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A child nourished by literature

(Instagram, 2021) Not only is he pleasing to the eye, but he also has the ability to indite stories that ignites fire as well as educate its reader. His mind is filled with mysterious, exciting worlds with mind-blowing characters. He is Young vibrant, hardworking, adventurous, and curious. You might have spotted the 23-year-old in a recent Tropika advert. The multitalented Kopano Mothibi was born in Taung, a small town situated in the North West Province. The name implies the spot of the lion and was named after Tau, the King of the Barolong. He is currently residing in Johannesburg. Kopano is not only a model but a self-taught writer and also an aspiring author. He fell in love with words and puzzling them together at a tender age. He had always been good at participating in activities that involved writing in school, whether it was writing and preparing a speech, poem for school. He also began journaling while in secondary school.  “Writing has always been an outlet that lets me ...

Meet the Organizers of NarowBi Arts, The art event for you!

  from the left:  Vuyo Kwanda (21) Mmeli Ntshakala (24) Dear reader, grab a chair and let me tell you about my rooftop Experience. When it was announced by our president, Cyril Ramaphosa, that the lockdown regulations will be relaxed as the country moves to alert level one. I knew it was the queue for me to get my dancing shoes on and show off my dance moves, and NarowBi arts was the perfect place for that. As our president had stated that we, as a country have "withstood the storm" and the sunset has never looked more beautiful from the urban backpackers roof top. NarowBi arts pronounced Nah-Roh-bye is a combination of a party and an exhibition. It was established on the 25th Of March 2019 by Mmeli Ntshakala, twenty three years old turning twenty four, who is full time student, artist as well as an artist manager together with Vuyo Kwanda (21) a creative on the most fundamental level ,curator plus a full time events planner, He later withdrew from his studies at the Univer...

The hands behind the Porcelain delight

Palesa Masemola (20)  Photo by: Instagram (2020)  Art is the closest you get to immortality   -Damian Hirst While earth was gracing us with the art of spring which was accompanied by warm temperatures, blooming flowers and even greener trees twenty years ago on this same date . The universe was simultaneously gifting the world with a young avid drawer/painter Palesa Bontle Masemola. She was born and raised in Mamelodi a township bordered by the Magaliesburg mountain northeast of Pretoria.  The most suitable adjectives to describe her work would be simple, sublime and vibrant but one that creeps out of her work and buries all three is aggressively authentic She believes that if it wasn’t from both her mother and older brother’s drawing skills she wouldn’t be holding a paint brush or sharpening a pencil. Her older brother and mother’s complicated relationship with drawing birthed a passion that can never be washed away by any tide. Even though she couldn’t quite place ...

6 Pros and Cons of Living in a Student Commune🇿🇦

image by: rawpixel, 2020                                                                                                                                            Are you currently out of high school? and heading to college or university, maybe you are already a college student who has never lived in a student commune and you are considering it because it is affordable or you believe that it might be a super fun experience for you. well you are most definitely not wrong, however just like every other college accommodation, commune living has its own perks and drawbacks. Pro: learning to coexist with different people One of the mos...