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Theatre review: Hairspray (Redhill High School)

by Tiffany Markman | culture, family theatre, family time, human rights, reviews, shows | 1 comment

This isn’t your below-average high school musical. Actually, this isn’t even your average musical. Redhill High School’s Hairspray is something else.

What it means (to me) to be South African

by Tiffany Markman | culture | 2 comments

Hoo boy, this topic is a toughie. I dithered and contemplated. Internally debated and outwardly frowned. How do you sum up something that’s part of your heart and your heartbreak? I figured a list would work. And I stopped when I got to 20 items.

Mama, why are we called Indian if we live in Africa?

by Fatima Kazee | culture | 0 comments

My 5 year old daughter asked me the other day, “Mama, why are we called Indian if we live in Africa? Aren’t we Africans?” Which is a very valid point. So I explained that our great-grandparents were born in India and came to South Africa many years ago …

Women’s Day – “Dresses are preferred”

by Sholain Govender-Bateman | culture, gender | 0 comments

There is something fundamentally wrong with a school giving their female students a civvies day treat for Women’s Day but then saying “the dress-code is smart-casual, but of course, dresses are preferred…”.

6 tips for raising strong daughters

by Tiffany Markman | culture, gender | 7 comments

Recent research about women and business isn’t pretty. We’re comparatively worse than men at negotiations and navigating the challenges of the workplace…

Devil in a pumpkin

by Mia Von Scha | culture | 2 comments

A couple of years ago we enrolled our daughter in a religious school. We’re not religious ourselves, but it was a nice school in a good area with great teachers and an endearing principal. The year didn’t go as well as we had hoped, with the final straw coming on Halloween.