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INDEPENDENT WOMEN: Fifteen women from Sizamele Women’s Sewing Project are in need of training to help their initiative grow and help more women to become more independent. Picture: SUPPLIED

Project teaches financial skills

A group of Amalinda women have decided to put their financial future in their own hands and create opportunities for themselves through sewing. The Sizamele Women’s Sewing Project is aimed at equipping women with the necessary tools and…

LOCAL CONTENDER: Lemeac Bezuidenhout has made it into the top 20 of the Mrs Grand South Africa beauty pageant. Picture: SUPPLIED

EL beauty in Mrs Grand SA top 20

The Mrs Grand SA beauty pageant has come around once again, and East London philanthropist, Lemeac Bezuidenhout, believes that she has what it takes to win the grand title. The 34-year-old beauty queen is a top 20 finalist and has…

FOCUSED ON : Table tennis talent, Tiffany Adams was recently selected as a technical official for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games currently taking place in Australia. In this photograph, Adams is umpiring at last year’s World Senior Championships in Germany Picture: SUPPLIED

Table tennis umpire on world stage

LOCAL table tennis guru Tiffany Adams has been selected as a technical official for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games that kicked off in Australia this week.The Games run until April 15. Qualifying as a White Badge International Umpire in…

Taking a jab: Ghanaian artist Priscilla Kennedy embroidered figures of semi-naked women on scarves. Picture: SUPPLIED

Artists use awards to highlight African women’s pain

By MARY CORRIGALL African female artists’ demand for change was a recurring theme at the Absa L’Atelier exhibition, writes Mary Corrigall Women are treated like cattle. That is the implied message behind Maral Bolouri’s award-winning…

EC pageant finalist on a mission

By Poliswa Plaatjie-Sejosing Tsolo-born Miss Heritage South Africa finalist Babalwa Nomatshaka is on a mission to transform the lives of young rural girls by hosting talks encouraging them to see life beyond the hills and valleys.…