Dear Net Buddies and Blazers, One of the smartest moves we can make is to choose the right role models to inspire us. Maya Angelou was abused as a child by an adult welcome in her house. As a result of what followed, she spent 5 years NOT speaking a […]

  Dear Net Buddies and Blazers, Refiloe Maele Phoolo, professionally known as Cassper Nyovest, needs no introduction because we all know him from his multiple smash hit songs. For your Video Mentors, we will mention that he is a South African rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur and record producer, was born in […]

Dear Net Buddies and Blazers, Protests around the world are working to change institutions that control POC today, institutions that were created decades and even centuries ago. This is dfinitely important and a struggle that must continue until these institutions operate with justice and equity. But what about the institutions […]

Dear Net Buddies and Blazers, I live in NYC and there are a lot of dogs, but you never hear them bark at night. In South Africa we always heard the neighbor’s dog bark. Prior to coming to the United States, my main focus was doing well in school because […]

Dear Net Buddies and Blazers, Where were you in 2003?  If you’re in Matric, it’s probably the year you were born and, while you, our little baby Net Buddies, were still figuring out how to breathe on your own, South African mountaineer Sibusiso Vilane was busy becoming the first black […]

On 16 June, South Africa celebrates Youth Day to honour the youth of Soweto who stood up against the Apartheid government in 1976 by walking out of their schools and protesting the law that made it compulsory for them to learn in Afrikaans. That happened 44 years ago and Murphy […]