All Quotes

"When I joined this team in Chipata, everyone was laughing at me. They were laughing at my shoes, my clothes but I believed that I should be a very good example to testify the goodness of God"

"I look forward to using my career to improve the lives of other women. Being on television exposed me to the many issues young girls are struggling with such as confidence and self-acceptance. This sparked the idea to start She Speaks, a women empowerment programme that encourages self-love. I host events where women can share their experiences in safe spaces."

"My vision is to be the epitome of God’s unlimited glory. This personal ‘why’ keeps me going, knowing that if I can inspire a young girl, then I have fulfilled my mission."

"My personal mandate has always been to be an example of God's unlimited glory, by reaching all corners of the world with a lasting legacy."

"I prefer not to be on my toes."

"I'm always on the run, I'm always on my toes and I've realised the importance of grounding myself. I find more pleasure and value with having my feet firmly on the ground."

"I’m always watching human beings and I wonder what it would be like to be them."

"I’ve always said that I don’t want any magazine shoot or interview to be about the sexualization of my female body. I’m so liberated now because I know that I’m taken seriously as an actress. When I die tomorrow and somebody asks, who is that? The answer will always be the actress. Not the girl with the breasts and dreadlocks. My strategy has always been to lie low."

"Educate yourself, pick up a book if you cannot afford education. Download scripts online and rehearse them at home."

"There is nothing sexier than a woman who knows what she’s doing."

"Do not down play your womaness."

"Push the professionalism and be bad a** with your talent.When you’re an actor, you’re a vessel and you need to be emptied out to be filled by another character."

"I respect the woman who have survived from the beginning without becoming tabloid queens and having their personal lives tampered with by the public. The women who overcame obstacles, came from townships just like I did and defeated stereo types and became the better few of the statistics of black female actors in South Africa."

"My advice to anyone is to find happiness in you and your God-given talent or skill. And not in people or things, because those come and go. And secondly, the journey to knowing thyself never ends so one should never stop finding themselves. You’ll be surprised what you find. Thirdly, do not be afraid of change, change is growth and growth is good."

"I specifically chose women and children because I could relate to the effects of systematic inequalities and patriarchy."

"It’s important to constantly hone your craft because after some time, you just get rusty and you get stale. It’s so important to remind yourself of the different things that are required of you."

"I am looking forward to now getting people into the culture of coming to the theatre just through my influence and it’s going to be fun."

"Do work that really motivates you to be a better artist. Do stuff that inspires you. That mainly comes with creating your own work. Create your own content. Tell your story because that is what everyone is doing."

"Share your own life experiences through your art form but don’t just do things because of money. There is value in saying no to a job that you know won’t be great for you because it is highly stressful but the pay is good."

"I cannot see why we cannot become self-sufficient in food security."

"All these investments have started to bear fruits because in 2013/14 horticulture production has grown to 46 000 metric tonnes which is about 5000 metric tonnes from the previous year."

"I am not taking the blame for the collapse of the BMC."

"Blame management and the Board, De Graaff ,GuardianSun (18 July 2013)"

"The workshop should give the delegates from the respective ministries of Agriculture, Civil Society, Education, Health and Finance and the private sector to address issues of malnutrition and agriculture and explore how to coordinate our efforts better and effectively deliver nutrition services where they are most needed."

"And I hate this narrative that older black women are threatened by younger black actresses - we are not."

"The key issue is to fight hunger and malnutrition through increasing the supply of affordable nutritious and safe food, improve incomes of the poor; while ensuring overall dietary diversity. Come up with recommendations for strengthening capacities across the various sectors dealing with agricultural issues of this nature."

"Various factors contributing to food and nutrition insecurity such as HIV/AIDS and gender issues should be included considering their link to nutritional conditions of the society."

"It gives particular gratification that the objectives of the workshop’s theme: ‘Building Capacity to Mainstream Nutrition in National Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plans in Africa’ facilitates in integrating nutrition as part of agricultural development in Southern Africa."

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