Alexandra philanthropist and businessman Linda Twala, who runs a funeral parlour for the Southern African region known as TwalamaAfrika, celebrated this year’s Fathers Day together with local fathers at his house in 2nd Avenue.
Twala has been offering humanitarian services to the afflicted communities worldwide for more than 50 years. He said fatherhood has been trampled upon by people who don’t deserve to be called fathers because of their bad behaviour and that has overshadowed the image of fathers who work hard to take care of their families.
“Today I decided that we celebrate this day with 98-year-old local citizen Lemu Mudau and other local fathers of Alex. Father’s Day for me is one of the most important days in the calendar like Mother’s Day. I regard fathers as heads and mothers as pillars of their families.
“It really pains me to see fathers treated with less importance and being painted with the same brush as those who don’t deserve to be called fathers because of their bad behaviour.”
Fathers and mothers who attended the event were pampered with gifts and indulged themselves with delicious food that was specially prepared by local chefs as a token of appreciation.
Twala urged community members to take care of their senior citizens and learn good values from them.
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