Today I went to a speaking event where the topic was around women leadership and gender activism. We gathered in the spirit of mama Charlotte Maxeke w...

The chosen ones   And when we saw a black woman at the helm, we got excited, we felt represented. We thought, finally, our lives would matter t...

South African women are dead. Dear sis Pinky I saw your video and I was moved, unfortunately for you I am part of a very small minority. Mama, o...

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE It was with the deepest dismay to note my name being raised in the press statement released by Molemo Jubjub Maar...

Dear Makhadzi   First of all I want to tell you what a brilliant talent you are. How we have watched your energy sweep over this nation without...

I speak for every dark skinned girl who has ever been shunned for trying to steal the limelight of a yellow bone, and for every natural haired sister...

  I have been watching the Black economy debate with dismay and disappointment as I realized that black people don’t actually have a lived exper...

What about Phoenix? What are we going to do about the blood spilt in Phoenix? I notice there are two opposing views playing out in society. The fir...

8 August 2020 Women’s Day Address available on YouTube https://youtu.be/Om8P-fObngo       It is woman’s day in South Africa....

BE WARNED: South African Men Are Rapist Friendly   When I stripped naked in 2007 as a protest action against rape, I had no idea that I was emb...

What is the role of the ANC Women’s League   I find myself deeply confused on what exactly the role of ANC Women’s league is in our society...

Sthandwa sam......chomi yam......my flesh and blood. Me and you we enjoyed our relationship. Thank you for the past 5years when our relationship reach...

There is a poor family in Alexandra Township that survived a terrible violation and lost a member. There is a poor family in Alexandra Township with n...

Press Release 26 May 2020 Att: Arts and Culture editors FOR THE LOVE OF AFRICA FACEBOOK MUSIC AND POETRY TOUR Featuring Pops Mohamed, Ntsiki M...

  NAME:                                  Nontsikelelo Mazwai STAGENAMES:                  Nt...

I don't know about other industries but I have never come across a department as useless as the Department of Arts and Culture. It is glaringly...

I do not expect house niggaz to understand me. These past couple of days have shown me that apartheid was successful. In the 90's the white govern...

Dear Mr President I feel like because you were never held accountable to Marikana so you didn't learn the lesson and now you're about to re...

Listen.... You ABSOLUTELY cannot be an Africanist and a Christian at the same time. Pick a side. Black people have been fed Jesus for so long that th...

Ok, I need to breathe and understand why the government dropped off soap in Diepsloot today as a measure against the Corona virus. I am either confus...

I turn 40 this year so I need to find ways to consolidate all my talents and personalities and bring everything together. Welcome back to my blogs. I...

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I think that we should cancel women’s month because it means nothing to us. Women’s pain and oppression is of zero importance in the society we ha...

This is my journal entry the day we lost Linda Mkhize, a beautiuful soul, pioneer, icon, business man and lyricist. Linda was in my life between 2005...

About Rock Bottom   People have a tendency to throw it in your face when you show them vulnerability. I write this blog and I am scared of what...

It is with great shock, sadness and disappointment that I have watched the burning debate around the cost of parenting. Too often we hear the term bab...

MEDIA RELEASE 1 JANUARY 2019   ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT     NTSIKI READY SET AND GOING   In the famous words of the wise man...

Today I tweeted:   ‘After my mother died, my dad got remarried in 96. In his house (my supposed home) when you enter, there are family pics,...

A lot can happen in a week in South Africa. This week gave me a lot to reflect upon. The most pressing matter for me this week was Cheryl Zondi. We...

I am completely and utterly stunned at the irresponsible and ignorant reporting and conversations around Ganja since it was legalised yesterday. I am...

The current state of hip hop has been giving me sleepless nights more especially, the feminine voice. I am uncomfortable by the feminine representatio...

(This is a chapter from my thesis which explores the themes that came up for me in white schools)   Childhood Sistahoods   Keabetswe was...

THE BLACK IMBIZO is a dialogue platform for Africans to  engage on issues affecting Africans. Living in a country where the narrative is outside o...

As I sit and reflect on the political situation in South Africa, I realise that African people have a long way to go before we are free. Our own leade...

An Interview with Ntsiki Mazwai   MaMiya: Thank you for taking the time to unpack yourself and The Masterpiece with us. Before we get started,...

Song: ENEMY Artist: NTSIKI MAZWAI Album: THE MASTERPIECE       Sahlangana                            ...

This freedom day Ntsiki Mazwai brings the launch of her third studio album to the Soweto theatre.  This is Ntsiki’s third studio recorded album and...

FOR SALE NTSIKI MAZWAI   Nabaya ke besithengisa Nabo benxiba amalabel behamba ngemichini Bethengisa amaphupho omntana omnyama Ngese...

venue: Snake Park Soweto

tickets: free

date: 5 February 2017

PMAE launching monthly poetry sessions tickets: M50 food available for sale venue: Rockview Beer Garden, Lesotho  date: 27 January 2018...

Venue: Soweto Theatre Date: 22 February 2018 Time: 7pm Tickets information available on http://www.sowetotheatre.com/ ...

Venue: ONE Eloff Street Johannesburg Date: Saturday 4 February 2018 Time: 4-5pm  ticket prices to be confirmed Talk on Entrepreneurship...

Venue: 1095 Sandile Street Dube Soweto Time: 12pm-8pm Date: Sunday 21 January 2018 live performances, djs and beatboxing...

Date: 14 January 2018 Venue: 10897 Mokoena street Dobsonville Time: 3pm-10pm live performances, djs and beatboxing ...

Press Release For immediate release   Attention: All Arts and Culture journalists, bloggers and media houses (ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT)  ...

In a bid to get more victims to speak out about their trauma from their rape, I have released a song of healing, DONE TO ME. This song is intended to...

Where do I go from here? I have broken my silence and now they say the healing will begin. What is this healing they speak of? I sit and wait.  ...

28 September host of nightmarket at Shova Lifestyle Boutique (opp Sakhumzi Restuarant) 5pm-11pm contact: shova.lifestyle@gmail.com...

Thursday 21 September 16:30 Guest Speaker at University of Pretoria-Graduate centre Pan-afrikanism/Black consciousness with reference to fight a...

Sometimes I find South Africans frustrating. South Africans can follow an illogical narrative and stick to it. They fail to critically analyse things....

It is the last Sunday of women’s month in South Africa. I have spent most of the month speaking about the violence men inflict on us. I think we als...

Dear Mduduzi Manana I would address you as sir but you’re young and you are not deserving of any respect at this point. Much like most South Afri...

What a thought provoking women’s month we are having. We have an array of women abuse cases to look at, from Shaka Sisulu, to Arthur Mafokate, to th...

Why does being a woman always have to be such a struggle? It is the eve of Women’s Day and I am from an event where I had to fight for women to be o...

ON THIS DAY BEFORE WOMEN'S DAY I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A SNEAK PREVIEW INTO MY MEMOIR. THIS IS PART OF MY THESIS FOR MY MA. THIS STORY MAY NOT BE...

We seem to be going round in circles. Racism and white supremacy seems to be a recurring issue in our social politics. Perhaps it is long overdue that...

Sawubona Music Jam IMBOKODO 29 August 2017

I think one of the hardest parts of my journey is that I am by nature an open soul. I wear my heart on my sleeve. This is not necessarily a bad trait,...

Molweni! Sanibonani! Dumelang! Welcome to the new home of NTSIKI MAZWAI her majesty the queen, Nontsikelelo the one and only Cheri Egrand, Original Pa...

When Casspernyovest did FILL UP THE DOME: it was inspiring. When he did FILLUP THE STADIUM: he taught us how to dream. When he stood on his two Ben...

January 19, 2017 Immediate Release 19 January 2017 Music Release Single   QUEEN OF THE HOUSE   After taking a year off her c...

Deep Soweto Celebration, Jabulani, Soweto

  Name Nontsikelelo Mazwai Stagenames Ntsiki Mazwai; MaMiya; StreetQueen; The Ntsikinator Craft Be...

I did not ask to be raped Brutally molested Body vandalized Scrutinised by your non believing eyes Fickle minds Undermining my wound...

I’m a girl called temptation Never your girl, your wife or your boo Just a thought that comes in the middle of the night Jus...

  Now that the mighty have fallen who is going to watch over us? Preach over us? Take over us? Took our land These statues repr...

From Mobu, her distinctive line of beadwork, to Wena, her autobiographical poetry collection, from spoken word to spoken music, from producer to bold...

ANC NYOLS Kahle kahle Anc has nyols. What an absolute disaster of a once powerful struggle movement. ANC is the longest running African political p...

It is important for me to write you this letter so that you and I can relate better. You are a wonderful person and I truly enjoy our engagement. Ther...

I want to tell you exactly why you are wasting my time when you focus solely on the Guptas with regards to the economy:   “R100 is stolen fro...

THIS STORY IS TAKEN FROM MY THESIS ‘HOMECOMING.’ IT MAY NOT BE USED BY ANY PUBLICATION OR INDIVIDUAL WITHOUT MY CONSENT. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL LE...

#DataMustFall If John has a shop and you buy bread from him at R20 five times a week…he is getting R100 from you every week.   If you do n...

Open letter to Kallie Kriel,Ernest Roets and the rest of the klu Klux klan at Afriforum We African people are watching as you throw dirt onto our...