The abortion

There is no denying that whenever the youth of my generation comes across the word “abortion”, what readily comes to mind is the idea of a lady visiting the hospital just to terminate an unwanted pregnancy or achieving the same result through some sort of unorthodox means. This act is usually described by our society as cruel and inhumane.

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Is education the key to success?

The challenge I am facing at the moment as a South African youth is getting the right job in the field I am qualified in. Being unemployed has weighed me down since graduating with my honours degree in 2016. Getting a job in my field has been harder than writing an exam you did not study for. Not being able to get a job has increased the financial challenges I have been facing all my life.

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Over-zoomed: A personal on the impact of constantly being in the virtual space

“That meeting should have been an email!” is what I exclaimed after my fourth meeting of the day at 5 o’clock on a Thursday afternoon. I had enough of sitting in front of my computer screen all day. I had been in one Zoom meeting after the other, throughout the day, dressed up in my pyjamas from my waist down and having a shirt on as a way to give the illusion that I had my act together.

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