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This August, a community called Batho in Bloemfontein became the centre of a powerful conversation about fatherhood, accountability, and community. 

The question of celebrating young girls without sidelining boys is a hot topic. And it deserves real thought, because the last thing we want is to solve one problem by creating another.

Many South African men are reshaping what it means to be a father. Their growth has not only been influenced by the men who came before them, but by the women who stepped in, stood beside them, and quietly shaped their understanding of care, love and responsibility.

How theatre, film and honest conversation can help pastors, fathers and leaders across the North West to rebuild fatherless communities from within.

Lutho’s story reminds us that fatherhood is not always soft, and love is not always easy to recognise. But even in the cracks, even in the hard edges, there is something to be learned. 

The Fathers Matter Ambassadors Conference in Kimberley in the Northern Cape was a time for fathers in the region to come together to be equipped, encouraged and challenged to be fathers who are present, active and positive in children's lives.