2024 – Batjha Kaofela Short Stories

Grade 11, Waverley Girls High The sky was a deep, foreboding grey, like a physical manifestation of Vanessa’s sorrow. Tears […]

Grade 9, Habitat-61 Creative Hub It had been a cloudy day on June 16 1976. Jessica Mkhize was a young

Grade 10, Rena Le Lona Sizwe was an eighteen-year-old boy who was raised by his mother, and he was her

Grade10, Rena Le Lona In a small village nestled between two great rivers, there lived a young woman named Akira.

Grade 6, Metropolitan College Once upon a time there was a girl named Hannah and the girl named Anna. Hanna

Grade 9, Sakha Kids I don’t know my father and its hard to define who I am, when a part

Grade 10, Rena le Lona Creative Centre In Soweto, in Johannesburg, lived a dark-skinned girl named Oyintando. She lived with

Grade 8, Rand Girls My life, full of expectations and emotions, gave me many experiences. In my small town, where

Grade 8, Habitat-61 Creative Hub Far away in a quiet, artistic village there was a boy named Thabo. Thabo way

Grade 8, Malvern High School A group of strangers from different places always come together and discuss certain stories. They

Grade 11, PUSH It’s on a Friday afternoon when Lebohang Mabaso decided to visit her friend Busisiwe. In the house,

Grade 7, Metropolitan College Once upon a time in an unknown place far away was a village called Wonderous, filled

Grade 6, Metropolitan College Once upon a time there were two friends, Abdul and Thabo. They used to live and

Grade 7, Africa House College It was on the 23rd of October 2020 when I, and my brother Dumisani, and

Grade 11, Sakha Kids There is a boy named Aphiwe who lives in Johannesburg with both his parents. Aphiwe is

Grade 10, Sakha Kids Mimi was a bright and curious sixteen-year-old girl with a warm, golden-brown complexion. She loved chilling

Grade 10, Rena Le Lona Creative Centre It was one of the boring summer days at school. I’m usually happy

Grade 11, Parktown Girls High School I have always been a shy girl at heart, ever since the death of

Grade 11, Malvern High School In a small town, there was a library that nestled between hills. The town prided

Grade 8, African House College Once upon a time he said, “The future is in your hands, son.” This was