...and a lily was planted...

I am struggling to find a suitable heading for this piece. It has been very long since I last writ, and I feel tongue tied and rusty with my words.

Well, the main reason for my writer's block right now is because of the awe that fills my spirit at the moment. I've always known that I wanted to be a woman of serious impact. Not to have a powerful name per say, but a powerful impact.

Growing up in the Seventh-Day Adventist church, I grew up admiring the Women Ministries department. When I was finally old enough to to join the Young Adventist Women's Ministrydepartment, it gave me the best insights of my life. Ones that are always engraved in my spiritual mind.

I later decided to pursue a career in journalism. It would give me the opportunity to interact with other women. Their struggles, victories, pains and joys. I had the opportunity to intern at the Cosmopolitan magazine but as a fashion magazine, it did not satisfy the desire that burned in me.

I still long for a stronger experience. This piece gives me a perspective about where I want to be before I turn 25 yeas next October. 

As the year draws to an end, I look at four women who have bothered my conscious.



I read a book titled When Hope Whispers written by Zoleka Mandela with a foreword by her grandmother, Winnie Mandela. (I will write a review later) I have never seen so much strength compressed in a single book. The will to live, the yearn to survive and actually appreciating your very life that keeps kicking you over is an inspiration.

The Mandela women holding up their books

Zoleka was born into a public eye and was raped by one of her family's trusted friends. This influenced her her poor decision making during her teenage years like most of us do but had a harsh and negative impact later into her adult years.
She is a cancer survivor who advocates for children- including her daughter who lost their lives on the road.
It is a beautiful story of not letting go from the hope your soul whispers that you can heed to the call...





Mama Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is currently the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) by United Nations. Previously she was a South African politician who was Deputy President of South Africa from 2005 to 2008.



Then there is Ntombezinhle Jiyane AKA Dj Zinhle. She is a local house music DJ who broke through a male dominated industry and became a success. She is also a business woman with an girls-only academy and is a single mother. This girl practically stands for everything that stands for putting women up and celebrating them when they are on top. I draw from her strength, maturity and selflessness...


Lastly, and hopefully not least, the First lady of South Africa. Introducing Tobeka Madiba-Zuma.
Today, she pointed me to this blog. 

She was today appointed UNAIDS Special Advocate for the Health of Women, Children and Youth. Mrs Zuma will use her position as UNAIDS Special Advocate to speak out on a local, regional and global level on issues related to women’s sexual and reproductive health, including HIV and TB, and especially on HIV prevention among young adolescent girls and young women.



They have all pointed me back to my dreams. I am going to back feature magazines and am going to open a foundation!

I've just smiled...