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Essay · Reflections · 10 June 2026
The Company We Keep: Why I Prefer Solitude in a World Full of Noise
An honest reflection on friendship, identity, and the quiet power of solitude in a world obsessed with constant, superficial noise.
Essay · Learning in Public · 06 May 2026
Why I Build Things Before I Feel Ready
A raw South African reflection on self-taught coding, unfinished projects, AI, resilience, and the strange psychology of building before feeling ready.
Poem · Survival · May 2026
Receipts
The painful thing about being a struggling father is learning that people only respect your love when it comes with money.
Essay · Identity · 09 April 2026
Never Drop Your Standards in Love
A brutally honest, deeply philosophical reflection on standards, attraction, loneliness, and the hidden cost of settling in love.
Essay · Digital Psychology · 31 March 2026
The Unseen Weight: Why the Most Valuable Parts of You Cannot Be Measured
A grounded but powerful reflection on identity, spirit, and the unseen forces that shape human value beyond metrics, platforms, and performance.
Essay · Identity · 09 February 2026
The Smile We Never Questioned: A Tribute to Kitso “Kazner” Mohobela
He taught us how to laugh without cruelty, how to stand without apology, and how to wear faith and humour like armour. This is a tribute to Kitso “Kazner” Mohobela, a man whose presence shaped voices, confidence, and courage.
Essay · Philosophy · 09 January 2026
Your New Year’s Resolutions Are Too Small for the Person You Are Becoming
Most people set goals that fit their fear, not their future. This is a funny, honest, and challenging manifesto for builders who know they were made for more than survival.
Essay · Identity · 28 December 2025
Reflecting on 2025: A Year of Sacrifices, Lessons, and Returning Home
2025 was a year of deep learning, personal growth, and returning home. Amidst grief, business trials, and life’s uncertainties, I found calm, clarity, and alignment.
Essay · Masculinity · 21 December 2025
The Math of Monsters: A Manifesto on the Men Who Break Women
The statistics say 1 in 3 women will experience sexual violence. Every woman knows a victim. Yet, if you ask 100 men, not one knows a rapist. This is the uncomfortable, violent math of our society.
Essay · Identity · 23 November 2025
The Nature of Outgrowing Others: Why Growth Turns You Into A Stranger
I grew up having to dim my mind to make others comfortable. Now the dimming switch is broken. The more I grow, the more I see how shallow, stagnant and unambitious many people are.
Essay · Philosophy · 20 November 2025
How Short a Year Can Be, While Having Long Days
The year felt both endless and fleeting. Between the quiet of my cellphone, the pain of searching for work, and the slow farewell to my mother, time became a strange companion.
Essay · Masculinity · 27 October 2025
Joseph, the Father I Never Thought I'd Be
I never imagined loving children who were not mine. Joseph’s quiet courage taught me that fatherhood is not lineage... it’s the decision to stay, protect and teach.
Essay · Identity · 21 October 2025
The Atheist, The Job Hunt, and The God I Never Saw Coming
I lost my job and with it, my certainty that I controlled my life. Desperation pushed me into an unexpected prayer. The answer was subtle, slow, and wrapped in people I never expected.
Essay · Identity · 15 August 2025
Why I Left My Comfort Zone to Build a 'Legend' of a Business
There's a special kind of terror that comes with choosing the unknown over the familiar. It's the same feeling you get when you stand at the edge of a cliff, knowing the only way forward is to jump.
Essay · Masculinity · 14 August 2025
The Unspoken Rules of Surviving a Modern 'Man-Drought' in South Africa
I've noticed something, a subtle, yet pervasive shift. A kind of 'man-drought' has set in, not just in terms of numbers, but in terms of quality...
Essay · Identity · 16 June 2025
Braai Day, Pray Day, What Day? The Watering Down of South African Holidays
Ah, Youth Day... or as it’s now known, ‘National Check If the Liquor Store Is Open Day.’ In South Africa, our public holidays have been diluted into little more than welcome breaks...
Essay · Learning in Public · 28 May 2025
Train Delays & JavaScript Delays, My Event Loop Epiphany
Carletonville station, not exactly a hub of punctuality, is it? And that’s when it hit me, this whole damn station, this waiting, this uncertainty... it’s the JavaScript event loop, man!
Essay · Philosophy · 27 May 2025
Build Yourself Into a Legend (And Let the Rest Regret Their Role)
Not every door is closed because of bad luck. Some doors are closed because the person you are today isn't the one who deserves to walk through them yet. That's the part they never tell you about becoming.
Essay · Identity · 26 May 2025
Mayday: The Day My Mother Died (And My Ambition Lost Its Brakes)
24 May. The world forgot the date. I didn’t. Grief didn’t make me softer. It made me limitless. Not healed. Not gentler. It sharpened my hunger and stripped away the nonsense.
Essay · Masculinity · 24 May 2025
The Great South African Man-Drought: Are We Still Here, Or Just Taking Up Space?
Our townships are experiencing a bad dose of 'Leadership Vapour-Lock' among the brothers right now. It's as though someone has pushed the panic button on the self-actualization train.
Essay · Identity · 23 May 2025
The Siren Song of the Shaky Ground
There’s a little energy in the nightlife here, isn’t there? Especially with our “Groovists and DJs.” These aren’t just people... they’re the architects of atmosphere.
Essay · Identity · 21 May 2025
The Sonic Wallpaper of My Skull
Since the start, I've enjoyed 'the wrong ear' that my cousins used to call mine. While they were out there dancing to whatever Metro FM was serving, I was crouched in a corner somewhere with my Discman...
Essay · Identity · 15 May 2025
The Lesson
I’m not angry... not at you, not at fate, not at the knife you slid between my ribs, slow, deliberate, like a lover’s hand tracing the spine of a dying romance.