When I first applied for SAWIP, I was so relaxed. Because I thought I’d take the chance, but I honestly never thought I’d get in. When I got an interview, when I heard I got a place at selection camp and when I ultimately heard I got a spot on the team,…Read more
As a typical small town, South African (okay, let’s be honest) Afrikaans, white person, I grew up in sport crazy, but more specifically, a rugby-crazy family and community. It wasn’t as bad as some, but alas, we watched all the games and we had the green jerseys and we ate lots of biltong.…Read more
As the end of my final year of undergraduate studies is drawing closer, it’s almost like I’ve become obsessed with the different options I have for next year. You’ll realize that I didn’t say the different options I have FOR MY LIFE for next year.…Read more
From Brexit to the presidential elections in the USA, the upcoming vote to select the new chair of the African Union, our own municipal elections held on the 3rd of August and the somewhat unsettling circumstances regarding Stellenbosch University’s SRC elections,…Read more
Children are told to look both ways before they cross the street. They are told not to play with fire or fly kites near power lines. But does anyone ever take the time to tell children that their body is their own and that it is beautiful,…Read more
United Nations Headquarters New York - Photo Exhibition
The Most Important Thing by Brian Sokol
Independence Day (also known as July Fourth or the Fourth of July) is a US federal holiday that commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, which declared that the thirteen American colonies now regarded themselves as an independent new nation,…Read more
My first few days in DC has been heavily contradictory. I’m so excited about being here and about this incredible opportunity that I have been given, but I am also deeply saddened by the Orlando shooting incident. On the day after we arrived in DC,…Read more
Yesterday I wrote my last exam and afterwards I had plans to meet up with a friend for coffee. When I arrived with her at the coffee shop, three of my best friends were already sitting there. They planned a small surprise get together for me to all say goodbye to me before I leave for Washington DC on Saturday.…Read more
With exams (and everything else) going on at the moment, it easy to just, to a certain extent, choose to “give up”. It’s not really giving up, it’s more like giving in a little quicker and not giving everything your all.…Read more