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Paballo Chauke
Paballo Chauke, one of the Mail & Guardian's 200 Young South Africans in 2018, is a Malaria Champion and the spokesperson for the Zero Malaria Starts With Me — Draw the Line Against Malaria campaign and a training coordinator for a UK-based organisation involved in combating the disease.
Let’s wipe out malaria – before it wipes us out
We all need to do our bit to end malaria – which affects millions of the world’s poorest – in our lifetime
I still reap the rewards of my mother’s prayers
So many strong black women are marginalised and forgotten — and their roles seen as expected and natural
Tsonga mixtape with love from Sho Madjozi
Sho Madjozi’s latest mixtape honours her Xitsonga roots – and Thomas Chauke approves
The things we lost in the fire
The fight for equality is valid but the burning down of our universities is not the revolution or decolonisation any of us should want
Data science needs input from women
Diversity in terms of race, class, gender, sexuality and ability is critical to the field’s advancement.
Society’s definitions of love don’t work for all of us
Everyone deserves all kinds of love; however, not receiving it does not make me any less worthy of being human, writes Paballo Chauke
Thief in the night: Covid took my mom
The virus has stolen our last attempts at giving her life dignity; we couldn’t pay our respects or give her the send-off she deserved
The pencil test still colours the rainbow nation illusion
This latest racist hair fiasco is just one more thing that all the darkies in me are tired of defending and explaining