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Tomorrow's Dream
Poetry· Poetry

Tomorrow's Dream

Tshego Khatri
Tshego Khatri
1 min25-10-2026
The Unsung Heroes
People

The Unsung Heroes

“These often unsung heroes understand ... that poverty, disease and famine are just as deadly and destructive as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis."

RM. Hewett
RM. Hewett
3 min10-10-2026
The Sermon
People

The Sermon

“A sermon is a place to wake people up to realities they have assented to with the mind but have not grasped with the heart.”

RM. Hewett
RM. Hewett
4 min26-09-2026
Not Just the Rhyme
Culture

Not Just the Rhyme

RM. Hewett
RM. Hewett
3 min11-09-2026
Wrapping the Gift of Compassion
People

Wrapping the Gift of Compassion

For each and every person I’ve met along this way that started as mere curiosity— May goodness, mercy and grace be with you always. - Tshego Khatri

Tshego Khatri
Tshego Khatri
6 min30-08-2026
The Thing with Autism
People

The Thing with Autism

"It is useful to know that autism often comes along with other things... not by itself." - Kate Currin

Tshego Khatri
Tshego Khatri
11 min16-08-2026
Beyond the Pen
Culture

Beyond the Pen

“The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp”.

RM. Hewett
RM. Hewett
3 min01-08-2026
Epiphany as I waited
Poetry

Epiphany as I waited

Tshego Khatri
Tshego Khatri
1 min21-07-2026
From Caterpillars to Butterflies
Culture

From Caterpillars to Butterflies

The concept ‘Transformation’ has taken on huge significance in the world in general, and South Africa in particular, during the last few decades.

RM. Hewett
RM. Hewett
3 min05-07-2026
Sunrise Sunset
People

Sunrise Sunset

The Sun that surely gives time and rhythm to the Earth and all her inhabitants— life-giving, eternal and as sure as only itself.

RM. Hewett
RM. Hewett
3 min21-06-2026
Let the Music Play
Culture

Let the Music Play

Plato called it a moral law. Huxley called it the deepest mystery. Music is humanity's oldest argument for joy.

RM. Hewett
RM. Hewett
3 min07-06-2026
Of Books & Covers
People

Of Books & Covers

We all know the saying. We all keep doing it anyway. A meditation on the judgements we make before we know a single thing.

RM. Hewett
RM. Hewett
3 min24-05-2026
The Selves of Us

The Selves of Us

“May they hold up mirrors for us to truly see how all life on this beautiful Earth is connected.”

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