Roses are loved for their beautiful blooms, but it goes deeper than that. Over the years many roses have been named to celebrate or honour the inner beauty of a person's life.
There is quite a roll call. Many are named for mothers who were dearly loved, for cancer survivors, for actresses who entranced us like Elize Cawood and Nomzamo Mbatha, and for those who epitomised selfless service like Madiba, Walter Sisulu, Dikgang Moseneke and Thuli Madonsela.
This October, a golden yellow rose was named after 16-year-old Cianliné van der Westhuizen for her courageous journey to overcome the effects of a freak accident when she was a baby.
A TV set fell on her, cracking her skull and causing significant swelling in her brain. Against all odds she survived, though her left side was left paralysed.
Her early years were a fight to heal from her brain injury to the point where only the left side of her face was affected.
She lost her smile, but not her spirit, even though teasing and bullying about her appearance took a toll on her confidence.
Bu hikaye The Citizen dergisinin October 26, 2024 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Giriş Yap
Bu hikaye The Citizen dergisinin October 26, 2024 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Giriş Yap
Drive to claw back funds
NSFAS: SIU Briefs MPs on Probe into Irregularities at Student Funding Body
Snags in Trump's refuge offer
EXPERTS: IT TAKES YEARS, REQUIRES EXTENSIVE DOCUMENTATION, PROOF OF PERSECUTION
Undoing climate progress
Flooding the zone. Muzzle velocity. Shock and awe. Blah-blah-blah. Perhaps you've heard: since his inauguration as president of the United States, Donald Trump has moved at pace, signing a deluge of executive orders, 26 of them on his first day alone.
Apartheid is long dead
Our president and his merry cadres have failed us dismally.
SA prefers bilateral US trade deal - sources
South Africa is preparing to pitch a bilateral trade agreement to the US if President Donald Trump's administration revokes the nation's preferential access to the world's biggest economy as relations between them sour, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Merino thrives as a makeshift striker
Leicester Mikel Merino (right) said his vital double in Arsenal's 2-0 win at Leicester on Saturday was a belated Valentine's Day present for his wife after he forgot to buy her a proper gift.
Matlosana graft probe
Officials being probed for corruption involving millions.
Bizos sentenced for GBV
»» Late lawyer’s son fined R1ook, ordered to do community service.
Bank on Butch for Carlisle win
Olly Murphy's Butch is expected to stamp his class on the Dalston Novices' Chase at Carlisle today.
Looking to invest R500k
OPTION: A DIVERSIFIED APPROACH IS IDEAL
