To women heroes

They fastened their belts and went to the trenches and fought with great bravery and dignity. Under unimaginable conditions they produced outstanding leaders of great strength and wisdom. Their husbands were migrant workers practically they were "married single mothers". Under those harsh conditions I never, in my tender years, heard or see street children neither did I heard of an infant found in the dust bin nor found deserted in the wild. Our fathers, their husbands were paid almost nothing. Some of these fathers could not even send remittances because their wages were enough to sustain themselves in their respective hostels. Yet our mothers, women of quality and strength pulled through.

Uneducated and in absence of their husbands sent their children to school little they knew about education yet they did send their children. I am fortunate to have been raised by these women. My grandmother ( also "my father") a woman of 1914 and she is still going strong. And my mother( also "my father") she does not have any formal education. Neither does she know classroom but she can read and write because her brother taught her. Both these women inspired me and set a good example. There are many other mothers I respect who produced many people of great prominence. The pity is that these women are not mentioned as heroes. Their pages are missing in South African history books.

For instance who knows Mandela's mother, Walter Sisulu's, Govan Mbeki's, Winnie Mandela's, Joe Slovo's etc. Surely these women did South Africa a great job by raising such fine leaders. As I write here I wonder who is the mother of the current state president because I assume a sizable number of South Africans know about Govan Mbeki. What is wrong?!

Today we have these modernized women who are likely to organize big marches for abortion and safe nights so that they can go out to drink until they drop. Our mothers fought and marched for good causes.

Dedicated to all forgotten "real" women heroes not to 'our modern women nudists'.