Not a Fairytale, by Shaida Kazie Ali

Not a Fairytale, by Shaida Kazie AliSalena, the elder of two Cape sisters, is light skinned and demure, an easy one to marry off to a husband of her parents choosing. Zuhra is dark and willful, refusing tradition and leaving the country in pursuit of her own destiny. The shoots of their lives grow apart and interlace again. Salena finds herself in a repressed marriage much like her mothers. Zuhra comes to suspect grim undercurrents to both their lives, which she expresses by retelling

mourn with him

Boitumelo is a “mean girl” – she steals Lethabo’s attention while pretending to stay friendly with Thlalefo

and the transformative power of love

Steven Boykey Sidley

Author Hlumelo Biko

there are new sights to behold and new experiences to share – a graceful old Cape Dutch homestead set against lush vineyards

researcher and lecturer based in Johannesburg

and Uncensored Opinion

seeks out the answers and the cures in traditional beliefs and customs

and constitutes an exercise in the comparative history of nineteenth-century English and European war poetry on a scale probably not attempted before

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And how can you improve your dealings with those around you