This essay is part of OkayAfrica’s SA Reframed series, featuring personal writing from some of South Africa’s best young writers edited by Verashni Pillay.About five weeks into lockdown, I found myself feeling socially dislocated and emotionally distressed. I did not…
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COVID-19 in SA: A Rich Person’s Hell is a Poor Person’s Norm
This essay is the first in OkayAfrica’s SA Reframed series, featuring personal writing from some of South Africa’s best young writers edited by Verashni Pillay.As a South African TV political satirist, the most common question I get asked during COVID-19…
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Hermanus’s Acclaimed ‘Moffie’ is Probably Not for Black Queers
Since its Johannesburg premiere, I have been unsettled by Oliver Hermanus’s latest film, Moffie, loosely based on the titular autobiographical novel by Andre-Carl van der Merwe. The film, follows a teen conscript’s journey through the army into the brutal “Border…
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Why I’m Okay With Losing at the Woke Olympics
This essay is part of OkayAfrica’s SA Reframed series, featuring personal writing from some of South Africa’s best young writers edited by Verashni Pillay.I never thought I’d write this piece, but let’s face it, the woke thing has gone too…
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A Wild Goose Chase Named Orgasm
This essay is part of OkayAfrica’s SA Reframed series, featuring personal writing from some of South Africa’s best young writers edited by Verashni Pillay.We rely on Netflix’s algorithm to tell us what to watch next. We’d sooner check an app…
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