TokisoM Writes

I smile a real smile The type of smile that is rare to find in this life we live This smile comes from deep inside This smile was hidden from the dangers of pain and heartache I smile because it feels right I am happy to be alive I am happy to be here I smile a real smile It is not the smile of pretence It has no motive of any thing I am not smiling for you I am not smiling for them This smile is mine It is a smile of true inner joy I smile a real smile I smile because I understand that tomorrow this smile could be gone I smile because I can I smile because I am poor and my smile is all I have I smile because I am lonely and my smile keeps me company I smile because I am hungry and my smile fills me up I smile because I am sick and my smile is my medicine I smile a real smile Oh this smile of mine It brightens my face This smile is wider in my mind and soul It is a personal smile You might see it You might feel it And it might just be invincible to your material eye Lest we forget it i...

The Tokiso I am today is all thanks to her strength, patience and bucket loads of love. Her resilience to keep moving even when life said STOP. When God took the time to create me, I was not only blessed with her beauty but with her elegance, grace and strength.   She is not only my mother (and father), she is my sister, bestfriend and confidant! Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.  ~Oprah Winfrey Her name is Mmagauta; it means Mother of Gold...(Gold = Tokiso...get it) lol I love this woman to bits and pieces!!!

Imagine your mother tells you she has cancer and a few months to live. You are on the other side of the world and there is nothing you can do about it. You worry about your father and wonder how he is going to cope. The illness and death of a mother hangs in the air but the focus is on the father - typical of the patriarchal society we live in!  PHOTO: Ruphin Coudyzer,  Thanks to Market Theatre   Expect all that and more in Death of a Colonialist at the Market Theatre (on until16 October 2011). Jamie Bartlett of ETV’s Rhythm City (David Genero) does an amazing job of keeping me glued to his crazy antics as Harold Smith, the not so normal father and husband. Set in Grahamstown, Harold is a passionate history teacher who gets too excited when teaching the history of amaXhosa. He lives with his very supporting wife and has two children living in Australia and Canada (ran away from S.A bec...