{"id":244229,"date":"2020-04-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/244229\/an-inspirational-beauty\/"},"modified":"2020-04-14T09:15:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T07:15:31","slug":"an-inspirational-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/04\/14\/an-inspirational-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"An inspirational beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Primrose resident Nkabati Mamorobela-Shezi is more than just a beauty.<\/p>\n

She is a businesswoman and motivational speaker who is passionate about inspiring young girls.<\/p>

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A mother of three, Nkabati said her difficult upbringing is what inspired her to start her movement Girl 2 Woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were a poor family and for a young girl that can be very difficult.<\/p>

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\u201cWhen you cannot even afford sanitary pads and underwear.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt becomes even more difficult for a young woman to face a society which does not aim to inspire you to be confident and love yourself and rather tells you, you are not beautiful enough,\u201d said Nkabati.<\/p>\n

Born in Lenyenye, Limpopo, she said as a young girl she had no one to guide her and advise her about women\u2019s issues.<\/p>\n

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Nkabati Mamorobela-Shezi from Primrose wants to inspire girls to become the best they can be.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThings like looking at how I had to educate myself and understanding that I did nothing wrong when I got my first period to understanding that when I have sex at a certain time of the month I will fall pregnant,\u201d said Nkabati.<\/p>\n

She said girls are expected to know how to transition from being a girl to a woman and in most cases it\u2019s not true.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes girls think having sex is being a woman or having a boyfriend is what makes one a woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to change their minds, guide and help them with their transition,\u201d said Nkabati.<\/p>\n

She said she thought as times have changed and information can be accessed in many ways girls were informed, but she discovered many girls are still not ready for womanhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs young girls we are not really prepared for womanhood, yet we are expected to know what womanhood is.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have done research where I went to different areas, including my home town Lenyenye and surrounding areas, and honestly when I heard and saw how the young girls were behaving and their expectations of life to transition into being a woman I was shattered.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the struggles I went through and wanted to change that,\u201d said Nkabati.<\/p>\n

She said she wants to arm them with information.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung girls are programmed wrong about what being a woman is all about.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want them to find role models within themselves and understand being a woman is more than your make-up and being a wife and mother,\u201d said Nkabati.<\/p>\n

Her movement mentors girls from the age of 13 to 20 years old.<\/p>\n

She teaches life skills, offers advice, talks about personal hygiene and discusses other issues that will help girls in their transition to womanhood.<\/p>\n

Nkabati was recently announced as a Tammy Taylor Mrs South Africa semi-finalist for 2020.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m really humbled at being selected.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I\u2019m doing this for me and more than anything for my children.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a journey that I\u2019m taking of self discovery and also to inspire girls who dream.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want them to know dreams do come true,\u201d said Nkabati.<\/p>\n

She said she entered the pageant because it spoke to her as a wife and mother.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis pageant is not about beauty.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about women empowerment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt prides itself on producing the very best in real, relatable and modern South African women.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt celebrates marriage and the essence of being a bona fide woman,\u201d said Nkabati.<\/p>\n

She said she wants to use her journey in the pageant to inspire the girls in her movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited to share all the knowledge I will acquire on this journey with all the little girls from Lenyenye and every girl I come across during my journey in the pageant and in the movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am hoping to keep the fire of hope and determination burning in their lives so that they realise that dreams are not only valid, but they also come true,\u201d said Nkabati.<\/p>\n

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