She forged a career documenting the absurdities and cruelties of apartheid in the male-dominated, sexist world of journalism, as a widow raising eight children on a Black reporter’s paycheque.
Fietas was where Mayet developed her cosmopolitan sensibility. The small, vibrant community was culturally diverse; Malays, Indians, Coloureds and some poor whites co-existed peacefully. She was raised Muslim but, she writes, “as a kid, growing up in slums where people lived together, mixed”, she had neighbours, friends and a sweetheart from different cultural and religious backgrounds.
From left, Rashid Seria, the late Mike Norton, Juby Mayet, Charles Nqakula, Marimuthu Subramoney and Phil Mthimkhulu at a Union of Black Journalists congress in Durban, 1977. , who personally hired her as a cub reporter in 1957. She said she always felt like she worked for both publications because they shared staff and offices, and encouraged a joint readership.
She began by covering social and community events, and writing advice columns for adolescents and women, offering recipes and fashion tips. In the 1960s she worked full time for Drum where, she writes, “I really found my wings” as a writer. She started writing feature articles, opinion pieces, short stories, poetry and more.Over time, Mayet’s work became overtly political.
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