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Paballo Chauke

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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.

We all need to do our bit to end malaria – which affects millions of the world’s poorest – in our lifetime

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

Starstruck: Sho Madjozi could not believe her luck when Thomas Chauke, whom she calls a ‘human library’, agreed to work with her, a feeling she articulates in the song Shahumba. Photo: Sho Madjozi

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

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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

Mural featuring South African high school activist Zulaikha Patel

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