The sweetest solutions to food scraps, expectations, and troublesome taboos

This week in Beautiful News, chart a course of confidence. Aysha Gaffoor Richards, Annelissa Mhloli, Shéri Brynard. The individuals smashing stereotypes and defining their own lives. Thula Ndema and Thato Mbongeni Masonda. The couple transforming food waste into sustainable sorbet. Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo. The marsupial who’s taken to the trees. Leah Hawker. The photographer challenging perceptions of breastfeeding. Magoebaskloof. Your guide to the Land of the Silver Mist. Amanda Valela. The performer moulding young minds with music, theatre, and dance. This is Beautiful News.

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The sweetest solutions to food scraps, expectations, and troublesome taboos

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The sweetest solutions to food scraps, expectations, and troublesome taboos

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