<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Smallest Ones&lt;/em&gt;  (&lt;a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Penguin Random House&lt;/a&gt;) is a personal account of survival in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo of the early 2000s. Captured by rebel soldiers, Popina Khumanda, and many others were captured tortured and raped. Amazingly, Popina and her older sister managed to escape, and find their way to South Africa. But their nightmare was not over. Popina writes about this journey with unflinching honesty in a testament to the power of hope and resilience.&lt;/p&gt;
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The Smallest Ones  (<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Penguin Random House</a>) is a personal account of survival in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo of the early 2000s. Captured by rebel soldiers, Popina Khumanda, and many others were captured tortured and raped. Amazingly, Popina and her older sister managed to escape, and find their way to South Africa. But their nightmare was not over. Popina writes about this journey with unflinching honesty in a testament to the power of hope and resilience.

MEET THE AUTHOR: Popina Khumanda

<description>&lt;p&gt;Through a campaign called #Doekwithadifference, the &lt;a href="https://canceralliance.org.za/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Cancer Alliance&lt;/a&gt; https://canceralliance.org.za/ wants every woman to know that whilst it can be a killer, Cervical Cancer is also 100% preventable. In the first in a series of Story Cafe&amp;#39;s and in partnership with &lt;a href="www.womanzone.org.za" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Woman Zone&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="www.artscape.co.za" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Artscape&lt;/a&gt;, they share the info. &lt;/p&gt;
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Through a campaign called #Doekwithadifference, the <a href="https://canceralliance.org.za/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Cancer Alliance</a> https://canceralliance.org.za/ wants every woman to know that whilst it can be a killer, Cervical Cancer is also 100% preventable. In the first in a series of Story Cafe&#39;s and in partnership with <a href="www.womanzone.org.za" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Woman Zone</a> and <a href="www.artscape.co.za" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Artscape</a>, they share the info.

STORY CAFE: What every woman needs to know about Cervical Cancer 

<description>&lt;p&gt;Author and founder of the hugely popular victim-focused podcast series &lt;em&gt;True Crime South Africa&lt;/em&gt;, NICOLE ENGLEBRECHT speaks to Beryl Eichenberger about the making of the series and about her fourth book, &lt;em&gt;BARE BONES: Cold Cases from True Crime South Africa &lt;/em&gt;(&lt;a href="www.jonathanball.co.za" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;Jonathan Ball&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;
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Author and founder of the hugely popular victim-focused podcast series True Crime South Africa, NICOLE ENGLEBRECHT speaks to Beryl Eichenberger about the making of the series and about her fourth book, BARE BONES: Cold Cases from True Crime South Africa (<a href="www.jonathanball.co.za" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Jonathan Ball</a>).

MEET THE AUTHOR: Nicole Englebrecht

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this heritage month, with our thoughts on legacy, what better legacy we felt, than to pass on a love of reading. So our two Guest Authors this month have both turned their hands to writing for children. Listen here to poet Diana Ferrusand actor Bianca Flanders. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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In this heritage month, with our thoughts on legacy, what better legacy we felt, than to pass on a love of reading. So our two Guest Authors this month have both turned their hands to writing for children. Listen here to poet Diana Ferrusand actor Bianca Flanders.

MEET THE AUTHOR: Diana Ferrus & Bianca Flanders on writing for children

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Law, Life and Langenhoven&lt;/em&gt; was the title of Dominique Malherbe&amp;#39;s event at &amp;#39;Nave Narratives&amp;#39;, the first ever book festival in Stanford in the Western Cape. But author of two memoirs and a book called &amp;#39;Searching for Sarah&amp;#39;, Dominique offered much more - primarily about her life &amp;#39;in writing&amp;#39;. &lt;/p&gt;
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Law, Life and Langenhoven was the title of Dominique Malherbe&#39;s event at &#39;Nave Narratives&#39;, the first ever book festival in Stanford in the Western Cape. But author of two memoirs and a book called &#39;Searching for Sarah&#39;, Dominique offered much more - primarily about her life &#39;in writing&#39;.

WOMAN ZONE STORIES: Dominique Malherbe - on writing

Welcome to WOMAN ZONE – connecting women through their stories. 

Woman Zone is a Cape Town based organisation designed to bring together women of all different backgrounds and cultures, to get to know and understand one another by sharing stories. We have several podcast series WOMAN ZONE STORIES; FINDING HERSELF: shared journeys; the new MEET THE AUTHOR: women writers and their work and special collection ARTSCAPE@50 - CONVERSATIONS. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do. Feedback on info@womanzonect.co.za. Happy Listening! 

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