Marsha Bothma

Multimedia journalist

Cape Flats Book Festival celebrates stories and community

Marsha Bothma and Alicia English|Published

A featured author at the Cape Flats Book Festival was Vennessa Scholtz from Parow, who has published books such as Kita’s Dance with the Dust and Ellie and the Good ...

Black World War I servicemen honoured with memorial in Company’s Garden

Tamlynne Thompson and Marsha Bothma|Published

A new memorial in the Company’s Garden honours more than 1 700 black servicemen who served and died with the Military Labour Corps during World War I and had no ...

St Luke’s Hospice closes Kenilworth in-patient unit

Marsha Bothma|Published

Come 2025, St Luke’s Hospice will no longer run an in-patient service at its Kenilworth facility. St Luke's Combined Hospices, a non-profit organisation, announced ...

NPO advocates for parents and their children with autism

Marsha Bothma|Published

The Autism Strong Academy NPO invited parents and their children to an open ...

Salome live in Mitchell’s Plain

Marsha Bothma|Published

Performer Salome, formerly from Lentegeur, will be hosting her show in Mitchell’s Plain for the first time. She became famous for her hit songs I Don't Want to Know, ...

Embrace your curls ‘from within’

Marsha Bothma|Published

With many people wondering what the fuss is about ‘going natural’ and embracing your curly hair, Plainsman spent some time with a natural hair expert, Simone Thomas, ...

Book review: Luntu Masiza Tells the Truth

Marsha Bothma|Published

Luntu Masiza Tells the TruthPenny LorimerTafelbergReview: Marsha BothmaPenny Lorimer’s book took me right back to when I was in high school not too long ago. I’ve ...

Nurse with 40-year service who beat all odds

Marsha Bothma|Published

Nurse, Pamela Douglas, 60, from Strandfontein, celebrated her 40-year service as a professional nurse. On the brink of being a school dropout after becoming a teenage ...