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Elaine Pillay<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palesa had been on lockdown long before the President’s announcement. Lockdown was a way of life since she’d met “him”…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hope Netshivhambe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Munwe munna o dovha. Futhi. Munwe mufumakadzi o lovha. Futhi. Zwandani zwa munna. Ahuna vhuawelo. Ahuna vhushavhelo. Na vhanna vha thabelo a vhana luvalo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nthabiseng Jahrose Jafta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dikulo di fofile jwaloka dinonyane sepakapakeng. Mohudi oa aparela sechaba sa rantsho. Ramathamathatha, ra fahlwa ke mesi. Ra kena mona ra tswa le mane. Hosena ya hlalosang lefifi le aparetseng letsatsi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sanele Lasta Mkhize<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ngihambe izwe Lonke ngifunana nawe ngiphupha ngawe. Ngikhumbula ngalo lolusuku ngivuka ngezintatakusa ngiphuma ilanga lingaka veli izinyoni zisalele nezinkunku zingaka khali. Ilanga lisasithele ngalena kwezantaba ezikude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hlayisani Loneah Shiburi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xana mihi xanisela yini?. A ndzilo hlawula kuva wansati, A ndzilo hlawula kuva ricece, Nawena a wu hlawulanga kuva wanuna, Kumbe nhlonghe yamina eka wena kova xikhumbha xa mbhongholo keee?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flow Wellington<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018n Glimlag voel soos \u2018n leeftyd gelede. Lag-plooie l\u00ea diep begrawe onder verlore herinneringe. En loop nou langs traan-padjies. Wat het van die drome geword? Waar word die beloftes nou gekoester?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lindokuhle Mnguni<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sengisaba nokutlola ku CV bona ngingewengubo. Ukuba ngewengubo sekwaba yingozi. Asisarareki sifa sazi. Awusakwazi ukuba ngewengubo ubuye uphefumule ngeskhathi sinye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maleshoane Phutlane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobung wa bo ntatarona le bommarona, \u2018Popelo di hlapaotswe. Lefatshe ntshike hoba ke sitwa ho mamella, le ho emela kgang ya ho hlotholwa maphelo ho sakgaotswe. Ke qhitsa menyepetsi e kgakelleditseng potsohadi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sinalo Ngcaba<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinalo Ngcaba is the illustrator and digital creator behind the cover artwork for the first multilingual book in the Loss \u2013 iLahleko series. She is a self-taught illustrator and graphic designer from East London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Madikela Khomotjo Dikgale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madikela Khomotjo Dikgale, is the visual artist who created the cover artwork for all eleven translated books in the Loss-iLahleko series. She is a digital designer from Polokwane, Limpopo, with a background in graphic design, visual art, and user interface design, and she has past experience in design and advertising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Story<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Loss-iLahleko is a national Gender-Based Violence arts initiative that includes the first South African multilingual GBV book (loss-ilahleko<\/em> a book of poems and stories<\/strong><\/a>) and it also includes a community awareness program against GBV, targeting children and vulnerable women\u2019s groups. The main goal of the organisation and this programme is to do our part towards achieving  sustainable development in South Africa by addressing GBV and Gender Equality which are right at the heart of that goal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Loss-ilahleko Books<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Description:<\/strong> Written by twelve extraordinary South African female writers, Loss-iLahleko is a multilingual book series that offers one a journey of learning, awakening and healing, through a collection of translated books and audio books<\/a> that hold within them the language of loss. A literary journey that moves between English and indigenous languages, capturing the beauty, the suffering and the trauma experienced by the women and children of South Africa and across the world. This work holds the indigenous languages of their mothers, whose reality mirrors the perpetual uncertainty and lack of security in a land they call home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Kuthwa amahlathi ayaphela and when you separate us from our bodies\/you unsettle the trees in the forests\/the leaves whisper our names\/waiting for us to return”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loss-iLahleko is now South Africa’s first multilingual and all female written poetry and prose book series that gives insight into the shadow pandemic that has long gripped South Africa and the globe. With content that is a must know for the whole family, buy a book for yourself and sponsor a free copy for a women or child<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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