In the days that followed the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth II, with the extensive media coverage of her life amid the pomp and ceremony in the days leading up to her funeral, it seemed natural to ask the question: What is the measure of a life well lived? As […]
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Pressing the right button of your life
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] “The problem with you is that you keep on rewinding and rewinding the movie. You do not let it play till the end.” These were the words from my daughter to her younger brother in the car on our way home the […]
Life is too short for unforgiveness
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Life is too short to live it trapped in unforgiveness, living with hate and living with regret. In the last week alone I have heard of three deaths. Three husbands who left their wives with the reality that they have to continue […]
Let’s bring life to our marriages with our tongues
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] For we all stumble and sin in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says [never saying the wrong thing], he is a perfect man [fully developed in character, without serious flaws], able to bridle his whole body and […]
Navigating the mists of life
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] The Word says in Proverbs 29:18 “Where there is no vision people perish but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” Since 1990 I have been living with short sightedness. My highschool teacher, Mrs Robb, saw that I struggled with seeing […]
Life or death decisions
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Ask any husband and father what they want for their families and the answer most times will be: “I want the best for my family”. No man wants to see his beloved family suffer and in pain. The best can take many […]
Dealing with life’s lizards
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] We all react differently to situations that confront us, big or small. As much as we may secretly pray for things to be perfect and for us to live “happily ever after”; as much as we fantasise that our kids will behave […]
Former Mrs SA shares on looks, life and marriage
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships. In today’s column Neziswa interviews Mrs South Africa 2013, Fikile Mekgoe.[/notice] When I was growing up it was a known fact that annually towards the end of the year our country would have a new Miss South Africa. Most girls with their mothers […]
Inspirational marriage lessons from late gospel icon Sifiso and his wife Ayanda
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] On Monday morning while the nation was celebrating the life and commemorating the passing of our former statesman the late President Nelson Mandela we were shocked to hear that Sifiso Ncwane had died. The Kulungile Baba hitmaker died on Monday in Fourways […]
Gateway News columnist launching book ‘Love Builds’
A year ago Neziswa Kanju received a special birthday gift from her husband, Rest — a book that he had compiled from some of the articles published in ‘Life in Full Bloom‘, her popular fortnightly Gateway News column dealing with family, marriage and relationships. The unique book gift inspired Neziswa […]