My name is Mapitso and I have natural hair… In varsity, I started thinking of going natural because, for the first time in my life, I saw black girls with natural hair and this inspired me and transformed the way I thought about my own hair. In December 2012 I…

How I became “the goddess of afros”… I always hated it when my scalp burnt. (Relaxers) I hated the heat from hairdryers also. Spoke out when I was 7 (beginning of my rebellious streak😂, ) then Grama made concoctions to make my hair easy to manage, using herbs from our…

​I have a love hate relationship with my crown… Mainly because of those days when I wake up and I don’t have the energy to do maphondo the night before. Plus, my fro is uneven. Oh well…. The last time I relaxed my hair was October 2008, for my matric…

All my life I have always had a lot of hair, strong and capable of growing to be very long. But all my life I have always been so intimidated of going natural. I mean, how was I was going to handle my hair in its natural state, being so…

Haircare for your braids Darling Hair Stylist, Emelang Moyo, shares her secrets   Women are bombarded with tips about haircare and how to keep their braids looking “selfie fresh” for longer. Darling Hair Expert, with over 22 years of experience, Emelang Moyo, has a few tips that work. She shares…

​I feel more “relaxed” when “Natural”…  So I decided to go natural in 2011 mainly because I found natural hair more alluring then relaxed hair. I’d see girls with beautiful fros and just die with envy & besides,  my relaxed hair had stopped growing so I thought why not though…

My hair story…  My ‘conscious’ hair story began in 2006 when I cut my hair short, removing my relaxed hair and leaving the ‘growth’. This was after my big brother suggested I should cut my hair and initially I was totally against it. But after much convincing and reassuring that…

I started my natural hair journey in 2015 around October after realizing and accepting that relaxer was simply too toxic for my hair. I’d attempted growing an afro before three years prior but had aesthetic success that cost me more time in the morning, dry hair and tears. The difference…