The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Sunday March 5th, 2023
The apartment in Tamboerskloof by Abigail George
Ming always thought that ‘apartment’ was a fancy word for ‘flat’. Couples were flocking to Tamboerskloof. Buying up property there. It was a pretty nice place to raise a daughter. Have a family. A dog. A cat. That white picket fence scenario.
People could be seen walking their dogs and jogging in the afternoon sun. At that time in her life Ming was a missionary and a freelance photographer juggling both. There were times when she was younger when she had travelled all over Africa but that was another time in her life.
The photography gig paid her bills for now. But she wanted more out life. So, she decided to pack up and go and live like a hippie on a commune outside of Cape Town.
Ever since she was a little girl she prayed with her dolls. She played convent-convent with them. He dolls were nuns. Catholic. She played church with them. Sang hymns to put them to sleep.
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Power Song – Number Two #poem by David Sparenberg
“Song that remembers there are tides
Song that remembers there are orphans
Song to the heights of tree, beyond trees to the heights of clouds
Song to mountain summits
Song to the mists and greens and roots of valleys;”
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Mika Toxica #49 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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