by Olebogeng | Mar 14, 2022 | Parenting
Early one summer evening at the height of the #MeToo movement I was sitting at 63rd Street Beach on the South Side of Chicago enjoying sundowners with some of my friends. This was one of our favourite ways to wind down from the week and kickstart our weekends....
by Olebogeng | Mar 11, 2022 | Lifestyle
“Brown skin girlYour skin is just like pearlsThe best thing in the worldNever trade you for anybody else”Beyoncé I’ve often wondered why Beyoncé chose to liken our skin to pearls when pearls are in no way near brown. But then I realised I was being too literal…well at...
by Olebogeng | Mar 10, 2022 | Womenomics
I don’t know about you but it felt inauthentic thinking about celebrating women on International Women’s Day this past Tuesday – especially in this current climate of the Russian Ukraine conflict, human trafficking, female genital mutilation, gender-based...
by Olebogeng | Mar 8, 2022 | Careers, Womenomics
“No nation can prosper without emancipated women and youth cohorts. For women and youth to enjoy this democratic right in our lifetime and for our continent to prosper, we need a reset – we need to Reset Africa.” Olwethu Leshabane In 1908, 15,000 women...
by Olebogeng | Mar 7, 2022 | Parenting
Yesterday afternoon I was sitting outside enjoying the sunshine and watching the neighbourhood kids play. One of the boys who can’t be older than 8 years old and a known troublemaker was being extremely disrespectful to some of the older girls and threw stones at them...
