Men should not always make up the majority of the South African cabinet.

Image of Winnie Mandela. Source: Internet (Twitter) 

"Wa thinta bafazi, wa thinta Imbokodo" (you strike a woman, you strike a rock). In 1955, the freedom charter called for enfranchisement for women of all races; which meant equality of opportunities. 

Male dominance has led to pandemics such as gender-based violence. This is because of ignorance and because men believe that they own women. Certain issues are sensitive and a female voice plays an essential part. An effective measure that could be placed to fight pandemics such as gender violence needs a voice of imbokodo because the current measures are not effective. This is why we report an increase of cases day in day out. 

We need to teach young girls leadership because it is something that the culture has robbed us on. We tend to believe that men have special powers and can control the world. This ideology has led to many women settling for less, not believing in their intelligence and always going under the wing of wealthy men because they believe it is the only way. 

An effective measure of removing this ideology and teaching young girls leadership is by building a gender -balanced cabinet. This will give them the enthusiasm to want to learn and this will lead to an energetic cabinet this will lead to less corrupt nation.

We acknowledge the fact that there are biological differences between men and women, but no research has proved the difference in the working and capacity of the brain itself, so it is with no doubt to say both men and women have equal potential to be valuable. As more women are elected to office, there will be an emphasis on quality of life that reflects the priorities of families and ethnic and radical minorities. 

A gender-balanced cabinet does not only promote gender equality but also strengthens democratic institutions and also makes real and substantive contributions to government spending and population health. A good leader is based on honesty, intelligence, decisiveness and being organized not gender. 

Countries such as Spain and Canada with a balanced gender cabinet have already achieved levels of gender equality and therefore already enjoy some of the associated economic benefits. However futher improvements in gender equality can generate additional economic gains - often reaching around 4% of GDP. Gender equality is a more reliable predictor of peace.

Women need to shift from thinking "I am not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that" and "I will learn by doing that."

 Therefore i disagree with the statement that says; "men should always make up the majority of the South African cabinet" because a strong woman looks at a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink and that woman is the woman we need in parliament making decisions that would benefit present and future. Women we will call mom because of fruitful decisions she makes for the country. Women value work-life more than a man can, and they are also empathetic and great listeners than men.