Let's see if you can identify with some of my confessions 1) Where I grew up, people were given nicknames like sdudla  (fatty), sasch/mnyaman (black), stixx (skinny), magepgep/zinyo (tooth gap), sphongo (forehead). I never knew it was bullying or ‘name calling’ until I got to English schools. I’m still not so sure about that. 2) […]

Every morning I wake up and without fail, I spend the first twenty minutes trying to decide what to wear and what look I am going for on the specific day. No matter how late I run, I have yet to shed this terrible habit. This daily predicament got me thinking about which wardrobe essentials […]

One of our regular features on CHICA will be putting the spotlight on women who are making headway in their chosen careers. We call them Head CHICAs in charge and to kick things off, we chat to young business mind Mabel Selepe who is an Executive Director at Protea Coin. Such a passionate, driven woman […]

Our first Insta Crush is none other than Hulisani Ravele. Something about this Instagram post made me rethink just how well I know about my culture as a Xhosa woman. When this was posted, Hulisani was enroute to Venda to learn about her culture and striking the right balance between culture and modern day realities. Read her […]

Finally, we are live! Welcome to CHICA I hope you will like us enough to make us your new home. I have so many hopes and dreams for this platform but on top of that list is that you, African woman, will find a place you can come to, and just be! A place where […]

“Who are you?” Very few questions boggle my mind quite like this one. Who am I? How do I even begin to put my entire being into 5 smooth sentences that make sense? I struggle with this question because the truth is, I actually don’t know. Plain and simple. I know what I do, what […]

Collecting A Refund On The Dreams Sold To Our Parents It is undeniable that the landscape of student politics in South Africa has shifted in unprecedented paradigms over the past few months. With every month there has been a new headline, protests that have shaken the country and national news has uttered the voice of […]

I think at some point in all our lives, we have all experienced that pure, innocent love; whose survival relied purely on spending time with each other, sitting in the park, drinking juice or walking back home from school together having fat chats about who copied who’s homework. It’s at that point where love was […]

Daddy Issues Growing up, I thought the world of my grandfather, uTat’omkhulu, and I still do. He died when I was only seven but he still remains the strongest and most aspirational male figure in my life. And nothing can touch the image I have of him in my head. When I was a child, […]

– Uncovering the stereotype of the workaholic career woman that struggles in love … Modern sitcoms and drama series like the early-2000s hit “Girlfriends” and current hit “Being Mary Jane” sell us the stereotype of the thriving career woman who has all the material luxuries at hand, the life many dream of BUT still struggles […]