Bridging the Gap: Healing Father-Son Relationship

 

By: Sibongakonke Conco

Twitter: @conco70614

Email: concosbongakonke@gmail.com

 

 

The men in broken hearts event which was hosted by Lucky Mahlangu

And stakeholders on the 21^st of June saw several attendees attending the event with the aim of healing and venting out issues they were facing as men.

 

The event was hosted under the slogan “Bridging the gap between father and son”.

The event saw men venting out issues they faced and were given resolution as to how they can tackle problems and gave advice.

 

Religion and culture were the talks as Christianity and Africanism interlinked with each other even though some opinions clashed

 

Members of the Men in Broken Hearts in an event aimed to heal fathers and their sons.

Source: Sibongakonke Conco

 

Mapale Matsike who resides at Soshanguve block BB is a member of Men in Broken Hearts (MBH),

 

 defines the purpose of the organisation as to help men who encounter challenges related to social life and as well as the boy child,

 

who usually faces challenges at the stage of their upbringing in assistance with other organisations, that are in collaboration.

“At the moment there’s a big gap between a boy and a father so our aim as MBH is to bridge that gap” as he further mentioned.

 

 

Thomas Mnisi from Soshanguve Jukulyne from Motho Phaphama organisation encouraged what is done by Men in Broken heart as a good thing to be done

Since most young boys’ experience being left off by their fathers at a young age and anger issues from their experiences,

 

So being in the environment such as Soshanguve block BB where there are organisations such as MBH who aim to bridge a gap between the farther and son relationship it empowers them as black fathers.

 

 

Lucky Mahlangu who is the founder of Men in Broken Hearts which was founded in 2024 describes their aim as to empower and support men,

 

“With this support group you can call us 24/7 and we will be there to listen”,

 

 he further mentioned that with this event they learned that as fathers there’s a lot they can learn from young people, and they intend to build future leaders

 

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source: Mpumalanga Media 

 

This event brought fathers and sons together for a meaningful day of connection and understanding,

Through open discussions, they shared the challenges they face as men, exchanging ideas and support.

 

 

Games were played between fathers and sons with the lesson to take it as a problem but be treated as solutions, to think deeper and come up with solid solutions.