by Heartlines | Oct 8, 2018 | Other, Read
He just slipped away “I was holding his hand and telling him stories and then he just slipped away,” says Nellie Myburgh (52), whose husband died when she was 34. When she was 19, she buried her father, watched her heartbroken mother be bullied by her in-laws, and was...
by Heartlines | Jun 29, 2018 | Other
Growing up I never knew my biological family. I was abandoned at birth, found near Slovo in Umtata. The woman who found me, Velamina, took me to the police station; who then handed me over to UNICEF child welfare. While the social workers went about finding my family,...
by Heartlines | Jun 27, 2018 | Other
I am a nineteen-year old student at Monash South Africa doing my second year in Criminology and Public Relations. Like many young people out there, I chose my majors based on inspiration I found from TV programs like The Fixer and How To Get Away With Murder. I did...
by Heartlines | May 10, 2018 | Other, Read
The time in my life when I felt the most trapped is when I fell pregnant at 17. No one could have prepared me for the looks of disappointment from my family, the echoes of pain in our home, and the sudden feeling of being stagnant, trapped and a victim of my own...
by Heartlines | Jun 4, 2017 | Other, Read
My name is Ntombifuthi Khoza and I am 23 years old. My dad named me Ntombifuthi which means “girl again” because I am the youngest of three sisters. Growing up I was more of a tomboy; I played soccer and all of my friends were boys. Apparently when I was a toddler...
by Heartlines | Aug 3, 2016 | Other
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