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Simz Ngema opens up about her biggest fear

Simphiwe ‘Simz’ Ngema, the celebrated actress and singer has revealed her biggest fear.

The media personality took to Instagram and in a lengthy post she opened up about failure not being her biggest fear but giving up.

“My biggest fear has never been to fail. My biggest fear is giving up. Giving up means you’ve lost all hope and hope is what keeps us going. We hope that we’ll wake up the next day, we hope to make it to work. we hope to have kids one day, we hope to see them grow, we hope our dreams come true, we hope for the little things and the big things. Without hope, we can’t keep going,” she wrote.

She concluded her note by encouraging her followers not to lose hope.

“So whatever you do and what ever happens, rather try and fail than lose hope. Failure is not death,” she wrote.

 

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In a separate Instagram post, she appreciated her family by posting snaps of them and said she does not take for granted that she does not lack love.

“My family ❤️ ang’shodi ngothando and I don’t take it for granted. I know how blessed I am to have a family that is full of love. I love so hard because love is all I know. Love is my wealth,” she wrote.

 

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