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Jennifer Hudson Mandela rejected for being a woman

I read with interest and listened to the radio debates about how Jennifer Hudson cannot play Winnie Madikizela Mandela. Its really amazing that Nelson Mandela was played twice by international, Steve Biko was also played by an international, and many others. No one complained. Why? Those were men. Now that Jennifer Hudson is a young black woman, we feel we can control her and just throw her out of her well deserved role. Ha. Shame on South Africa. As South African women, we should not be joining this wagon that aims to stop the tracks of telling the story of Winnie Madikizela Mandela.

Poverty not an Excuse to Abuse

Every morning I go past this specific high profile suburb. At this specific traffic lights, are a blind middle aged man with his teenage daughter, I assume, holding his hands, and they are begging for money. I never give a cent to those who beg, but every morning I'm tempted to roll the window down and just ask this young woman "Why the hell aren't you at school?". Each time want to open that window, a little voice responds to me,"She has no choice".
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Beware of the Ides of January

"Why", you ask? It might be your payday today, and you might just be a victim of crime because that would mean you are one of the most richest people in South Africa, just by having a few thousand rands in your bank account. Are you still confused?
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Perpetrated by Society

Does Lerato have to marry this man? What choices does the girl have? She can run away to the next town,village or police station and get raped on the way, or she can oblige. I don't know. But she should not take her own life away. What other choices does she have? Run, run and run. Are these decisions made by parents governed by culture or just personal? Most are governed by personal thoughts, but those thoughts are governed by culture. Does Thembi have to continue having sex with this man? No, Thembi is just a naughty child.
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Death of a Strong Black Woman - Author Unknown to Me

This morning, while struggling with the reality of being a human instead of a myth, the strong black woman passed away, Without the slightest bit of hoopla. Medical sources say that she died of natural causes, but those who knew & used her know she died from: being silent when she should have been screaming, milling when she should have been raging, being sick & not wanting anyone to know because her pain might inconvenience them. An overdose of other people clinging on to her when she didn't even have energy for herself.
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Disability a Misnomer

My first day in a hall for a graduation ceremony, was 13 years ago. Rhulani Baloyi was receiving her postgraduate diploma in teaching and had invited me. She was not family, or even friend, but I found myself sitting in that Great Hall at Wits University, applauding this great woman with pride in my heart. Rhulani Renoldah Baloyi is a blind young woman. You see(or you read, to those that can't see), I felt saddened that she has turned to journalism instead of teaching in our schools, but then again, I realise that now a lot young people can hear and see her on radio and television.
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Walk Away

"Najwa Petersen's aunt caused a big commotion outside Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Thursday, claiming in an emotional outburst that Taliep had driven Najwa to insanity, as he had done with his first wife, Madeega Anders." This was written on the 22nd June 2007. I've been following up on this story ever since. Today, the 2nd December 2008, I was sad to note that Najwa was found guilty of the murder of her husband Taliep. Whether she killed him or not, God knows, but I just want her to be free. Free to start afresh. Free so she can live happily ever after.
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Financial Independence

Today a 24 year old friend told me she is pregnant. Not 6 weeks pregnant, not 16 weeks pregrant, but 30 weeks pregnant. She fell pregnant, she tells me, because her father did not allow her to marry her man. Why did dad refuse you marry?, I asked. "Because he wants me to be financially independent.", she confidently responded.
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