Tag: Cape Town

I want to use the Mamandla Fellowship as an opportunity to learn the skills I need to return to the community, both my own and those in more under-resourced areas, and be a better supporter of mothers! A breaker of generational-chains! A sharer of beneficial knowledge and resources! A listener of stories! And an all-round advocate for the many issues that affect mothers in this country.

It’s such a great honour to be a Mamandla Fellow because I get the chance to meet and connect with like-minded women.

Maggie Marx is a research communication specialist at the University of Cape Town, a wife and a mother to two. When she became a mom, her eyes were open to the shocking amount of social injustice in South Africa. She works to use her voice and privilege to help raise

My name is Memory Linzie Simwaka, a wife, mother, business administrator, strong supporter of mothers and an activist for different movements related to motherhood. I am passionate to see pregnant women in South Africa get supported with maternity support grant, I believe that pregnancy is expensive and that it is

Hi, I’m Kayla-Tess (she, her) – mom of two, wife to one, passionate social worker, committed Jesus-follower and proud South African. I spend my days in the private school and private practice sectors advocating for preventative life skills education, policy reform, consulting on statutory family and diversity and inclusion matters,

Nwabisa Mzamo is a married woman with three children. She was born and bred in Cape Town. She studied Bachelor of Social Work at the University of the Western Cape and graduated in 2017. She has worked at The Trauma Centre as a social worker. She served in communities such