AMBER EKSTEEN: My mother. Being raised by a single mom I didn’t feel a lack of anything or a piece of me being missing from not having a father. My mom and my grandmother were strong enough to play both the roles of a mom and dad for me.
JIMMY AND JAMAN NTULI: There are so many women in the world who played huge roles in the making of our lives today. For us specificially, it’s our grandmother. She raised us as her own.
THANDZ BUTI: There are a lot of female inspirations in my life. My inspiration for right now – because I am in a very conflicted phase of my life with regard to my career and spiritually – would have to be India Arie. I listen to her music a lot because I’m still trying to find my purpose. She speaks the truth.
Phindiwe Nkosi, manager of the maternity unit at Alexandra Clinic says a 15-year-old schoolgirl delivered her second child recently leaving the clinic worried about an increase in teen pregnancy.
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