Today, I want to make a confession: I struggle with the concept and system of charity. Let me qualify my confession by acknowledging that these benevolent organisations serve as beacons of hope during crises. However, in my view, their effectiveness in addressing deeply entrenched systemic issues often proves transient at best. In a landscape rife with hunger, poverty, unemployment, gender-based violence (GBV), loss of identity, and the often unspoken intricacies of "Black tax", the limitations of conventional charity are starkly illuminated in the communities we serve.