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Iza Grek
Iza Grek

On the edge of madness

My ‘must-read’ story On the edge of madness He was ugly. No doubt about it. Yet an intangible, subtle something drew me to him. He

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Arja Salafranca
Arja Salafranca

Salt in the rooibos cappuccino

But this isn’t about the failure of a relationship. They happen all the time. That fact is almost a cliché. This is about what happens when you rise from the futon, this is what happens when you move and attempt to make a new life for yourself, this is about you stumbling to your friend’s kitchen on that August morning. 

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Covid-19 vaccines
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Ndweni Ndweni

Covid-19 vaccine inequity: when Africa sneezes, the world sneezes too!

The highly transmissible Covid-19 omicron variant that was recently detected in South Africa was a result of vaccine inequity. Fighting the pandemic as a collective through global Covid-19 vaccination rollout programmes that are inclusive of low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) is part of the solution, writes Buhle Ndweni, Independent Health Economist.

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Poetry
Iza Grek

Contradictions of India

A camel winks at the Mercedes Benz corporate office park as it waddles past…  and these are the contradictions of India … So rich but

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Writing takes focus
Iza Grek
Iza Grek

Do you have a book in you? Here are 6 ways to go about writing it.

Pick something close to your heart. Think about your hobbies and interests. What have you become expert at over the years due to the time spent accumulating knowledge. Review your expertise and jot down the main points of what you know. This will serve to create your outline and provide a framework for the chapters. You can now start to fill in the text.

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Tiffany Markman

5 design elements for writers to consider

Yoh. Content gets prettier every day. Back in 2008, when I started blogging, my highest priorities were capital letters, full stops and paragraph spacing. Today, we’re not in Copy Kansas anymore, Toto.

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