21/11/2025
Today hits differently. 💜🇿🇦
Gender-Based Violence isn’t a headline - it’s a reality that too many South African women live with every single day.
Through my community work lately, I’ve met so many mamas who have been exposed to GBV… and here’s the thing that breaks and inspires me all at once:
No matter what they’ve been through, they STILL show up for their kids.
They still wake up, still push forward, still love fiercely.
They are doing everything they can to heal, break generational cycles, and not pass their pain onto their children.
That is strength. That is courage. That is womanhood.
And as a mother, I feel the weight and responsibility of raising the next generation differently.
I am raising a son who will treat women - and every human - with kindness, softness, empathy, and respect.
And I am raising a daughter who will know her worth, trust her voice, and never shrink herself to make someone else comfortable.
To every woman, every mama, every survivor:
I see you. I stand with you. I believe you.
You shouldn’t have to be brave just to survive in the country you call home.
Today, we honour the women fighting battles in silence.
We honour the ones rebuilding from scratch.
We honour the ones who left.
We honour the ones who couldn’t.
We honour the ones still trying to find the strength.
And to the men - the good ones - who stand beside us, who speak up, who raise better sons, who choose empathy over ego and protect women and make them feel safe and secure… thank you. Keep showing up.
South Africa, may we create a world where women don’t have to be warriors to feel safe.
May we be the generation that stops the cycle.
May we raise children who choose kindness before anything else.
💜 I stand with mamas. I stand with women. I stand against GBV - today and every day.
