Manaka Ranaka


Manaka Ranaka took to social media to wish her not so small baby girl a happy birthday and told a very emotional story. Katlego is a whole 20 years old and her momma’s biggest blessing. Taking to social media on Katlego’s birthday, Manaka revelled how she was asked to terminate her pregnancy when she was pregnant with her. Manaka had to choose between her baby and her job, and she obviously chose her baby.

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Happy Birthday mama. The one who made me a mother 👩🏾‍🦱. The one who made me aGmom 👩🏾‍🦳. You @kay.stone_core are such a blessing in my life. We were so meant to be. 20 years of doing this life thing together, and I've never looked back since. I remember when women I worked for told me to abort you and I was like la hlanya, they fired me! Honestly I didn't care, coz I was so determined to keep you and enter the next chapter in my life and that was bieng a mom ( Lauren Hill's song Zion kept me going when I felt that the world was against us). I was ready man, .as young as they said I was, I was ready for you, and its been quiet a journey baby. A journey i would repeat anyday. Have a blessed day ngwanaka. You'll always be my baby. You've always been my Joy. My ZION.

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20 years later and Manaka has not for a single moment regretted the decision she made. Katlego has made her proud on so many levels that no sacrifice was too big for her daughter

 "Happy Birthday mama. The one who made me a mother . The one who made me aGmom (grandmother) . You @kay.stone_core are such a blessing in my life. We were so meant to be. 20 years of doing this life thing together, and I’ve never looked back since. I remember when women I worked for told me to abort you and I was like la hlanya (y'all are crazy), they fired me! 

"Honestly I didn’t care, coz I was so determined to keep you and enter the next chapter in my life and that was being a mom ( Lauren Hill’s song Zion kept me going when I felt that the world was against us). I was ready man, as young as they said I was, I was ready for you, and its been quiet a journey baby. A journey I would repeat any day. Have a blessed day ngwanaka (my child). You’ll always be my baby. You’ve always been my Joy. My ZION. "