Hazel

(My views are my own, not associated with any organization)

Motherhood. Women. Academia.

[Hazel @hazelbeing__]

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[Blu Azurite Fabrics💙 | PBD0246 @azuritefabrics]

@dharmmy_ Motherhood is not a small feat. This is why I don't blame or look down on women who don't want to go on that journey. It is hard work that comes with a lot of sacrifice. If you're not up for it, mentally, psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually, it's very okay not to start

[observent @aviwe_badi]

Being in Zanzibar shifted something in me in a way I’m still struggling to explain.

So many Tanzanians asked us about Sundowns and told us it was their favourite South African team. Some had read Long Walk to Freedom. They spoke to us about the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College and about South Africa with so much warmth and familiarity.

It reminded me that our history has never existed in isolation from the rest of Africa. Other African countries sheltered, educated and supported South Africans during some of the darkest periods of apartheid. Our cultures, politics and liberation histories are far more intertwined than the xenophobic discourse back home would have us believe.

Then you come home and watch movements build political relevance by teaching South Africans to view other Africans with suspicion and resentment.

Zanzibar genuinely changed my perspective. I have no patience left for that kind of politics. The politics of xenophobia, scapegoating and anti African hatred must die.

[Lindokuhle Patiwe @LPatiwe]

We have seriously regressed as a country really. To have people elevated to a position of leadership that has such pedestrian and backward views is just too saddening man

[Veve @LudidiVelani]

Abelungu

[Victory🎙️| Use Recollyai @egbokavictory_]

There are settings they should never find you.

[Diet Coke @Compaqllow]

Penny Lebyane was right!!

[Mntrazana @moanerleaser]

Even outside the politics of it, it looks & feels forced. No coherence whatsoever.

[Noxolo Madonsela @Noxxcee]

I’ve watched this ad so many times, & I still can’t understand the link between the courage of the women of 1956, Mama Winnie’s legacy & drinking alcohol. Considering how alcohol was weaponised by the apartheid govt as a tool of oppression, the entire advert is deeply insensitive

[Zikhona Valela @valavoosh]

Here’s a fun fact as Women’s Month draws to a close: Lillian Ngoyi & Helen Joseph are buried in the same plot. They’d made a pact that they would continue fighting for women’s liberation in every lifetime until said liberation is achieved.
📸: Peter Magubane; Helen Joseph papers

[Noxolo Madonsela @Noxxcee]

Am I the only one offended by this ad?

[Sbae AF ♥ @Sbanekazi]

Every time I see clips from the apartheid era it breaks my heart that KIDS had to stand up against an entire regime and that regime slaughtered many of them! They were just kids!!! 💔

[Yolanda Dyantyi @YoliShade]

Going back home tomorrow because my time in Jozi has come to an end.. there's no work, no money for tertiary fees, no money for accomodation, food.

Maybe there will be redemption someday, but for now, trying my best has been exhausted.

[Kgarebe_kuye @KgarebeKuye]

The things you guys think should make SA a first world country aren’t even accessible to the majority of South Africans. I don’t know why you guys are so delusional about our country.

[Brandon Lewis 🔜@ TIFF/NYFF @blewis1103]

1. Dolly said many times she didn’t know her song could accomplish what Whitney and David Foster did with it musically.
2. Dolly said many times that Whitney’s version made her filthy rich.
3. Dolly cheered when she gave Whitney her Grammy.
4. You didn’t have to do this.

[Moe Suttle @moesuttle]

I really wish the ANC had been harsh to apartheid beneficiaries post 1994. They are really an insufferable bunch and it’s annoying to have them enjoy the same freedom as me. It all feels so unfair man.

[Lu_Guy @LuGuy20]

I keep making this observation of the utter depravity that has begun surfacing in SA. Comparing a system built on subjugation with one built on democracy & measuring them as equals with no shame...you're a terrible person to a core. Cause this isnt even a thought capacity issue

[Myekameister @siyabulelatonon]

Clarity yalomjita never ceases to amaze me.

[RockerBeez™️ @kgeremolla]

It is unpopular, but structure is a great thing to have

[Dr Kolisa Yola Sinyanya (PhD) 🌍📚🇿🇦 @Kolie_Yola]

I wish they had another academic on the same call. A discussion about NSFAS debt needs perspectives from academics who understand the lived realities of students who depend on NSFAS because of South Africa’s historical inequality.

[m. @kiyamusibathai]

I LOVE neuroplasticity. It gives me so much strength to keep bringing a positive change in my life, to think that YES my mind is with me. My mind is not working against me, but with me. Slowly & surely, we'll overcome our challenges.

[Petite Ebony Girl 🇵🇸 @PetiteEbonyGirl]

This is not a feel good story. It’s the government that’s supposed to be providing social services. She should be using her allowance to buy books. Citizens can’t keep doing the government’s job at a personal cost while we pay taxes