Category: Features

Simphiwe ‘Simz’ Ngema’s son’s name was revealed to her in a dream years before he was even conceived. Let alone planned. In this particular dream, she shares that everyone around her was calling her ‘mama ka Kearabilwe Kemorena’, but at the time she was single and also very scared of falling in love.

Imagine yearning for something intensely for an extended period, encountering countless challenges along the way, and finally achieving it. The overwhelming sense of joy and relief you experience is everything but certainly not blasé, especially when it surpasses your initial expectations.  

When singer/songwriter Lungi Naidoo became a mother at just 17 years old, she found herself overwhelmed and broken, unable to provide the love her daughter deserved while in constant survival mode. Her initial foray into motherhood was tumultuous, with her focus primarily on ensuring they had food to eat, often sacrificing complete mothering.