09/08/2026
Happy Womenβs Day from the republic of Phyllis Robertson
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Phyllis Robertson Home exists today because, throughout its history, women have rolled up their sleeves and helped to build it β and then, generation after generation, helped to keep it standing.
Women have managed budgets and crises, cooked thousands upon thousands of meals, scrubbed floors, washed mountains of laundry, administered medication, dressed wounds, provided personal care, solved problems, dried tears, shared laughter β and somehow found another pair of hands when two simply werenβt enough.
They are our managers, nurses, care workers, kitchen, cleaning and laundry staff. Hulle werk verskil hemelsbreed, maar elkeen is deel van die daaglikse ritme wat van βn gebou βn tuiste maak.
En dan is daar die vroue wie se poste op géén organogram verskyn nie: die maβs, susters en dogters van ons burgers.
Hulle bel. Hulle kuier. Hulle bekommer hulle. Hulle moedig aan. Hulle tree op wanneer iets nie reg is nie, baklei βn geveg wanneer dit nodig is, en bly deel van die ondersteuningsnetwerk wat die mense vir wie hulle lief is, toelaat om hul eie lewens te leef.
Die republiek van Phyllis Robertson is ook nie deur één sterk vrou gebou nie. Dit is oor meer as ses dekades deur baie van hulle gedra. Party se name is deel van ons geskiedenis; ander sβn sal nooit op βn gedenkplaat verskyn nie.
But their fingerprints are everywhere.
So today we celebrate all the women of Phyllis Robertson β past and present.
Verskillende vroue. Verskillende talente. Verskillende rolle.
Een besonderse klein republiek.
And because one thank you simply won't do today:
πΏπ¦ Thank you β’ Dankie β’ Enkosi β’ Ngiyabonga β’ Ngiyathokoza β’ Ke a leboga β’ Kea leboha β’ Siyabonga β’ Ndo livhuwa β’ Ndza khensa β’ Ngiyabonga β’ π€
Gelukkige Vrouedag | Happy Womenβs Day!
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