Rhodes, where leaders really learn with distinction

Rhodes, where leaders really learn with distinction

Rhodes University is home to the oldest biotechnology academic programme in South Africa. Launched twenty-three years ago, it was later formally established as a separate discipline within the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology (BMB department). Established in 2014, the Rhodes University Biotechnology Innovation Centre (RUBIC) is the brand-new academic home of the…

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And sometimes strength is soft and unyielding It is gentle It is kind and it stands with you in the rain Sometimes its the last push at the 11th hour The one you didn’t know you had It’s the last cup of something to warm you up on a cold-ass motherfucken day You are enough, every sunrise, every sunset. Everyday. You are divinely created in His image, you cannot fail. You will not…

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Rabbles, out of context.

Rabbles, out of context.

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It is never too late to get that PhD, ever!

It is never too late to get that PhD, ever!

By Karabo Dikobe, Third-year BJourn student Once you find something or somethings that you are passionate about it, run with it. Opportunities will reveal themselves to you like they did for 58-year-old PhD holder Div de Villiers. De Villiers recently completed his PhD in Biodiversity Conservation of South Africa’s Wild Coast through the Years: Exploring the Tensions between Western-style and…

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Rabbles, the photgrapher.

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Makhanda, Naturally and Culturally in a Nutshell

Makhanda, Naturally and Culturally in a Nutshell

By Karabo Dikobe Arriving in Makhanda from the southeast, you are greeted by a city that looks and feels like a village, surrounded by hills. The spires of the cathedral and all the other churches poke out of the skyline. Rhodes University and other prominent school buildings stand tall together, like soldiers on a battlefield. However, arriving from the northeast you a greeted by a contrasting…

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Alexa, play Travis Scott Highest in the Room. Meet Rrangwane Spliff. Photo taken by Anda Martin Tolibadi @aesthetic_wvvys

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The Miseducation of Cameron Post

The Miseducation of Cameron Post

Personally, there is something about a happy ending that just makes me forget all the horror I experienced while I watched the film. The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a 2018 film, that is categorised as Drama/Romance by Rotten Tomatoes. It was directed by Desiree Akhavan and written by Akhavan and Cecilia Frugiuele, based on the 2012 novel by Emily M. Danforth. (To be quite honest, my inner…

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sad.

Drained. Depleted. Demotivated. And the biggest de-; depressed. I fought to stay afloat. To not listen to the voices. To not succumb to another episode. I thrashed through my feelings only picking what I liked Not what was urgent, what was screaming my name, begging and pleading for attention. I was tired. I am tired. Tired of fighting for my life from the moment I open my…

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My Landlord and HER Son

My Landlord and HER Son

I live in a house with 5 people I am the 5th person, Karabo; in the master suite Alex, Urbain, Diane and Kombe were my housemates Alex left us. He stopped studying full-time. Packed his bags and texted us once he was gone, lol. Dynamics shifted. Electricity ran out. Duties weren’t fulfilled. Then one sunny Sunday we met Ed. It is quite funny haha how we were only told about her son in…

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Why I Write

Writing was my dirty little secret. My sneaky link after a full night of being social and out in the streets. The glue that kept me together while the world tore me apart. The words ringing in my head as I fight to keep the charade from disintegrating, until, I, get, home, 50 more steps, just until I unlock my door (don’t forget to close the door before you…*sob*…break). I write for the little…

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A recognised and honoured Black woman in academia, Ms Dineo Diale

A recognised and honoured Black woman in academia, Ms Dineo Diale

By Karabo Dikobe Caption: Ms Diale in front of her department, Psychology department There is ample space in academia to be taken up by brilliant young black minds, especially the minds of young black women. Ms Dineo Diale is an exceptional example of the kinds of bright minds that exist in this ample space. Diale began the year with a bang, she was awarded the certificate of competence for…

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Keep your 'ASKIES'

Keep your ‘ASKIES’

People: “Magae agao akae?” (Where are your homelands? Where are your people from?) Me: “Ko 19” (19th Avenue Alexandra Township) People: “No, as in batswadi bagao batswa kae?” (Where are your parents from?) Me, sighing: “Ko bopapa nne eli ko 16, ko bo mama nne eli ko 19. Mara kegoletsi ko bo mama.” (My father is from 16th Avenue and my mother is from 19th Avenue. But I grew up where my mother…

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smol smol body, BEEG BEEG feelings

smol smol body, BEEG BEEG feelings

The last time I measured my height was about 2017, at work 148cm that was it. I thought that was a lot Until, other people were 164cm, 174cm I could not grasp it. Sure I felt short, but that does not mean I was short, right? Right. It just did not make sense How could I feel so much? How could I be so overwhelming, constantly doing the most. Feeling the most. All in this little…

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The spirit of Charlotte Maxeke EDITED BY ROD AMNER ON AUGUST 25, 2021 NEWS Words By KARABO DIKOBE Charlotte Maxeke studied under Pan-Africanist WEB Du Bois at Wilberforce University in Ohio, USA. In 1903, she became the first South African woman to graduate with a university degree. Rhodes University Registrar Professor Adéle Moodly paid tribute to Maxeke as a “mother of black freedom”…

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INSPO

Motsei, M. (2005). Hearing visions seeing voices (2nd ed.).Jacana. Hearing visions seeing voice front page The last line of the blurb says, “Read this book and understand why God is an African woman.” As someone who is undergoing healing, transformations, and radical transitions in life, I felt like I needed to read this book. Gill (my lecturer) introduced this book to me earlier in the year in…

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There Will Be Tears

There Will Be Tears

Tears that burn a hole through your throat that claw its way through your words, your voice breaks shattering any semblence of being unemotional; put together. I sometimes miss the day when I could not cry when I could not scream out in pain in misery for a moment of numbness a moment a lifetime of no longer feeling everything in its entirety.

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