When I remember Mama, I remember her as a mother, a healthcare worker, an educator and a community activist
Mama became a mother at the age of 22. In her lifetime, she would be the biological mother to City, Mingy, Gaur, Lazzy and Mpho, who unfortunately, passed away very early in life.
All her children remember her being very open-minded and approachable. They recall being able to talk to her about almost anything. My husband Gaur speaks specifically of being able to talk to Mama about topics such as gender diversity, marriage and others that remain contentious even today. At the same time, he reminded me of a time before we were formally married, when the lobola negotiations were already underway. I had come from Pretoria, where I was working, to visit him in Diepkloof and when I was about to return to Pretoria, Mama suggested he ask me to stay over. He says he was so surprised, because no girlfriend was ever allowed to spend the night before marriage.
This is something Mama also did for other girl children, irrespective of whether they were family or not. Morakane recalls Mama advising her on how to relate to boys when she reached puberty. She was consistent in how she treated young girls; it was not just about Mingy’s future and choices. She saw all young girls as her daughters.
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