Somizi celebrates his mother with an emotional post

Local entertainer and fabulous presenter, Somizi, seems to have gotten a little emotional when he praised his mother, Mary Twala, in a beautiful post on Women’s Day. He gushed about the wonderful lady that she is.

Many local celebs took Women’s Day as an excuse to celebrate the role models in their lives ( and Mzansi women in general) and their posts were very beautiful. Local entertainer Somizi’s post takes the win though – his post dedicated to his mother, Mary Twala, was very emotional and touching. He called her phenomenal and listed all the things about her that he admires and there are many of those.

Part of Somizi’s lovely post read: Where do I start and end to honor the phenomenon and power that is MY MOTHER. This WOMAN I call my mother has never been late for work. Never arrived unprepared. Knows other actors lines by heart. Today I celebrate the power that is MARY TWALA MHLONGO.

Read the post below… Where do I start and end to honor the phenomenon and power that is MY MOTHER. She has raised 4 kids and has always been one of the breadwinners in her family. Together with my dad she has managed to strike a balance between being a mother a sister a career woman. She has been in the entertainment industry for more than 60 years. She’s the epitome of resilience perseverance work ethic professionalism punctuality passion. She’s worth ten times what she’s been paid in all the projects she’s done but I’ve never heard her complain or under perform. Because the fulfillment and joy she gets from what she does is more than any rand can offer. Coz she never for once did this for the fame and money but for the Love. She has won a lot of awards as best actress and supporting actress.

She has received every lifetime achievement awards this country has to offer in her category. This year alone she’s been honored by the president of SA. Today she received another honors from ACTORS SPACE. next week she’s also gonna be honored by standard bank top woman awards. She has shared spaces on screen and on stage with the greatest. Naming a few. John Kani. James earl jones. Samuel L Jackson. Micheal Jackson. Let me tell u a short joke. She was one of the actors hired for the Micheal Jackson concert in SA in the 90’s. I remember her coming home from a rehearsal and she said to me Tjo somizi that boy must eat he’s so skinny and pale.