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Lerato Tshabalala is an author, podcaster, a tastemaker, unconscious bias advocate and the M&G Friday editor
Friday editor Lerato Tshabalala is here to tell you people will question you, they’ll gaslight you and make you doubt your worth but remember who you are. You’re a masterpiece
AI has set time ticking for humanity
Bitchin’ about discourse: Forget ugly feet – we have real issues
Red carpet event fashions memories
We might not win the ageing war but …
Dare to love deeply – the risk is worth it
This is not a story unique to Joburg — the same happened in District Six in Cape Town — but Soweto is my lived experience so that’s what I’m going to focus on.
We have to rely on ancient coding within us to figure out how to heal ourselves because expensive designer bags and cars are not working.
The series is a celebration of friendship, black love and ageing with sex appeal
Like all of us, deserved grace, forgiveness and kindness. I hope Kiernan knows no matter what, he was here, he was loved and he was Mega. His last words were: “Wherever I go, you…
Let’s make it our business to make creating art worthwhile for the artists who are committed to being here and lifting us higher
Losing now doesn’t make you a loser
The only reason I couldn’t go straight to joy is because peace is the only route to joy.
I have come to realise that death is the ultimate rest. It is the “peace” part where the problems start
2023: Choose you – it’s the right thing to do
Trevor Noah’s latest Netflix special tackles everything from the pandemic to Queen Elizabeth’s death
Take time for boundaries, balance and breaks
Use your precious time off over the festive season to read
We all related to the universal themes of destiny, family and impostor syndrome in ‘The Lion King’
This blockbuster sequel is a well-intentioned but painfully average tribute to the star of the first movie, Chadwick Boseman