The determination of a women who raises her children with the discipline she never received from her own parents.
Her strength is seen when she stands up for what she believes in, even if she is alone.
Her strength is witnessed when she is a parent to other children in a taxi, who misbehave while on a journey to school.
Her confidence is always shared amongst others.
She believes in her children’s dreams more than she believes in her own.
Her children were conceived through rape, yet she raises her twin daughters on her own.
I often wonder whether there are still women like this in Kwatsaduza?
I ask myself this question because I see too many women dependent on their husband’s social status.
To be committed to someone does not mean you should lose your own identity.
I am not undermining married women at all, but one should not lose their own worth because of another person.
Lately, I see women have allowed men to control them, even in areas where they shouldn’t be controlled.
I see women are happy to just have a title of “Mrs So and So” when they could be proud of their own Miss World title.
Young girls are in a hurry to post that engagement picture on social media, forgetting in our culture that half of lobola does not make you a wife yet.
In our society, we need more women of courage and conviction to fight the social issues that young people are faced with on a daily basis.
We need women who are brave enough to be billionaires of our economy, and women who dream to be leaders of the “United States of Africa” tomorrow.
Our economy needs women who are ready to feed our nation and fight corruption on a daily basis.
We need women who are determined to be the mothers of freedom.
In 10 year’s time I want to watch a documentary of an African woman who brought about change on this continent.
I want to read about a woman who was a 16 Days of Activism activist for 365 days.
I want to read about a woman who never had a fear for change in our homes and our society.
I wait patiently as I continue with my life, and I hope to hear about the strength of this woman soon.
