Love has become a silent killer

South Africa is celebrating a union we knew nothing about, but are elated that it has escalated to nuptials.

- KEKELETSO NAKELI

Former Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi got married last Saturday. Actress Candice Modiselle also celebrated her wedding and the internet was just as elated.

It was clear and evident – in the reaction to these unions – that despite the negativity around marriage, there are still firm believers in the sanctity of marriage.

I speak as a black woman, wife and mother. We want and deserve better. For years, there has been an unwritten expectation that black women must be more than they can be.

They must weather the storms of marriages filled with infidelity, see the faces of their husbands in faces of neighbourhood children.