In this important month, the country celebrates women and their unfailing love, compassion, passion, fearlessness, and humility even when the odds are against them. Many young girls are led into the path of womanhood by the women in their lives, whether it is a mother, sister, aunt, or grandmother. For some who do not have a motherly figure in their life, they turn to their spiritual mother at Church. It is for this reason that Pastor A Chitekedza from AFM Word of Life Pretoria, felt it in her heart to teach fellow women what it takes and means to be a woman of substance, through a cooking competition, among many other life lessons, that took place on the 15th of July.

The new original pocket musical Actress, conceived and written by Talia Kodesh and Bruce Dennill and starring Talia Kodesh, with direction by Daniel Geddes, will be on stage at Pieter Toerien’s Studio Theatre at Montecasino from 27th September – 8th October 2023. Actress is a musical dramedy; a funny, moving story of a woman trying to define (and succeed in) her different roles – actress, wife, mother, daughter, teacher, and more – while juggling the complexities of all of those responsibilities. The story takes place in New York and South Africa, following ‘Actress’ on her journey through stress and success, anger and auditions, triumph and tears, dance and delirium and, perhaps, the possibility of peace. There is also assistance and emotional support from an unexpected source...