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MMABATHO MONTSE
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My life has not always been easy, but I use the challenges to strengthen me and to show others that your past circumstances do not define your future.
Hey You, How are you? No, really, how are you? Thank you so much for sharing your time with me by reading this letter. I appreciate it and I appreciate hearing back from you too. It has been some months since I've written, and a lot has happened which required my...
Dear Beloved
Dear Beloved,I hope you crossed over to the new year with renewed faith and hope. My wish for you and your loved ones is that you may flow with ease and learn to dance to the beat of your own life’s drum.It has been a couple of weeks since I’ve written to you, and...
[Un] Structured
The word “structure” in relation to society has been on my mind in a subtle way for the past month or so. The word triggered quite a topical discussion in my personal space, and I had to reflect on my position in relation to social structures. Through my deliberations...
[In] Secure
[In] SecureSecure, when used as an adjective, according to the Cambridge dictionary, can mean “being fixed firmly and correctly and therefore not likely to move, fall, or break” it also means to be “protected”, likely to continue and not fail or be lost. Secure in...
Inspire[d] Change
For years, I have felt the need for a community I could speak to about anything – my dreams, hopes and aspirations, my “fears” and my life story – because I believe my life matters. So does yours. And so, in the absence of such a community, or perhaps because I...
Ubuntu
Ubuntu: A Social Entrepreneurship imperative for Africa Social entrepreneurship has emerged to be a growing organisational form in which market- based methods are used to address social issues, but remains poorly understood (Tucci, 2013). Social value creation...
The Wounds of Being “Too Much”
The Wounds of Being “Too Much”; Feeling Intensely By age 17, when my mother died, I had already attempted suicide more than three times; hanging myself from the top of my mother’s four-roomed house roof, slitting my wrist and, lastly concocting washing powder, bleach...
Returning to Myself
My name is Mmabatho Montse, daughter of Motshidisi Montse. I was raised by my mother in a small town called Kimberley, in the Northern Cape, South Africa.I turned 30 on September, 05th 2018. I am a mother of two beautiful boys aged, 12 and 3. I hold two degrees in the...
Hey You,
Thank you so much for sharing your time with me by reading this letter. I appreciate it and I appreciate hearing back from you too.
May 12, 2022 / Read More
Dear Beloved,
It has been a couple of weeks since I’ve written to you, and I’ve waited because I had not received clear guidance on a specific area aro...
Jan 16, 2022 / Read More
[Un] Structured
My nonconformity to social structures is a tool that has helped me navigate my life’s journey. Had I been consumed by the need to belong ...
Jan 16, 2022 / Read More
[In]Secure
The other day, after speaking to my ex-husband about something to do with our son’s school arrangements for the new year, it occurred to ...
Nov 17, 2021 / Read More
Inspire[d] Change
And so, in the absence of such a community, or perhaps because I have not yet found the right one, I decided to create the space for this...
Nov 04, 2021 / Read More
Leveraging key developments in data analytics, big data and AI for social entrepreneurs in Africa
In an era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), climate change, high poverty levels, and deep inequalities, the challenge remains ho...
Feb 12, 2021 / Read More
Smart cities- action and policy: An argument for inclusive smart cities
The creation of a smart city is a multifaceted journey, a journey that is entirely hinged on the developmental level of each city and the...
Nov 02, 2020 / Read More
Citizen participation may be the key to building African smart cities
Similarly, Smart cities can provide innovative solutions to urban infrastructure and new opportunities for governance and better and incl...
Oct 23, 2020 / Read More
Reimagining Smarter cities with African Imaginations
This week’s “Smarter Cities” session titled “Imagination”, featured Thiresh Govender, an architect at UrbanWorks Architecture and Urbanis...
Oct 19, 2020 / Read More
Apply for these opportunities for October and November
The Jacobs Foundation Scholarship was introduced in 2018 and is open to candidates with a strong interest in the field of youth and child...
Oct 19, 2020 / Read More
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