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"It's hard, I know, but picture yourself as a dissatisfied voter". We live in a society where we have too much democracy for our own good that we even choose not to vote, but when things turns bad we want to go and barricade the streets in the name of exercising our rights fighting against the government, we  also have a  gut to compare parties saying ANC is not better than the EFF or DA, the reality is we wont live to see the change we want in our society until we decide to go to the polls to vote for the parties that we think they can bring the change our society need.   While apathy has long been thought to be the cause of low voter turnout among young South Africans, new research by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) reveals the real reason why many will not be at the polls next year– 2019. Titled “Do you want my vote? Understanding the factors that influence voting among young South Africans‚” the study found that ‘apathy’ ...

                                                             CLOTHY TOP   Each day, we put on clothes that do more than just cover up bodies. We choose clothes that represent our personalities, our moods, the times we live in, our ambitions and our desires. Who are the people behind the designs we wear every day? These fashion designers who have made fashion a huge industry, and whose work is as controversial, and as influential, as traditional art. These are some of the designers who have dressed the world's most famous people—and are hugely famous in their own right, these people started at a lower level like the fast growing local brand in Gauteng based in Soshahanguve. Themba Dennise Moyane  is one of Africa’s finest knitwear designers and the man behind the vintage fashion brand clothy top. ...

Blood, knoc k-out or surrender: Musangwe games. This is musangwe, a brutal, bare-knuckle traditional fight club in which members of the Venda people gather to brawl. Though much has changed in South Africa  over the past 50 years, here, in the rolling hills of the north, musangwe remains the same. Boys and men turn out each week to partake in these short bursts of violent beatings that test their opponents’ toughness and prove their own. The rules are simple, and vicious: no gloves, no headgear, and no time limits. Even if you are knocked out, you can get up and continue to fight. Only when one fighter submits can the fight come to an end. No gambling. Just fighting. Aside fro m an injury or two, fighters walk away with little more than respect and bragging rights. “We’re not trying to hurt each other,” said the current president of musangwe, Musa Malange, who owns an internate café, “We’re brothers testing one another.” The fights started officially in 182...