Indoni Mr Cultural winner, Sive Ndodana and Indoni Miss Cultural winner, Asisipho Mqobongo are proud to represent their culture. Photo by Jabulani Langa
ABATHEMBU rule Indoni Miss and Mr Cultural SA.
Twelve young women and men took center stage to showcase their cultures from 12 tribes on Saturday, 14 December at Indoni Convention Centre in Richmond, KZN.
Asisipho Mqobongo (20), who represented AbaThembu, was announced as Indoni Miss Cultural SA winner and walked away with a R50 000 bursary, while Sive Ndodana (21), also representing AbaThembu, was announced as Indoni Mr Cultural SA and walked away with a R25 000 bursary.
Asisipho from Eastern Cape said she was excited to win Indoni Miss cultural SA.
“Next year I will be doing third year in law studies at Wits University and I will use this bursary to fund my studies. I won’t lie, I didn’t expect to win because everyone who was participating was doing well and they had confidence.
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“I still don’t believe that I won. I learned many things being part of this including respect and humanity and learned more about my language and other languages and cultures,” she said.
Sive, also from Eastern Cape, said winning Indoni Mr Cultural SA was his dream come true as he has always wanted to enter the competition and win.
“The competition was tough and being announced as the winner made me excited and I don’t know how I can describe my excitement. The bursary I won will help me to fund my studies as next year. I will be doing my third year in journalism at Rhodes University,” he said.
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