Mandla went into prison a hardened criminal about to join the 27s gang. He comes out determined to start a new life with Gugu and her six-year-old son, Lihle. Gugu is proud of how Mandla has changed over the years she visited him behind bars. But when he joins his ex-convict friends in a business…
Busi feels left out! Her friends have won a talent competition, but the only talent she has is for being late for school! When she climbs out of a broken window at Harmony High and escapes onto the street her life is about to change. The smooth, handsome taxi driver, Parks, stops to pick her…
Reporter Johan de Kok never expected to find himself respecting a criminal. But now that he’s hearing the story behind the headlines, he finds that Ninja is a man of unexpected bravery and charisma. As he talks to Ninja he starts to find out the truth … This story is also available in isiXhosa: Inyaniso…
The #Slam4urLife Competition gives South Africa’s youth an opportunity to creatively respond to our current situation: living in a world with COVID-19 and the effect that the pandemic is having on our lives. SA youth can send in poems, raps or flash fiction; visual images, artwork, photographs or memes; as well as video-based content such…
