Sophie Lichaba

"You need to equip yourself to know your body and know who you are. Don't get caught off guard like me"

"My children saved my life"

"Parents, pay attention to your children. They will save your life one day. I am telling you, I am living proof today"

"If that child could bathe me, he would have bathed me"

"Age doesn’t matter. But what does fashion say about you? It speaks to the way you feel. The way you look tells people how you are feeling. If you’re a woman and you’re not into fashion, I say to you, wake up – it’s the best experience ever"

"I’m an African God-fearing woman and in everything that I do, I know it’s my right to enhance my beauty. I celebrate my figure"

"You don’t have to wait for someone to tell you that you’re sexy… You’re a fabulous black woman and you don’t apologise for it"

"In my saddest moments, fashion tells my story"

"I had my daughter, Rudo, as a teenager. My mother helped me raise her. (As women) we have big hearts, we support our families and children. If my mother wasn’t there, I wouldn’t have been where I am today"

"People are dying of depression, cancer and HIV and yet South Africans have time for jokes. Half of SA is suffering with some chronic disease which is such a challenge for families, so people need to grow up"

"I was just thinking who could be responsible and if we did something to upset anyone, we are sorry. I've tried to ignore whatever has been said about me because every week it's something new but it's enough now. It's enough and it's getting ridiculous"

"We are also human beings. If you prick me, I will feel pain. We have lives, hearts and families and we feel pain"