Umhlogomeli wabadala OngumgcugcuzeliUmtloli u-Jo Anne Smetherham usitjela bona kwakunjani kuye, ukukhulumisana nezalukazi ezisithandathu zeKhayelitjha, eKapa, boke ebavela ehlanganweni engasi ngeyakarhulumende/i- non-government organisation, ebizwa bona yi- Grandmothers Against Poverty and Aids (Gapa), enzela ukutlola incwadi yakhe yesihloko esithi-‘The Nevergiveups’. Incwadi le ikhuluma ngamaphilo wazo kusukela ngesikhathi basese bancani emaplasini we Eastern Cape, baze baba badala, batlhogomela imindeni yabo eKhayelitjha eKapa.Amandla wokwehlulaKungikhuthazile, ngokukhulumisana nabogogwaba.Kizo zoke iintjhijilo abommaba abaqalene nazo, banekgono lokwenza okufaneleko nesbindi esikhuthaza abantu abafana nami, abane kgono. Iindaba zabo ziyaqinisana, banendima encani abayidlalako nekgono lamandla.Bangitjengise bona, kuyini ukuba muntu.Lokha nangitlola ezinye indaza zabo, ngizizwe ngirareka, kwafanela bona ngijame, ngihlale ngingasikinyeki imizuzwana, ngetjise lokhu egade bangitjela khona. Abogogo behlangano ye-GAPA, bangitjengise bona umtlhogo ungasikgolophaza soke, kodwana singakgona ukukhasa, sihluze bese ekugcineni sigijimele phambili godu, begodu kuyigadango elihle neliyipumelelo.Nanyana amaphilo wabogogwaba abudisi, ubukutani, nezwelo labanye abogogo abasehlanganweni ye-GAPA (Grandmothers Against Poverty and Aids), le kubenza bona baqine, bakgone ukuragela phambili ngepilo. Ihlangano le, yenza umsebenzi okarisako.UAlicia Mdaka usiqoqela bona wayithoma njani ihlangano ye- GAPA (Grandmothers against Poverty) nokobana yabutjhugulula njani ubuphilo bakhe....moreUGoldie Qyayia nendodakhe uOtto, beKhayelitsha, bebengazwisisi okunengi ngengongogwana yeHIV. Nanyana kunjalo, yathatha amaphilo wabantwababo ababili...moreIndaba ka Thenjiwe Tutu zalokha nakasebenbenza njengonomakhitjhi ngeminyaka yebandlululo, ukubaleka amapholisa nalokha apheze abotjhwe....moreUGoldie Qayiya kanye noFelicia Mfamana, babelana ngendabazabo zamaphilo, wabo walokha bayokutjhada; u uGoldie wabanomtjhado uhleliweko, lokha uFelicia athwalwa ngiloyo akhabe azokuba yindodakhe, nokumasiko womabili weXhosa....more
