Story

The three 13-year-olds, Bessie, Khulekani and Turnaya asked the Queen to give them the same bed-chamber. Right now if they followed her generosity to split up in such a big castle with countless [...]

It all began during the holidays many years ago after a visit to his auntie’s place. Being a hard-working boy, Denis had helped in doing household chores and his aunt in appreciation had given [...]

Tito’s birthday is in two weeks and he’s yet to come up with a theme for the party. He walks to the living room and asks his parents “Mum, Dad, what kind of party should I have for my birthday, [...]

Jackal’s tongue was out, drooling, imagining his teeth sinking into the juicy fat zebra meat. His friend Leopard was rolling on the ground with laughter. Leopard never got tired of teasing [...]

The ground is cracked, like my dry lips and my dirty feet. The sun shines bright and hot, and the few leaves left on the old guava tree slowly float to the ground, yellow and dry. Mama spreads [...]

Many years ago in the Animal Kingdom, when the animals could speak, a great Sangoma called Sun came and lived among the animals. He was a skilled healer known in all corners of the kingdom and [...]

Once upon a time, animals of every kind from the beasts of the land to the critters and all the creepy crawlies, were gathered together from every corner of the earth for the very first time in [...]

In a copper- nickel mining town, where black smoke from the mines greeted the mornings and the blast of dynamites shook the town to sleep every evening, Ujeura stayed with his grandmother. Uje’s [...]

A long time ago when the rocks were still wet with mist, people lived in harmony with their master, Soil. Master Soil was spread like a carpet throughout the whole kingdom and sustained life. He [...]

On the first day of school after the festive season, Mahube noticed a change in her childhood friend, Tlhong. Normally, they would chat nonstop about how they spent the festive season, the gifts [...]