Phiwe Mncwabe
October 21, 2026
Book review 20: White Privilege Black Pain: The Power of Race in Democratic South Africa- Kim Heller
Since she gifted me with her book, everything has changed because I have known no peace — only discomfort and rage.
📚 Book Review 20: White Privilege, Black Pain: The Power of Race in Democratic South Africa by Kim Heller
October 18, 2026
We owe it to ourselves to hold our government accountable. We owe it to ourselves to reimagine a democracy filled with hope.
September 24, 2026
The death of runner Elizabeth shook me deeply-not only as a woman, but as a runner.
September 23, 2026
Sometimes you arrive to serve, only to discover that you were also meant to receive.
September 22, 2026
Hello, Phiwe is back. ✍🏾
Three weeks away from reading and writing, and I worried I had lost my rhythm.
Today, I wrote again.
And I remembered: the writer in me never left. She was simply resting.
Book Review 19 is here. 📚🏾✨
August 26, 2026
Growing up in a staunch Christian home, church was never optional. Sundays belonged to church and by the time I was thirteen, I had lost count of the number of churches I had attended.
August 17, 2026
South Africa's political conversations increasingly happen online, but our communities still exist offline.
August 12, 2026
Sometimes, the stories we read force us to confront the stories we have lived.
August 7, 2026
In my latest Botlhale Insights reflection, I share how my first experience of registering to vote shaped my understanding of civic participation and why, despite everything, I’ll still be voting.