Lovejoy Mlaba

Loss set the Tone

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Life can get worse. Or it can get better. The difference is not luck. It is not timing. It is choice.

For The Sake

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This piece is to set tone for the week. It is to assure my pens that their bleeding is never in vein. Especially these days – seeing that vanity has taken centre stage.

Skin Deep, Soul Deeper: NIVEA Body’s Relaunch Redefines Representation

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My skin knows what it means to fight for moisture; to flake, burn and stretch. But this evening, it was more than that.

Off the grid, on the edge

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A gravel road to nowhere. A house that smells of secrets. No signal. No escape. In Skeerpoort, even silence has sharp edges and the man who brought me here hides more than just guns. I should’ve never blinked.