My mom (65) was upset that her mother (100), my grandmother, walked ~2km to attend a drink up at a nearby village get together and wasn't wearing her mask. My granny was nonchalant about the whole thing. She was on some, "If I die, I die."
Some people are worried about the Clintons, the Obamas, the Oprahs who didn't show up at the funeral. The real VIPs were present: the People. The so called nobodies and non entities showed up for mam Winnie because she showed up for them.
#WinnieMandelafuneral
My dad sent me an interesting message about changing power dynamics in a family and how fathers are often neglected at old age. Its an interesting and illuminating read.
A THREAD
The irony of some Africans calling out to African Americans to come home yet the same Africans aren't even hospitable to the Africans on the continent.
The biggest takeaway for me in
#meganandharry
saga is that we need to stop thinking of marriage as bringing two (sometimes dysfunctional) families together. Let marriage be a creation of a new family, new tradition. New legacy.
Thanks to apartheid spatial planning, some people will continue to spend 50% of their salary commuting to work. No amount of financial literacy can resolve this.
N.B Plse don't suggest they move closer to their place of their employment cos they can't afford the rentals there.
The fact that a 12 year old girl can be turned into a sex slave and sold to six men daily shows you the number of pedophiles in our midst. And this is just one case that was reported and resulted in a conviction. And every day men are crying to lower the age of consent.
I think we need to be consistent in our censure. When Thandi Ndlovu's sisters did the big reveal on the abuse she suffered in her marriage, there was no condemnation. When
#Rakgadi
does the same she is being dragged?
Why the double standards?
I wish Nandi Cakes could do a similar expose on the men buying sex from the Insta slay queens. Give us a similar thread with screenshots of bios and handles. We're always quick to call out women selling sex but never the men consuming it. Basic economics of supply & demand.
It's men on the TL rejoicing that DNA tests will now be conducted freely in Government hospitals like this was the biggest impediment holding them back from paying maintenance for their children.
A paedophile is a person who is sexually attracted to prebuscent children. (0- 12).
An ephebophile is a person who is sexually attracted to adolescents, (13-19).
The distinctions are important because paedophiles lose interest in their victims when they enter puberty.
Telling black parents to send their kids to black only schools is not the answer to racism. If anything you are perpetuating segregation as opposed to encouraging assimilation. Kids should be able to access any school without the looming threat of racism
#cornwallhillcollege
What's also important to note in these pictures is that the younger men are accomplished. Well accomplished. They are not with the older women for a come up.
It's a shame you gave us a sound bite based on your own prejudices instead of showing us the entire story which was actually a beautiful display of gratitude.
Uber is an American company, its CEO is Travis Kalanick. If you were honestly about putting SA first you wouldn't even be supporting Uber. You would form your own Zuber.
Its not about WHO drives it; it's all about who OWNs it. Tsek!!
My moms friend lost her hubby. At the time of his death he was officially living with umakhwapheni. However everyone gathered in her home for the funeral. She refused to sit on the mattress. Throughout the whole thing she sat cross-legged on the couch. My shero! 😊
I have a problem with
#RobertMugabe
apologists. Especially the ones tweeting from the diaspora. Why did you all leave? What's your story. Why aren't you in Zimbabwe benefitting from the fruits of his wonderful legacy?
I just saw the African Union's statement condemning the killing of
#GeorgeFlyod
I wish they would show the same condemnation when African leaders murder their own citizens.
@hoydiie
Now listen to me sis, take the serviette in front of you. Write your number with lipstick 💄 if you don't have a pen. 🖋 I'm a writer, I always have a pen. En route to the ladies drop the serviette on his lap. If you don't want to cause alarm, send your waiter. Got it? Sharp. 👍🏼
Men who propose in public and men who try to win you back by grand public gestures are problematic.
In both instances they are trying to use public pressure to manipulate you.
My mom told me about a man who never attended funerals but always delivered loaves of bread for the grieving family. Then he lost a member of his own family & people poured in with loaves of bread & left.
Sometimes in life your presence is needed more than the bread you provide.
Children were asked this question. What is love? The responses. Omg. 😍😍
Billy, age 7:
"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."
I grew up in a home with a present mother & father. I understand the duality of parenting. I am a single mother & I mother my child. No way will I ever be a father figure & I don't want to be one either.
Motherhood is tough enough without being burdened with fatherhood.
We need to stop stigmatizing divorce. Divorced people are not failures. The failures are those people who remain in loveless toxic and abusive marriages that no longer serve the purpose they were initially intended for.
Regina King started acting at age 13. She won her first Oscar at age 48. For the last 6 years she has been sweeping those
#Emmys
Don't despise small beginnings. It's not about how you start but how you finish. Hail
#ReginaKing
A man posts a pic with some of his 19 kids he sired with various women. In the comments he is lauded for his big family that he takes care of.
If a woman posts her 3 kids she had with different men, that she takes care of, the insults that follow.
Double standards are glaring.
A man once said to me. "How does it feel to be the under achiever in your family. All your siblings are degreed but you are here writing books."
I told him I actually have a Masters Degree in Finance & Investment but I choose to write. I am not writing out of failure.
Financially independent women, in high powered jobs with high flying careers get abused by men too.
Don't think abuse is reserved for broke Susan who is financially dependent on her man & is fully reliant on him for sustenance.
Abuse happens across income levels & social strata.
Hold your Government to accountability. There is a whole Ministry of Sport and Recreation. As a citizen, Patrice Motsepe can spend HIS money the way he sees fit.
Dear Church Goers. Seek a relationship with God.. Not some Pastor, Priest or Prophet.
Our Father who art in heaven..
It did not say thou art in earth wearing a Rolex & Pierre Cardin suit. Don't be fooled by imposters who claim to be his representative on earth.
As parents we need to be careful about living vicariously through our children. So last nite my dad raised the issue of my midlife career change. He says he always envisaged me with a PhD & becoming the Finance Minister. I gently told him that was never my dream, it was his.
I don't know why families are obsessed with maintaining an outward appearance of perfection. There are no perfect families.
The first family we meet in the Bible was dysfunctional. Didn't Cain murder his own brother?
We don't talk enough about financial narcissists who will bleed you dry. They like living a lifestyle they can't afford but will expect you to pay for it. They prey on your generosity & justify the leaching by claiming you need to pay for the privilege of being with them. 🚩🚩
If we want to keep it real, in a patriarchal society no man should ever ask a woman what she brings to the table. Because in a patriarchal society a man must bring the table and the bread. The role of the woman is to cut up the bread 🍞, make pretty sandwiches & wipe the table.
You know there are men who are looking for subservient, women e.g. those who kneel, wash their underwear & that's fine. For every woman unwilling to do this, there are three more who are. So find those women who are willing & stop forcing your standards onto the unwilling ones!!
I don't know why people struggle to understand the duality in human beings. You can be an upstanding, law abiding, successful person in public and an abuser in private. Those two things are not mutually exclusive.
Just received this picture of my maternal grandmother, Selina Mguni. She is 98 years old this year. And she is still weaving those baskets. God bless her soul!! 🙏🏽
I'm at that age where men use your age as an insult when you decline their advances i.e "this is how you end up at 39 unmarried."
The assumption being that the older you are you must embrace any dick that nods in your direction.
No thanks Jose.
@KhandaniM
@MYANC
You have totally disregarded how these diseases are transmitted and the differing rates of infection (Covid VS Tuberculosis)
E.g Listeriosis = consumption
Diabetes =hereditary, lifestyle
Covid is a contact disease. It warrants isolation.
There are men who like to park you. That is what I call that chatting stage that goes on continuously with no date in sight. They park you in the garage so that if something happens to their current ride you are available on stand by. Hence I say you have been parked.
I honestly wish school curriculums could be changed to teach our own history. I was well educated in European history. I can tell you everything about it from the Treaty of Versailles to the Cold War. But when it comes to African history I have a lot of gaps in my knowledge.
Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 will always be a tale of two classes. There is one class who are sitting pretty, posting seafood dishes on Insta.
Then there is the other class, literally sitting on top of each other at Beitbridge border, trying to get passage into SA to eke a meagre living.
The US/UK travel ban isn't the stimulus for intra African tourism you'd like it to be.
Holidaying in Africa is pricey. From exhorbitant flights & punitive hotel rates. Truth is, African tourism is geared to the West. We aren't ready to accommodate each other on this continent.
Yes it's my birthday today🤭. Thanking God for the 42 years of my life. I am truly blessed😇. You have kept me this long so I can walk into my destiny with purpose. Amen! 🙏🏽
"Zambia contributed more to South Africa liberation more than Zimbabwe ever did yet Zambians do not have the same sense of entitlement to being in SA compared to their Zimbabwean counterparts " Kwena Molekwa
#SAImmigration
I see a lot of men are pressed by that man who proposed after 6 days because y'all been stringing your women along for six years on some:
"I'm still getting to know her."
What Naledi did is nothing new. She just flipped the script. Men have been doing this number on us for years. Dropping you home at 6pm with a sob story about studying for an exam. Next thing you see a post on FB where he was wilding at some party. Go Naledi. Live your best life!
Since you are all here, I am going to plug my grandmother's hustle. Baskets available in 3 sizes: Medium 41cm (width)
Large 44cm(width)
Extra Large 50cm (width)
Prices range from R300-R500
Sitting on a mattress to mourn a deceased husband is one of those patriarchal customs in our culture. You will never see a man sitting on a mattress to mourn his deceased wife.
I am not sure why women think men slow down with age. They don't. My malume (80) is on his last legs. Yesterday, at my grandma's house, his ex girlfriend (75) and his current current girlfriend (73) both showed up for Sunday lunch. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@JSnake5
It's always interesting to watch them go at each other. Then my granny comes to me and says your mother is a problem and we laugh about it. 🤣🤣🤣
Discrimination on the basis of vaccination has always existed, it didn't start with the Covid19 pandemic.
Try getting your child registered for school without a vaccination card and see what happens.
I love how SA (Ramaphosa et al) is being vocal regarding the
#UkraineRussiaCrisis
Imagine if they had been this vocal about Zimbabwe, they could have easily averted this immigration crisis which is now a ticking time bomb.
But ke, asikho lapho🤷🏽
I carried my son for 9 months. Endured morning & night sickness. Gained weight & stretch marks. Suffered through 8 hours of labor & then had to undergo an emergency C section. Imagine after all this & somebody wants to tell you that you don't get the right to name your child?
As a parent, once in a while sit down and watch the TV programs your child or children are watching. Even with the Fam rating, the content is not as innocent as you think it is. Our kids are being subtly indoctrinated.