Author: Thando Bhebhe
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INTERILLA
I Fatima finds herself unable to breathe. She’s so stressed, so frightened and so panicked that she literally can’t breathe. It’s astounding to her, not only terrifying, but stunning. How can this…
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Xpedition 84
South Africa, 1984 I “So now that we’re all on the same page, is it official that I say… call us a team?” asked Lana, her golden retriever energy pulsing over her…
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The Herdenian Gospel
A creation story of a universe called Aeven. Queens, mothers and supremes all living in harmony for now The Heavens… In the beginning, there was nothing. All was empty, devoid, and barren. …
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Juliet Must Die!
A lover’s quarrel, or something like that * 001 * I don’t know where things went wrong. She told me that she loved me, she told me that I was hers, and…
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Joan Bonaparte & the three musketeers
A daring battle ensues between spies I Paris, France Her name is Bonaparte, Joan Bonaparte. Her nom de guerre is the Silver Serpent, and her codename is Athos. Joan is a DGSE intelligence…
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The Women’s Republic of Herland vs the United Queendom
The first casualty of the revolution had been the revolution itself I You remember it as a warm day in summer. You were gathered with friends, all of you sitting across a…
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The aesthetics of politics
An analysis of the 2024 American election Donald J. Trump has won America’s elections and will soon be inaugurated as the 47th president. This will be his second term since his previous…
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The Ballon d’Or ceremony 2024
A night of highs and lows The 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony has finally aired. It was a night of celebration and controversy as the winners were selected to many spectators’ dismay and…
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Has sports betting gone too far?
How Bill S-269 attempts to regulate sports betting advertisements in Canada Olga Steblyk/ Lead Photographer FanDuel, Bet365, DraftKings and BetMGM are just some of the few sports betting companies and platforms that…
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Savour the flavour
A journey into downtown Brantford’s authentic East Asian cuisine Thando Bhebhe/ Creative Director A jar of special chilli sauce from The Chinese Sisters Downtown Brantford has a wide variety of restaurants and…
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Election betting
Moving across the world in pursuit of a new life Olga Steblyk/ Lead Photographer As the world’s attention is captured by the ongoing election campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, a…
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Celebrating Imane Khelif
Algeria’s first women’s boxing Olympic gold champion Imane Khelif has become an international sensation. Everyone from a United States of America presidential nominee to one of the bestselling children’s authors of all…
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The Ballon d’Or 2024
Who will claim the ultimate prize? Ever since 1956, the Ballon d’Or has been hosted annually by French football magazine, France Football, as the season’s best footballer is chosen for the prestigious…
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A new golden age in Canadian football
The Canadian men’s national football team continues exceeding expectations In 2022, the FIFA World Cup took the world by storm as 32 nations from across the world travelled to the host nation…
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The Queen of the Green and the Secret Garden
Contributed Photo / FreepikThis photo was generated with AI. I Mary Lathra’s story began with her mother, Priya Lathra. Mary’s fondest and most intimate moment with her beloved mother was at her…
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Femme Supreme and the Vangels — Issue #1: The Raid
Thando Bhebhe / Lead Infinitum Writer Sehrin, 1973, Africa Minor I High up in the black sky with twinkling stars, the wind whirled, spun and swirled, warning. We heard the call, the cry…
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Lady Day and the Dark Dame
Thando Bhebhe / Lead Infinitum Writer The story I’d been planning to write took me to the Republic of Fauxland, located just off the Eastern coasts of Canada and the United States.…
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Roses are Red, You are Dead
Thando Bhebhe / Lead Infinitum Writer What is morality, where do you draw the line and who’s stopping you from crossing it? I like to think that we all have a code,…
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Sour Oasis
Bachir Miloudi / Sputnik Photography “I saw the ad on a newspaper.” “A newspaper?” “Yep, right in print during my morning coffee.” “Huh, she really did it.” “Yes, she did it, all…
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Eve’s Parable
Thando Bhebhe / Lead Infinitum Writer I As Eve stared back at the computer, she saw the white spaces of the page, the world reflecting back, possibilities as infinite as the story…
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A Miracle Before Christmas
Olga Steblyk / Sputnik Photography Thando Bhebhe / Lead Infinitum Writer Thando Bhebhe / Lead Infinitum Writer I The Night Before Christmas I don’t know what to feel anymore.I feel like I’ve…
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Welcome to the Jungle
Contributed Photo / Unsplash The year was 1968, I remember those days of past, the bright yellow sun sizzling on my skin, the sound of the ocean battering on the beach, ahhhhh,…
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Blood for blood
Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorA sunset by a house. There’s a story of a father. A father and his sons His sons ran to their friends. Their friends told them what happened. …
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Morningstar
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography It all started with darkness. This was a darkness that worsened with each heartbeat, one of clenched eyes that tightened in retreat only to discover more darkness.…
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I Am Become Death
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography There is a story I once heard, a story of a hero who stole fire from the Gods. He gifted the first flame to mankind, and the…
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To my eternal, I’ll always answer
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography Flowers blooming. Haunted by that dream of tomorrow, that nightmare of mortality, of foolish hubris, of realized delusion, of fiery hell burning upon the once green, the once alive, the once beautiful, so beautiful…
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When it happens
Karen Savoy / Sputnik Photography You know how it feels when it finally happens? When everything just clicks, when all the pieces fall into place, the stars aligning, eyes glancing in lock…
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Vertigo
Photo Contribution by Karen Savoy Anything is possible, believe in yourself, you can achieve whatever you set your mind to, there is nothing stopping, stopping, stopping, STOPPING——– Lost transmission. Brace for landing,…
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Punk
Night is black, streets are wet, tears stream down in weep. Hands raise, red reflects, warm and cold with guilt, knees crack in stumble. Bowed both body and soul, sky returns gaze,…
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Right Place, Right Time
PHOTO BY Corentin LE LEANNEC ON Unsplash He was at the right place, at the right time, and viola, his dreams came true. Some will call it luck, some will call it hard…
