"They still pay me the same as, let’s say, 10 years ago,” she said. “I’m worth much more than that and so are my peers…"

"Although my role in Legacy was not big, I still enjoyed working with them."

"In my head Charmaine does no longer exist and I made peace with that ... A lot of people still call me Charmaine, esp…"

"Even though I had friends as a child, I often chose to be on my own because my games were not conventional children’s…"

"I was the one who initiated school plays and drama projects."

"At primary school I re-wrote the Nativity, inventing a story about a blind girl who dreamt about witnessing the birth…"

"In high school, drama was not part of the syllabus, so I organised drama classes after school and did a play with a f…"

"If I am to be known by a colour, then I want to be known as a brown South African. I tried for so long to be black, p…"

"I think it is a little hard to fully enjoy anything with the current state of the world. We can all agree though that…"

"The biggest challenge was mobility and assistance around the house, so I had to learn how to be a little more patient…"