Thabisile Gumede 11 August 2026 For years, Jonathan Blaauw did what most of us have been told to do: he wrote gratitude lists. Health. A roof over his head. Food on the table. All true, all worth appreciating – and yet, night after night, he found himself going through the motions without ever really feeling…

Thabisile Gumede 6 June 2026 The first signs came after loss. Two weeks after his mother died, Nduduzo Kheswa noticed his grandmother was not the same. The woman who had raised him, who had been his mother in every way that mattered, was beginning to forget. She forgot things. She forgot people. She forgot him….

12 December 2025 Thabisile Gumede As the summer holidays approach, the air fills with an unspoken expectation of joy and celebration. Calendars brim with social invitations, the “Dezemba” energy is palpable, and everywhere there is the promise of warmth and togetherness. But what if, instead of excitement, you feel a heavy sense of dread? What…