{"id":960,"date":"2015-07-12T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/povojournal\/?p=960"},"modified":"2015-07-12T19:48:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T18:48:00","slug":"because-i-am-a-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/because-i-am-a-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Because I am a Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bayethe Mthwakazi kaNdaba!!<br>Kambe kulicala na ukuba yinkazana?<br>Ngithi kulicala na ukuba yintombazane?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngididekile ngididekile Zulu kaNdaba\u2026\u2026&nbsp;<br>Kweyiswa lokhu<br>Kophela nyakana kutheni?<br>Kambe kunga<br>Kungenxa ngiyinkazana na?<br>Yes! I guess it<br>Is because I am a girl<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mthwakaz\u2019omhle, Zulu kaNdaba.<br>Alinanzeleli ngani ukuthi izolo bekuyizolo.<br>Ngokunjalo,&nbsp; Namuhla kunamuhla.<br>Kambe isiphiwo somuntu silani Lobulili?<br>Sona phela&nbsp; isiphiwo asikhethi mhlobo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yebo kambe njengoba zikhona imbongi,<br>Lakanjalo ngubani ongenqabela<br>ukuba khona kwembongikazi na?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awu mntwanongumfana<br>Mus\u2019ukungiqhuzulela&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Awengwe.<br>Mus\u2019ukungibukisa okweqamule lintshintsha umbala.<br>Empeleni kangenzi ngamlingo, angenzi ngalutho.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuphela ngemvunulo langetshoba lami<br>ngogiya, ngicwile ngibuye ngivumbuluke<br>ngoba isipho singesami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sizukulwane sikaMzilakawulandelwa;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thina mantombazane sithi phambili<br>ngombono we gender equality.<br>Siyalilangazelela lelothuba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lapho siqolotsha&nbsp;<br>Ngobugabazi obuhlasimulisa<br>Imzimba ngezipho zethu.<br>Hayi bo Ukuvalelwa sininelwa<br>Phandle njengezibi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayethe Mthwakazi kaNdaba!!Kambe kulicala na ukuba yinkazana?Ngithi kulicala na ukuba yintombazane? Ngididekile ngididekile Zulu kaNdaba\u2026\u2026&nbsp;Kweyiswa lokhuKophela nyakana kutheni?Kambe kungaKungenxa ngiyinkazana na?Yes! I guess itIs because I am a girl Mthwakaz\u2019omhle, Zulu kaNdaba.Alinanzeleli ngani ukuthi izolo bekuyizolo.Ngokunjalo,&nbsp; Namuhla kunamuhla.Kambe isiphiwo somuntu silani Lobulili?Sona phela&nbsp; isiphiwo asikhethi mhlobo. Yebo kambe njengoba zikhona imbongi,Lakanjalo ngubani ongenqabelaukuba khona kwembongikazi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-poetry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Because I am a Girl - The POVO Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/because-i-am-a-girl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Because I am a Girl - The POVO Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bayethe Mthwakazi kaNdaba!!Kambe kulicala na ukuba yinkazana?Ngithi kulicala na ukuba yintombazane? 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