1/10 I was asked why I take the abuse of single mothers personally. The simple answer is that I was born of a woman. In ChiKaranga we say musha mukadzi and nherera nde isina amai. In Sindebele we say ozele amantombazana uzele inotho.
2/10 The majority of us male or female who are born of women will all agree that we are where we are because of our mothers. Those of us with children will also all agree that our kids are were they are because of our mothers.
3/10 Single/ Married/ Divorced or Widowed our mothers do most if not all of the heavy lifting when it comes to bringing us on this earth, nursing us, nurturing us, feeding us and dressing us. Many of us male species are nothing beyond sperm donors.
4/10 Many can relate to this story about my parents. When I went to boarding school, my dad would make sure like all responsible dads that the school fees and bus fare including return fare from school was there. He never bothered about pocket money or even lunch money.
5/10 I only needed to just look at my mum and she had some cash ready from her private funds. That is what all mums do. They make sure they save something privately to look after their children.
6/10 I also learnt from my dad that a real man is a defender of women under all circumstances. Our role is to protect and provide for women whilst our women protect and provide for our kids.
7/10 During the war for independence, Muzorewa's solders also known as Madzakudzaku came to my village at night to take youths to some village 8km away for a pungwe. We had 4 female relatives with us and six older boys. They demanded to take all 10 youths.
8/10 My dad joined the group. They demanded that he remain or they would kill him, he told them they could take him and the boys but not the girls. They marched the group and he marched along until they gave up and let him take the girls back home.
9/10 Let me address those that argue that women should not lead but submit to men. Please don't use the Bible for your argument. The Bible states that men should love their wives and wives should submit to their husbands. Yes. Love your wives and they will submit to that love.
10/10 Finally, we all know that as males our life expectancy on this earth is shorter than our women. As a result our kids have a higher chance of being raised up by single mums. Any normal male has therefore no choice but to respect our women.
