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Lwah Ndlunkulu Pours Her Heart and Healing into Her New Album, Amaciko

Her latest offering reflects a woman fully in bloom — balancing music, entrepreneurship, and the joy of giving back.

For Lwah Ndlunkulu, making music isn’t just about sound — it’s about soul. Each note she sings opens a world that heals her first before extending that same light to others. Her music carries warmth, honesty, and a spiritual ease — the kind that feels less like performance and more like prayer.

 

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Nadia Nakai on Choosing to Live Again

After walking through unimaginable loss, rapper and businesswoman Nadia Nakai opens up about grief, faith and rediscovering joy — one day at a time.

For Nadia Nakai, choosing to live again was not an overnight decision. It was a gradual, grace-filled process — one that required surrender, honesty and courage. After losing her partner, rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, the world saw her heartbreak play out in real time. But what many didn’t see was her quiet battle to keep going, to find God again, and to give herself permission to heal.

 

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From Mourning to Music, Langa Mavuso Finds His Light in Music

Through loss, faith and reflection, Langa Mavuso returns to the truest version of himself — one rooted in family, love and acceptance.

Langa Mavuso speaks of love with the gentleness of someone who has truly known it — in all its forms, from the kind that raised him to the kind that broke and rebuilt him. “My grandparents’ love really shaped my early idea of what it means to be loved,” he reflects softly. “It was warmth and acceptance — never trying to make you anything but yourself.”

 

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Crowning Glory: Masodi Organics is redefining beauty on its own terms

When Liz Letsoalo started Masodi Organics in August 2018, she was stepping into a beauty industry at a crossroads. At the time, black women across South Africa were raising their voices, demanding premium products with rich, thoughtful ingredients and imagery that uplifted them. The shelves in retail stores told a different story, dominated by products that pushed relaxers and sidelined natural black hair.

 

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Seditsi Collection: Where Heritage Meets High Fashion

With Merapelo ya Bashimane ba Kalahari Desert, Seditsi Collection steps boldly into the world of menswear — and what a debut it is. This Spring/Summer 2025 capsule by Lesedi Baakwalanya, Founder and Head Designer at Seditsi Collection, and Romley Lishiba, the brand’s Creative Director, feels like a prayer stitched in fabric — poetic, grounded and distinctly African.

 

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Thuso Mbedu’s journey from South African projects to HBO’s Task proves strength and heart matter

The actress channels resilience and empathy into Aleah, a character navigating trauma and justice. 


From a childhood dream of becoming a dermatologist to building a career in the performing arts, South African darling Thuso Mbedu has always carried one constant: a deep desire to heal. What shifted was not her purpose, but the medium — and today she does it through stories that touch hearts, challenge perspectives, and spark reflection in audiences.

 

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Inno Morolong on Loving the Woman She’s Become

From surgery to self-acceptance, the Slay Queens star opens up about beauty, empowerment, and finally feeling at peace in her own skin.

Reality TV star and influencer Inno Morolong says she’s finally in a healthy and happy place with her body — one that not only fuels her confidence but also reminds her of her strength, growth, and the beauty that comes with embracing herself fully.

 

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