Thursday, 13 August 2026

Mapula Lekhodi said she entered and won Mrs Pundukwani at 116kg after childbirth, using the pageant to challenge shame and prove her abilities had not changed.

Self-acceptance was framed as progress over perfection: separate your own identity from other people’s opinions, stop apologising for boundaries, and make decisions as the main driver of your life.

Paul Zimande said boys are often taught to confuse strength with hard-heartedness; real strength is resilience, while emotional shutdown grows from powerlessness, hopelessness and pointlessness.

Temba Lamini explained that 116 municipalities have adopted unfunded budgets worth hundreds of billions, calling them reckless because councils vote to spend money they know will not arrive.