Sarita Ranchod

I grew up in a home where recycling happened as a matter of course, long before it became sexy. I don’t think my mother was deliberately thinking of "the environment" when she recycled. She was more likely judiciously considering how to extend the lifespan of things in her household by reusing and reinventing, rather than discarding or wasting.

"Clara Bowden was beautiful in all senses except maybe, by virtue of being black, the classical." — Zadie Smith, <i>White Teeth</i>. A quick glance through our mainstream South African media — an extension of that age-old medium — will reveal the glowing icon of black (South) African beauty, and Lux "Face of Africa" Khanyi Dhlomo.