Lerato Tau

What Mandela Day taught me

Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day): is an annual day that was given birth and made official by the United Nations in November 2009; it is celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela’s birthday. The initiative was inspired by a call Nelson ‘Madiba’ Mandela made in 2008 on his 90th birthday celebration in London, for the…

Is It Wrong To Support Your Partner Financially?

When two people come together and decide to start a romantic relationship, their lives and feelings are automatically attached to one another – and their new status could be described in a single word: partners. You firstly fall in love with this human being – your partner (boyfriend/girlfriend) – who would be introduced to your…

Sexual Assault On Young Women: Who Is To Blame?

Sixteen Days of Activism of no Violence against Women and Children – a campaign which runs from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) through to International Human Rights Day on 10 December – has come to an end. It’s been 16 years since South Africa became part of the global…

Is South Africa Losing Its Identify

Civilization is a great threat to our nation, South Africa. With the Western culture slowly adopting us, we will soon be defined as the adopted country – and it saddens me to see how we have lost who we are. The indigenous people need to recover their identity. Our culture is fading away and with…