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Ripfumelo Chavani

Ripfumelo is an ambitious and self-motivated individual who thrives on challenges and constantly sets objectives for herself. She's always looking for an opportunity to do better and achieve greatness.

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Writing since
2021
Words published
20,364
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Poetry & Prose, Style, Culture & Power, Sound, Creative, Sport

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Poetry24Pageantry3Music2Literary Arts2Fashion2Sports1Human Interest Stories1Career Development & Inspiration1Commercial Film Production1Creative1Business & Finance1Make-up1

Latest from Ripfumelo

Ntungwa Nkgaswa stands with arms crossed in a royal blue suit, patterned tie and wristwatch, in front of a glass building
Sports

Ntungwa Nkgaswa: From village boy to international basketball star

Ripfumelo Chavani30 Oct 20232 min read

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Antido.te in a black and white close-up portrait, wearing beaded braids, a white vest and two silver chain necklacesMusic

Antido.te: bouncing back

“The negativity changed me a lot because I strived to become a better person and a better artist.”

Ripfumelo Chavani17 Oct 20235 min read
Jane Khoza smiles, hands on hips, in a yellow embroidered dress among garden plants, beside an old horn gramophoneHuman Interest Stories

Cultivating dreams: the inspirational journey of Jane Khoza and Koki’s Garden of Wonder

“I Call My Garden the Garden of Wonder Because It Is Continually Changing”

Ripfumelo Chavani13 Aug 20234 min read
Thando Makhoba in a black top, braids in a high ponytail and red lipstick, glancing over her shoulder against crimsonPageantry

Thando Makhoba: Miss World South Africa 2023 quarter finalist

“I was born to reign supreme, this sentence just does it for me.”

Ripfumelo Chavani25 Jul 20236 min read
Ntombovuyo Ngaphu smiles with her chin on her fist, in a lilac blazer and jeans against a mottled brown backdropCareer Development & Inspiration

Ntombovuyo Ngaphu: Living a purposeful life through language translation

Breaking the language barriers is her passion.

Ripfumelo Chavani15 Mar 20233 min read
Tshepie Olds with closed eyes and locs, red rose petals in her hair and falling around her, against a soft blue backgroundCommercial Film Production

Tshepie Olds: Breaking barriers as a female film producer in Botswana

Tshepie Olds is a female Commercial Film producer from Botswana.

Ripfumelo Chavani1 Feb 20233 min read
Gofaone Modise poses in a black blazer and glasses with braids, hand at her chin, against a grey-blue backdropCreative

Gofaone Modise: Redefining social media marketing

Gofaone Modise is a young, charismatic woman passionate about helping businesses and young people reach their potential.

Ripfumelo Chavani27 Dec 20222 min read
A smiling woman in a grey blazer rests her chin on her hands against a ribbed grey wallBusiness & Finance

How to succeed in the events industry

“I forever find myself providing solutions for various situations.”

Ripfumelo Chavani13 Dec 20224 min read
Vunene Mabasa wearing special-effects makeup that makes half her face look like a silver robot, with bright pink lipsMake-up

Vunene Mabasa: making people feel and look good

”Quitting is the ultimate failure because you’ll never see the desired result”

Ripfumelo Chavani4 Nov 20225 min read
Pink ribbon graphic: How pink can you go, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with the Journey of Hope Botswana logoPoetry

How pink can you go

It’s pink October, A time to recognize the brave who have dealt with the unthinkable.

Ripfumelo Chavani24 Oct 20221 min read
Marcia Ramodike smiling in an orange off-the-shoulder dress with long braids and pearl earrings, against a dark wallLiterary Arts

Marcia Ramodike; succeeding in the business industry

“I always told myself that one day I will make it.”

Ripfumelo Chavani1 Oct 20224 min read
Palesa Motsewetsho in a sparkling red gown and jewelled crown, posing beside a mirror against a blue backdropPageantry

Palesa Motsewetsho: daring to dream

“When I put my mind to something, I can never be swayed.”

Ripfumelo Chavani11 Sep 20226 min read
Masked and unmasked audience members sit on white chairs at an outdoor event, one man standing by a laptopPoetry

Ambition in place

A brain behind inventiveness, Young and intelligent, Destined for greatness… Anxiousness and sensitiveness his weakness, And creativity his greatest weapon…

Ripfumelo Chavani14 Jul 20222 min read
A man with patches of vitiligo on his face and arms, in a bucket hat and mustard T-shirt, holding a phonePoetry

Wear your skin proud

Unusual brown, white and spotty “deformities,” Sketched on your body by the hands of nature, Creping quietly into your coat, and consuming the usual skin color… A discomfort that came with constant…

Ripfumelo Chavani25 Jun 20221 min read
A woman in dungarees and a striped T-shirt laughs with arms raised in front of a rainbow flagPoetry

Wrong ain’t our label

They say we all have rights…A rhythm mumbled daily.As if everyone earns the same respect…Yet, seeing the difference makes me wonder.And seek to know exactly what are human rights?Who deserves these…

Ripfumelo Chavani16 Jun 20222 min read
A painted mural of a screaming figure clutching its head with both hands, teal and brown on a pale wallPoetry

Monstrous pain

I never saw it coming!

Ripfumelo Chavani30 May 20222 min read
A woman in a black dress and pearl-trimmed cardigan sits with a coffee cup at an event, looking off to the sidePoetry

A true natured passion

Her profession… An excellent event prof.

Ripfumelo Chavani7 May 20222 min read
Close-up portrait of a woman in a cream head wrap and large hoop earrings, looking steadily at the cameraPoetry

You think you know her

I overheard your chats with your buddies.Whispering one-sided truths about her character.You uttered with confidence…For you were certain of every element that made her.

Ripfumelo Chavani26 Apr 20221 min read
A woman with an afro tilts her head back with her eyes closed in profile against a teal sky, wearing large hoop earringsPoetry

I said I was busy

I said I was busy…Yet my truth was considered a lie.For I was not spotted physically operative

Ripfumelo Chavani22 Apr 20221 min read
A young man in gold-rimmed glasses, a white roll neck and a dark green belted safari jacket stands among treesFashion

Turning passion into a business

“I do fashion almost every day of my life and I value it more than any of my professions.”

Ripfumelo Chavani18 Apr 20224 min read
A woman in a beaded collar and a layered blue, red and white fringed outfit stands on a brick path, barefoot with ankletsFashion

Keeping up with the fashion world

“Fashion means being able to express myself in a form of clothes.”

Ripfumelo Chavani23 Jan 20223 min read
PalesaPageantry

Young, Black and multi-gifted

“If you don’t love what you do, then what you do won’t love you back.”

Ripfumelo Chavani10 Jan 20223 min read
GriefPoetry

The rhythm of my grief

Listen to the tone of my grief,A discomfort that started when existence turns into a misery…When days and night were more of the same..When my ex started to cheat on me with a Paramour.

Ripfumelo Chavani7 Jan 20221 min read
A woman in a yellow ruffled jacket lowers her sunglasses and holds an ice cream cone against a weathered teal wallPoetry

Phenomenal self

I don’t have a sexy physique to die for,I’m not full- figured.But I’m cute in my ways,When I try to portray my glamour they don’t see it.When I try to notify them, they speculate I’m telling the…

Ripfumelo Chavani5 Jan 20221 min read
White Light Forming HeartPoetry

A heart of gold

My heart,What a tenderness filled within you,Your every beat is fulfilling and admiring…Your liking knows no prejudice..All you observe seems elegant and uniqueYou have passed this compassion to my…

Ripfumelo Chavani2 Jan 20221 min read
Hands pull a blank card from a brown envelope on a wooden desk beside an ink pot and dip penPoetry

Dear Life

I gave myself sufficient period to examine and understand you well.After all the times I was attempting to give up on you and get relieved from you because I couldn’t handle your nature.But I have…

Ripfumelo Chavani9 Oct 20211 min read
Black and white close-up of two people holding hands across a wooden tablePoetry

What is love?

I wish I can tell, but you are asking the wrong person,I have been in love, yet I can’t clarify it…I know it sounds strange, but this is my truth…

Ripfumelo Chavani6 Oct 20211 min read
The number five made from a bicycle chain on a bright orange backgroundPoetry

Five on the dot.

I’m longing to live my dreams!I had the best moments of my existence,Encircled by people who only sees potential in me.They applauded, as I walk boldly on a red carpet,Bossing to sit on a throne,My…

Ripfumelo Chavani25 Sep 20211 min read
A lone figure in pink picks through a huge mountain of rubbish at a landfillPoetry

Nobody is a waste

I notice you, All the duration… When you take things very distant, And label human beings nobodies.

Ripfumelo Chavani13 Sep 20212 min read
Black and white image of a woman with tape over her mouth, a finger raised to her lips in a hushPoetry

Hunted souls

We thought only animals can be hunted down and killed…But things have changed drastically,Human flesh is on demand,don’t get me erroneous….Not all human flash, but recently women considered on the…

Ripfumelo Chavani11 Sep 20211 min read
Black and white close-up of a young woman with tears running down her cheeks, flowers in her hairPoetry

Crying a river full

I’m crying a river full of my pilling tears,I’m still enduring the pain,Yet I don’t know I’ll endure it until when…I think, maybe it will passYet I also believe it can even be for a lifetime.

Ripfumelo Chavani8 Sep 20212 min read
A man in a cream shirt touches the arm of a woman in a grey turtleneck, who stands hands on hips looking awayPoetry

Meaningless sorry’s

Nicely, you said sorry,On your knees as if you wanted to submit,With a sham sadness on your skin.Like the usual,You performed similar actions…Hoping I’ll fall for it, like all these times.

Ripfumelo Chavani5 Sep 20211 min read
A woman in a pale blue hospital-style gown sits curled up on the floor, head resting on her arm, looking sadPoetry

Foreseeing your return

I’m here extremely concernedOverthinking roughly of what you are enduring,I wonder if I will ever have an opportunity to feel your deepest suffering,Because that is my longing to share your pains…But…

Ripfumelo Chavani26 Aug 20212 min read
A DJ in a grey t-shirt and headphones mixing at a Pioneer deck in a room with red wallsMusic

DJ Giftos going after his dreams

Gift Mabasa is a 32 years old young man, who was born and bred in malamulele, Limpopo.

Ripfumelo Chavani25 Aug 20214 min read
A black and white scene: a blonde woman in long gloves aims a small revolver at a man with a cigar at a drinks tablePoetry

Unforeseen betrayal

I unfasten my life foyer,For you to access my frontier,Assuming our relationship was more than just friends…And I snatched it to the next phase.

Ripfumelo Chavani16 Aug 20211 min read
A paper printed with the word time burning, its flame bright against a black backgroundPoetry

A matter of time

Time fliesIt runs like a river flowWe meet when the time was still tickingI put you under my skin just like a tickYou sucked my blood,And become full and fat from my flash

Ripfumelo Chavani12 Aug 20212 min read
Poem card for A mistaken hardship by Chavani Ripfumelo Constacia: a woman seen from behind in silhouette at duskPoetry

A mistaken hardship

They spread the mythsAnd announced my madnessFor they assumed they knew it all..They went further…And verify my passing time.

Ripfumelo Chavani3 Aug 20211 min read
Poetry card for Mourning by Motsoakae Joseph Moloi: a fountain pen writing over blurred handwritingPoetry

Mourning

Sadness, bereavement or lamentation;The most terrible state of humanity survival,War between soul, mind and heart;Thorn in my skin, tumor in my brain;What should be done?

Ripfumelo Chavani6 Jul 20212 min read
A smiling woman with long auburn braids in a black lace top and playsuit, holding a handbag in a doorwayLiterary Arts

MAMAs nominated: Best Author

BESIDES BEING GIFTED, LONELINESS INSPIRED ME TO WRITE

Ripfumelo Chavani1 Jul 20212 min read
Poetry card for Apple of my eye by George Tshabalala Lethabo, with a large orange fountain pen nibPoetry

Apple of my eye

Can I tell you a secret?Please promise you’ll keep it.I’ve kept it deep within,But now I should preach it.There’s a girl whom I love,An angel from above.Although things may get tough,I’ll never get…

Ripfumelo Chavani23 Jun 20213 min read

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