Malapile Solly Ramatswi, formerly known as Soetry, is a multifaceted artist from Pollen village in Limpopo, currently based in Gauteng, South Africa. His creativity encompasses poetry, theatre, playwriting, songwriting, and performance. These disciplines reflect his concepts in production, writing, and administration. Solly’s work is rich with imagery and metaphors drawn from his rural upbringing, where his grandmother used to tell stories around the warmth of the fire. He explores themes such as boyhood, love, self-introspection, habits, and the historical relay of events. Solly excels in oral presentations, and his passion extends to social activism and Sign Language. Through Soetry Media, he promotes language diversity and inclusivity. His initiative, Project Translation, includes online workshops, poetry and dance competitions, and plays that integrate Sign Language.

Belita Andre is a Johannesburg-based poet, copywriter and writing facilitator. Although South

African born, the writer is of Namibian and Nigerian descent. This has been the grounding perspective from which her work stems. As co-founder of Death in the afternoon, a literature house that offers writing, workshop and performance experiences for students and adults around Johannesburg. Belita has collaborated with Makers Valley, MAC Cosmetics and Jameson SA. The writer has also contributed poems to the colouring book and anthology: Colour Me Melanin. Some of her performances include the Basha Uhuru Freedom Festival, Izimbongi Festival, Turbine Art Fair and virtual exhibitions at the 2020 National Arts Festival (in collaboration with Sheimpressions and The Radioactive Poetry Hub).

Tshepo Molefe (pronouns: he/his/him) is a multi-award-winning performance poet, theatremaker, scriptwriter and copywriter hailing from the Vaal. With a career spanning over eight years, Molefe has graced many South African stages and worked with notable companies such as Drama for Life and Joburg Theatre.

Some of his most notable achievements include winning the 2017 WordnSound Poetry League, being published on the 7th edition of the Sol Plaatje anthology, being the 2017 Gauteng Regional Co-Ordinator of DFL Lover plus Another Poetry Competition, publishing his debut poetry anthology, The Brown Bottle series and staging it as a one-man play at the Joburg Theatre in 2023.

Kabelo ‘KB’ Ringane is a Multi-award winning Slam Poet and a self taught Opera singer, he has been writing and performing poetry since 2005 and has performed at various Government events and an even greater list of Corporate events. KB has performed in countries across Sub- Saharan Africa, Mauritius and Madagascar, having shared stages with various local and international poets and Musicians.Kb is also a Civil Engineer with a Masters degree in Civil Engineering. He has been working in the Engineering discipline for 10 years.