Lethube Phaladi

OTW
May 13
1 min read

Updated: May 14

Lethube Hellen Phaladi was born in Ga-Seroka in Sekhukhune. A poet and aspiring novelist, her poem ‘Shai, Isaac Shai’ was awarded first prize in the AVBOB Poetry Competition in 2022 in the English Category. She has been published in Stanzas and New Coin poetry magazines. Lethube has recorded six videos in both Sepedi and English, performing some of her poems on Facebook under the name Hellen L Idiory, and is currently working on a project called ‘Makete’, a short story about GBV and young women.