{"id":46347,"date":"2025-12-31T13:20:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T13:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46347"},"modified":"2025-12-31T13:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T13:20:51","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnandi-madida-celebrates-her-fathers-retirement-with-emotional-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/31\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnandi-madida-celebrates-her-fathers-retirement-with-emotional-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Nandi Madida celebrates her father\u2019s retirement with emotional tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187493\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187493\" class=\"wp-image-187493 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nandi-Madidas-podcast-named-one-of-Apples-best-of-2025.jpg?resize=600%2C513&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nandi-Madidas-podcast-named-one-of-Apples-best-of-2025.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Nandi-Madida-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nandi Madida<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nandi Madida has shared a deeply personal and emotional message celebrating her father, Dr Thami Mngoma, following his retirement as a medical doctor, describing the moment as her greatest highlight of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to social media, the singer and media personality reflected on her father\u2019s journey, revealing that the weight of his retirement has yet to fully sink in.<\/p>\n<p>She highlighted the challenges he overcame to become a doctor during apartheid, growing up in extreme poverty and nearly losing his sight as a child, yet never once doubting his purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe became a doctor during apartheid, when the odds were deliberately stacked against him. He grew up in extreme poverty. As a child, he almost went blind. And yet, he never doubted himself. Not once,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Nandi credited her father\u2019s resilience, discipline and unwavering belief in his calling for the life of stability and possibility she and her siblings were able to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of his mind, his grit, his discipline, and his unconditional love, my siblings and I got to live a beautiful life. A life of possibility. A life of safety. A life where dreaming felt normal,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n<p>In the heartfelt post, she praised Dr Mngoma not only for his professional excellence but for the sacrifices he made quietly as a parent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe late nights. The sacrifices we didn\u2019t even see at the time. The quiet consistency of showing up not just as a brilliant doctor, but as the best father you could be. You gave us everything, without ever asking for applause,\u201d Nandi wrote, declaring, \u201cDad, you are my hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also revealed that one of the most touching moments for her was hearing her father say that his children had been good to him, a sentiment she said she holds close to her heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing good to you was never a burden. It was a privilege,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Nandi went on to acknowledge how deeply her father shaped the woman she has become, linking her capacity for love, ambition and faith directly to his example.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am full of love because of you. I love to love because of you. I am ambitious because of you. I believe in God because of you and because your life is a living testimony of faith, perseverance, and purpose,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>She ended her tribute with gratitude and pride, signing off as a devoted daughter: \u201cThank you for choosing courage, again and again. Siyabonga \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd. I love you endlessly. You did that! Dr Thami Mngoma AKA Daddy! A proud daddy\u2019s girl \u2764\ufe0f\ud83e\udd79.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My personal highlight for 2025\ud83e\udd79\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, my father retired as a Medical doctor.And I don\u2019t think the weight of that moment will ever fully land.<\/p>\n<p>He became a doctor during apartheid, when the odds were deliberately stacked against him. He grew up in extreme poverty. As a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xNbksInCcz\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xNbksInCcz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nandi Madida (@Nandi_Madida) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nandi_Madida\/status\/2006284962576703761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Nandi #Madida #celebrates #fathers #retirement #emotional #tribute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Nandi Madida Nandi Madida has shared a deeply personal and emotional message celebrating her father, Dr Thami Mngoma, following&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46348,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46347\/revisions\/46348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}