South Africa: The Importance of Brené Brown’s Call for Courage for South African Women and Men Daily Maverick

Dear DM168 reader,

When I was in Sub A at St Augustine’s Primary School opposite the Greyville racecourse in Durban (a Department of Coloured Affairs government school run by Catholic nuns), I would often dream of being a boy.

Boys in our school wore a white shirt, a navy blue tie and shorts.  We girls had to wear a white shirt, a navy-blue pleated skirt and navy-blue panties. The boys’ underpants were unseen, so I imagine they ranged from Batman undies to all the colours of the…