Image: @thefatherwoundpodSource: TikTokSihle Dambuza left many South Africans nodding along after a podcast clip of him speaking about absent fathers went viral on TikTok account @thefatherwoundpod on 4 August 2026. Sihle Dambuza appeared on The Father Wound Pod, hosted by Keamogetswe Kopano Matlala, where he shared his views on parental absence. Sihle went further, pushing back against the reasons often used to justify a father's absence. How I wish this talk could reach all the absent fathers." A young lady shared texts between herself and her absent father, who invited himself and his sister to her graduation, only for her to tell him not to bother coming.