Kumbatia San

Scrolling through TikTok recently, I came across the amagwinya aphelile song — equal parts amusing and a little tragic. Because let’s be honest: Few things sting more than sitting down with a cup of tea only to find the amagwinya or diphaphathi are finished. Finishing the last gwinya and keeping quiet should qualify as domestic…

I got my first period at 11.It wasn’t a rite of passage — it was depressing.The pain was so intense that it defined my months, my mood, and my milestones. By 20, I was officially diagnosed with PCOS, but by then I had already normalized a level of suffering that should never be “normal.” At…