It’s often said that you must look for the stars when it’s dark and for the rainbow when it’s raining, and Siviwe Dlukwana (25) had to do precisely that after losing his brother to gangsterism. “It was 2003 and he had just passed his Grade 11. He was looking forward to doing his matric. My…
I remember once being at the Bonteheuwel train station and hearing two women talk about violence. I can’t remember what the one woman’s exact words were to the other, but she said something along the lines of: she’d rather be single, then, to be someone’s punching bag, to have a man tell her he loves…
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Complete FunDza’s latest online course – All about figurative language – and spice up your writing skills! Figurative language covers a range of techniques writers use to make their writing interesting. The course is quite long and a bit of a brain-twister… so get ready to challenge your brain! Course ends 30 June 2018. Sign up NOW! First Login, and then register for the course (follow the Courses link on the menu). Get HELP on Courses
Feel like curling up with a good book? Why don’t you join your local library? There are worlds waiting to be explored between the covers of all those wonderful books – from romance to crime, fantasy and science-fiction, from your favourite superhero-comics to books with fun facts about every topic under the sun. Joining a…
‘Mistakes are lessons, and you can learn from them.’ ‘There is no such thing as failure, just giving up…’ There are many sayings about how we can overcome failure, or mistakes we make, and indeed these experiences can become our best teachers. However, that depends on everyone forgetting our mistakes, or forgiving us for them.…
