Mmusi, Gayton, Bantu and more: ‘What I learned from my mother’
Four party bosses pay tribute to, and share leadership values they learnt from their beloved moms
12 May 2024 - 00:00
South African poet, Thabang Ngoma, wrote a poem a few years ago called Mother, You Are, with some verses that are relevant to Mother’s Day, today, coming a few weeks before our General Elections on 29 May. He wrote: “You are in essence and in spirit maternal/A soul full of love unconditional and eternal/In growing through the many stages and phases/You guided me to discard my many vices. ..
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