Pumza Fihlani -BBC News – Tuesday, 07 May 2013 (originally published 06 May) She lets out a piercing cry, her body starts shaking violently, her hands are clapping to the rhythm of large African drums – she is calling out to her ancestors. Thabiso Siswana is a traditional healer, known in South Africa as a [...]
Glennisha Morgan – Huffington Post – Tuesday, 26 March 2013 (originally published 18 Mar) South African photographer and activist Zanele Muholi puts the spotlight on her nation’s lesbian and transgender community in her new exhibit, “Faces and Phases.” Muholi captured the subjects and their unique stories in black and white to give the collection “a [...]
Marianne Schnall – Huffington Post – Monday, 15 October 2012 (originally published 12 Oct) Oprah Winfrey has celebrated many impressive milestones and accomplishments in her lifetime as a media icon as well as as a humanitarian and philanthropist. But one of the achievements that is clearly closest to her heart is founding the Oprah Winfrey [...]
Latoya Newman – Independent Online – Wednesday, 01 August 2012 (originally published 31 Jul) COMMEMORATIONS for Women’s Month kick off on a high note this week on the arts and entertainment scene with the Playhouse Company’s 16th annual South African Women’s Arts Festival (Sawaf). This year’s festival comprises drama, poetry, dance and music, with a [...]
Patience Bambalele = Sowetan – Tuesday, 27 March 2012 (originally published 26 Mar) THEATRE director and playwright Ntshieng Mokgoro says women are not being supported financially by the arts industry. Mokgoro, who is one of the few black women in mainstream theatre, says the funding support is only given to a few elites. The award-winning [...]
