Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster MP

‼️‼️‼️ Make the National Sexual Offenders Register public!

Grateful for another day. God is good. A God restoration and revival, who makes old things new. 🫶🏾🇿🇦

@Siphiwehenryy Glad it s back! What a wait!

@NobuntuSA Yesterday morning, yes. Water was only restored last night.😑😑

Did you have to shower at the gym again @Siphiwehenryy

Just came across this pic of you and my mama @VuyiswaRamokgop 😍

North West University - Mahikeng #YoungBuildersMovement I’m encouraged to build! The future is in good hands! Ours is to accomplish our own generational mandate, so that we pave the way for theirs.

Yes, we were in Sharpeville today, but we were also there during the course of the week, doing oversight on water and sanitation. We cannot accept, that the site that remains one of our most significant reminders of the freedom and rights fought in blood, is home to the violation of the most basic human rights.

✨ Human Rights Day is not only about remembrance, it’s about action. From Sharpeville to today, dignity, safety, and opportunity must be lived, protected, and restored. #UniteForChange #HumanRightsDay #Sharpeville

As the world is flung into global conflicts: We cannot be anybody’s proxy. We cannot be anybody’s project. We cannot be answerable to global power blocs. We answer to the people of South Africa.

@carolinedewet @MYANC @CyrilRamaphosa Thank you so much for the vote of confidence and support @carolinedewet

We truly have such great politicians rising out of the disaster created by @MYANC and their useless leadership under @CyrilRamaphosa

I reiterate: We cannot be anybody’s proxy. We cannot be anybody’s project. We cannot be answerable to global power blocs. We answer to the people of South Africa.

International Women’s Day Debate I keep talking about power, because when it comes to the advancement of women, that’s where the real gap is. Today, as tension erupted in the House every time a man took to the podium, I made this point: At the core of the tension about who speaks, is the question of who leads. The uncomfortable truth was that some of the parties sending men to speak don’t have women representation in Parliament. Thats not a speaking issue, it’s a leadership issue. Only 1 in 3 mayors in South Africa are women, and councillor numbers are even lower. So I challenged all parties: be deliberate about fielding more women as councillors and mayoral candidates. At some point, we have to stop debating representation…and start sharing power.

@JustXavierB @ParliamentofRSA @MmusiMaimane Thanks for alerting us @JustXavierB

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Nothing reminds you that we are the adults now quite like moments of bereavement, especially in the African context. Grateful for moments like these with my mom. For her wisdom, her love, and most of all her prayers. Because even as life places more responsibility on our shoulders, it’s a gift to still have a mother whose presence, wisdom and prayers steady you.

The passing of two very different leaders this week, Mosiuoa Lekota and Sbu Zondi, a friend and comrade - has left me reflecting deeply on what leadership and purpose, particularly political life, are meant to be about. Lekota was part of a generation that fought for freedom, but also had the courage to stand again when things went wrong. When he and others formed Congress of the People, it renewed hope for many of us, and the belief in the kind of leadership that was still willing to fight for the mission of a South Africa that would deliver the promise of democracy. I was a party agent for COPE in those 2009 elections (early adopter 🙋🏾‍♀️) - I had just given birth to my first born son in that same year and it somehow re-fueled the fire in me. What kind of country were we building for our children? Lekota, was among those who had emboldened us. Sbu carried that same spirit: bold, courageous, defiant - yet one of the kindest, humble and most self-sacrificing people you could meet. He never lost the belief that something could be done to fix the country, specifically, the City of eThekwini. Even after leaving formal politics, that belief, that fire in Sbu, never dimmed. It was who he had always been, and in fact, even in the weeks before his passing, we were plotting about eThekwini, talking about what the right leadership would be and would mean for the City. My reflection from their lives: The call is the call. And a life well lived is one that has remained true to it - even when it was hard, even when it cost. “But if I say, ‘I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,’ his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.” #TheFireInMyBones 🦁

The hardest working child in the classroom is very often the one who is not doing well. The hardest working child is often not the straight-A student. It is not the one collecting certificates and applause at assembly. It is the child sitting there trying to make sense of work that refuses to make sense. It is the child who must work twice as hard just to keep up. The child who carries the shame of feeling judged, measured and found wanting. Sometimes it is the child with diagnosed or undiagnosed ADHD, whose mind is racing in ten directions while the lesson moves in only one. Sometimes it is the child who hardly sleeps well because home is a warzone, a place perpetual tension, instability and anxiety. That child arrives at school already exhausted before the first lesson even begins. Yet they still try. They still sit at that desk and attempt the work. That child my friends is working incredibly hard. Behind those “average” or “poor” marks are hours of trying, confusion, emotional strain, and the courage to return to the same desk every morning knowing they will likely be compared to the ones who seem to get it right with ease. So please be gentle with those children. Encourage them. Stand with them.Protect their dignity. Be their safety and source of comfort. Because the child who appears to be struggling is often the one exerting the greatest effort just to stay in the race. Luphumlo Ngcayisa Conscious Leadership | Strategic Conversations | Organisational Culture| Emotional Literacy

We have been warning the GNU since its establishment, the Minister of Water and Sanitation in particular, of a water crisis. On numerous occasions she denied a crisis, specifically, in the House on 12 November. We are glad that she has finally conceded there is a crisis, now our call is that she treats it like one.

Well, desperate is what we must be.

#InternationalWomensDay “We fear power because we’ve seen its ravaging wars. We fear power because we’ve seen it steals billions from the poor. But it’s time for a different kind of power. Don’t be scared of power when your intention is right. It takes power to change things.” Women must not be afraid of power, but we must never pursue it for power’s sake. We pursue it because of what can be done when we have it: the ability to shape nations, communities, institutions to be more human, more effective, more ethical, and more purpose-driven.

#InternationalWomensDay Recently, a group of us, women in public leadership from across political parties, were brought together by @futurelectorg to reflect on the state of women in politics, our contribution to public leadership, and how we strengthen the pipeline for the next generation of women who intend to serve in public office. Representation is not simply about numbers. Leadership shapes the priorities of a nation. It determines whose experiences are understood, whose challenges are recognised, and whose solutions are brought to the table. Women are already at the forefront of some of the most significant contributions to society: in our communities, institutions, and movements. But to fully realise the power of those contributions, women must also be in positions of power where decisions are made. I was recently reminded of something I said two years ago at a @sawomenscommission I had convened. “We fear power because we’ve seen its ravaging wars. We fear power because we’ve seen it steals billions from the poor. But it’s time for a different kind of power. Don’t be scared of power when your intention is right. It takes power to change things.” Women must not be afraid of power, but we must never pursue it for power’s sake. We pursue it because of what can be done when we have it: the ability to shape nations, communities, institutions to be more human, more effective, more ethical, and more purpose-driven. And if we are to realise the full promise of women’s leadership, we will have to do it together. Women will have to unite across ideological and political lines. We will not advance the cause divided. @nasiphim @LindiMazibuko @MikaNgobeni

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