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THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: THE STORY OF MIRIAM Written by SANKHULANI DAKA It was a warm, humid day in the heart of Africa. The sun was shining down on the dusty streets, casting long shadows as people went about their daily business. Amongst them walked a young woman, her head down, lost in thought.Continue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Sankhulani Daka”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: The Selection Written by Mongezi Leslie Cakathiso Consciousness allows you to read this very sentence. As if you had always existed, it is impossible to imagine how it feels, not being in existence. Yet, you emerged 13,8 billion years later than the universe’s birth. A series of events, in aContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Mongezi Leslie Cakathiso”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: Against All Odds: The Incredible Journey of Surprise Written by Elsa Khoza My name is Elsa, and I’m not quite sure how to put into words the whirlwind of emotions I’m feeling right now. I’m a tall and thin 17-year-old girl with long black hair and piercing brown eyes. MyContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Elsa Khoza”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: Russian Roulette Written by Mlungisi Radebe I woke up, mildly irritated, to the sound of men I did not know, chanting my clan names. They carried on for about an hour, with no sign of stopping. It worsened my hangover, ruining my day before it had even started. I walkedContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Mlungisi Radebe”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: Grasping At Petals Written by Isaac Tlaka I know some of you wonder why it’s hard for me to move on and forget about her. The truth of the matter is that like the sky, my love for her is endless. I met her at Jane Furse Library. She hadContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Isaac Tlaka”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: Love and Betrayal Written by Phumi *STAR* Even though it has been going on for a while, I felt uneasy and I knew something bad was going to happen. “I shouldn’t have come,” I said to myself as I stood at the door reluctant to ring the doorbell. I closedContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Phumi”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: One Way To Paradise Written by Tebatso Motsepe It’s a hot sunny day, with clear skies and the sun is halfway across. The smell of palm trees and pine trees are mixed with the smell of dried and dusted blood, rusty bullets that were meant for the fallen soldiers. ThisContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Tebatso Motsepe”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: Free Like A Dead Body Written by Kamogelo Tselane Mashilo Midnight-coloured shawls veil slouched shoulder blades. Soggy eyes are affixed to the crimson earth beneath our feet, they gesture respect with bended necks. My dear Aunt Jeminah tosses a tired gaze at me and clenches my hand, her sweltering palmContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Kamogelo Tselane Mashilo”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: The Whistle Man and Bow Written by Chazaq T. Reads ‘Please don’t do this, she is sick, I beg you please,’ the young man pleaded as he knelt before the intruders. ‘My mother is sick, she can no longer work. I am the one who has to work and sinceContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Chazaq T. Reads”

THEME: KNOCK YOURSELF OUT TITLE: Hope Not Lost Written by Emily Thorpe France, Toulon, 1776 Elyna Silently I slipped beneath the fence that ran around the edge of the wharf. My dress fell loosely around my legs and the hem tickled my ankles as I stooped to duck beneath the thick rope that held aContinue reading “PUBLISH’D AFRIKA Magazine Facebook Short Story Competition – April 2023 Leg/ Emily Thorpe”