Ontiretse mosweunyane - midwife par-excellence

Fifty-nine years ago, Ontiretse MmaIneeleng Mosweunyane reached out and caught a baby as it entered the world. That delivery marked the first day in her life as a traditional midwife.

She would over the course of five decades deliver babies and yes, those babies' babies!

For women who had MmaIneeleng deliver their babies once, there was no question over whom they would choose as their midwife. Something about the old woman drew hundreds of women to her.

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Women unite for progress

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