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Depression made me feel weak
When Anela’s depression became more severe, she thought that suicide was the only option. She recounts the story of how it brought her to a halt, and how, eventually, she survived.
Read moreI was abandoned at birth
From the time he was abandoned at birth, to when he eventually found his family, Innocent has struggled with belonging and identity.
Read moreI made the right choice
When her stepfather and mother got a divorce, Daniella’s life nearly fell apart. It affected her health, and all of a sudden, she had to fend for herself. Read moreMy career looks different to what I'd imagined
Using the skills she learned in the corporate world, Koinonia Baloyi found a way to live out her passion for community development and begin something that is not only changing her community, but her too, for the better.
Read moreFailure made me a better person
Harrington’s desire for a better life has been fight after fight, but he has hope that his future will be different. Read moreResidences were only for white students
When I applied to Rhodes University I was told there was no accommodation for me – their residences were for white students only. Read moreMotherhood brought me home
Motherhood brought with it a gift of love, but it also brought Morongoa necessary, tough lessons about life. When she became a mother, she began to understand her mother’s perspective. Read morePregnant at 17: All I wanted was to be free
Falling pregnant at age seventeen seemed to be the end of Nontokozo’s world. Her dreams had to be put on hold, and a degree seemed like a distant possibility. Read moreI lost my daughter to cancer
Dear O, I miss you dearly, it’s been a while but I will be fine. Days are getting better, and everyone is doing just fine. Mommy is imagining a 20-year old you, in varsity and living your fullest life.
Read moreMitchells Plain exposed me to gangsterism
A potentially fatal eye operation and growing up in a community often notorious for drugs and gangsterism could not stop Lance from achieving his goals. Read moreI have been through all the cancer meds
Radiation, chemotherapy, a mastectomy - and medication for life. What more could one woman have to face? Nava shares her brave story of living with and battling cancer.
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