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  Violet Matlou, Freedom Fighter

  Posted on May 30, 2010 by bmatlou in All, Human Rights, Politics, Profile, Series.

  She was arrested and transported in a ‘Kwela-Kwela’ overloaded with other women. They were incarcerated overnight in dirty cells…

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  Comfort Carboo, Trendsetter

  Posted on January 31, 2010 by Maria Kwami Gwira in All, Profile, Relationship, Style.

  You needed to know my grandmother firsthand to understand her. People like her come along once every several generations to remind us that God does not use the same mold twice. She was definitely one of a kind.

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  Right-Side Up

  Posted on March 30, 2009 by Maria Kwami Gwira in All, Balance, One-on-One.

  And then it happens. You lose your grip, and as you’re falling, falling, you feel something hard pressing against your tailbone, and you know you’ve hit rock bottom…

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  Keeping Up With The Relatives

  Posted on March 23, 2009 by Maria Kwami Gwira in All, Balance, One-on-One, Relationship.

  I refuse to bear that torch. Not today. I have things to do. Important things that will move me forward, not drag me back and pin me to the past, as family quarrels are wont to do.

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