Rabbie Serumula

Columinist

Poetic Licence

Rabbie Serumula|Published

Oom Piet had unknowingly opened the door to a memory

Poetic Licence

Rabbie Serumula|Published

You see why the once-essential Temporary Passport is now a relic

Poetic licence

Rabbie Serumula|Published

His name became his deeds

Poetic licence

Rabbie Serumula|Published

Both groups, in their own way, are grappling with the same fears

Poetic Licence

Rabbie Serumula|Published

Gold and diamonds carry a rhythm that lures men underground and holds them captive

Poetic licence: Suffer the children

Rabbie Serumula|Published

Those who can afford the least are forced to gamble with their health

#PoeticLicence: Spaza shops

Rabbie Serumula|Published

Living on borrowed groceries means living in borrowed futures

#PoeticLicence: The duplicity of Time

Rabbie Serumula|Published

The pain never truly leaves

Poetic Licence

Rabbie Serumula|Published

We live in a world that tells us freedom is in our choices

#PoeticLicence: Unspeakable acts of cruelty

Rabbie Serumula|Published

The court heard of the torment inflicted on two children: boiling water poured on skin too young to comprehend such pain, bodies beaten and violated, innocence obliterated. ...

#PoeticLicence: The unclaimed dead are not merely statistics

Rabbie Serumula|Published

This paints a far more complex picture of social breakdown

Bela Bill: can we create a system where all voices are heard?

Rabbie Serumula|Published

The BELA Bill transfers the authority to determine language policies from school governing bodies (SGBs) to provincial heads of departments.

#PoeticLicence: Safety in schools

Rabbie Serumula|Published

More declarations that teaching and learning must be respected

#PoeticLicence: “Don’t eat at other people’s houses; they will poison you”

Rabbie Serumula|Published

Seldom did they explain the reasoning behind this seemingly paranoid command

#PoeticLicence: Miss SA finalist’s journey has taken a surprising turn

Rabbie Serumula|Published

A reminder that our identities are often intertwined with the actions of those around us

#PoeticLicence: Less hate, more understanding

Rabbie Serumula|Published

The concepts of identity and belonging are complex

#PoeticLicence: An eye for an eye leaves a man without hands

Rabbie Serumula|Published

Mistook the ancient code of an eye for an eye to its most brutal and literal extreme

Is the GNU masking a deeper reality of disunity and compromise

Rabbie Serumula|Published

Urging unity and collaboration

Freedom Day is a time of celebration

Rabbie Serumula|Published

Men and women rise before dawn for long commutes to low-paying jobs

#PoeticLicence: When words and hearts meet

Rabbie Serumula|Published

It was the chance reunion with a titan of wordsmiths

#PoeticLicence: Underneath the canopy of an oak tree

Rabbie Serumula|Published

As the last rays of sunlight wash us in their warm embrace, I pull Kganya close, feeling the weight of his forgiveness like a burden lifted from my weary soul.

#PoeticLicence: What people remember

Rabbie Serumula|Published

Every edition is a brick to the construction site

#PoeticLicence: On loss and grief

Rabbie Serumula|Published

With each passing moment, the weight of impending loss hung heavy in the air, a haunting reminder of the inevitable.

#PoeticLicence: Where do stolen copper cables go?

Rabbie Serumula|Published

Municipalities must thoroughly inspect their inventories.

#PoeticLicence: The walls we build

Rabbie Serumula|Published

It is the subtle melodies of love that add the most enchanting notes