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Thandi Maud MakwakwaSunrise: 09 July 1942

Sunset: 13 September 2011  

(Excerpt from poem by Maya Angelou)

Now you understand

Just why my head's not bowed.I don't shout or jump about

Or have to talk real loud.

When you see me passing

It ought to make you proud.

I say,

It's in the click of my heels,

The bend of my hair,

the palm of my hand,

The need of my care,

'Cause I'm a womanPhenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

In addition to many relatives and loved ones, Sis Thandi will be

missed by her husband Boyce Makwakwa, daughters

Nonhlanhla Onica and Duduzile Makwakwa, son Themba

Makwakwa, son-in-law Japie Masokameng and Nomsa

Maphiliba. She also leaves behind her granddaughters Mandisa

Makwakwa Masokameng and Sphesihle Makwakwa, and

grandson Mbulelo Maphiliba. She was preceded in death by her

parents, son-in-law, Sbusiso Nsibande and granddaughter

Sbusisiwe Maphiliba.

P henomenal W oman 

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Celebrating the Life of Thandi Maud Makwakwa Funeral Program of Thandi Maud Makwakwa

Saturday, 17 September 2011

Messages

Makwakwa Family Representative

Cekiso Family Representative

Skills Development Cooperative Representative

Community Representative (Pimville/Neighbor)

Pimville St. Paul Church Group

Acknowledgements,

Cards & Condolences

Reading of the Orbituary

ObituaryA devoted wife, mother and grandmother shared her last laughs,

beautiful smile, and kisses as she quietly, in a manner true to her spirit,

delivered her final embrace.

Born Maud Thandi Cekiso on 09 July 1942 to Christina and Eric Cekiso in

Benoni; her family later moved to White City Jabavu where she grew up

and attended Morris Isaacson High School.

On 06 September, 1970 she was married to her husband, Mthunzi Cyril

Boyce Makwakwa at St. Paul Anglican Church in White City Jabavu.

Their 41-year marriage was blessed with three children and three

grandchildren.

As a young woman, she worked as a youth counselor and later

developed an interest in community organizing. In 1981 she co-

founded the Skills Development Cooperative (Co-op) whose mission is

to improve the quality of l ife for African women and their communities

through skills development and leadership training. The Co-op was first

housed in the church offices at Regina Mundi and later grew through

several spaces including its current location in Kliptown, she has t rained

hundreds of women were empowered to earn a living for their families

and many earned the coveted Italian Dressmaking and Designing

Certification.

At the time, in the early 80s, her work with the Co-op was considered

radical, but instead of succumbing to intimidation and harassment by

the apartheid regime, her commitment to the advancement of our

people and resilience to the intimidation only grew stronger. It is her

charismatic diplomacy that fueled the success of her work leading to

opening more Co-ops in other locations in Diepkloof, Daveyton,

Sebokeng, Krugersdorp and more.

Fondly known as Sis Thandi, this Phenomenal Woman will be

remembered by her children simply as Mawe. 

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Order of Service 

Interment 

Avalon Memorial Park Cemetery 

Soweto, Gauteng