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Grandmother

An ode to the matriarch
Article
/ 21 December 2017

An ode to the matriarch

‘Women like my grandmother held up half the sky with simple food, the spirit of celebration and an open kitchen door’

By Tshepang Molisana
​Grandma knows that in this boy she has a girl — she taught me how to run a house
Article
/ 11 August 2016

​Grandma knows that in this boy she has a girl — she taught me how to run a house

“She took me in after my parents separated, something which caused my mother’s mental illness which she lived with until she died in 2006.”

By Mosibudi Ratlebjane
Rural reflections: notes on time well-spent
Article
/ 11 July 2016

Rural reflections: notes on time well-spent

A holiday with my grandmother shows me another way of life, one with different ways of being.

By Milisuthando Bongela
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/ 8 February 2011

Handbag-wielding granny attacks jewel thieves

An angry grandmother used her handbag to fight off a gang of sledgehammer-wielding robbers who were attempting to raid a jeweller’s shop on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter

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