Hello friends!
In my line of work, journalism, they say you never forget your first big interview. Finding the "hard news" too murky and depressing, I realised early in my career that I wanted to tell stories about Black women. I wanted to tell relatable stories about our struggles and triumphs, without doubt or insecurities. I wanted to tell stories that I had witnessed and could relate to, about women who could be my mothers, aunts and sisters, with heart and authenticity. And so I started my lifestyle journalism with magazines. One of my first big interviews was with the incomparable Sophie Ndaba. She was still at SABC1's Generations and back then, you could put in the soap's logo on the magazine and it would sell. I was practically living at the SABC.…
