Category: Wins
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We won a Silver Pendoring Award!
Remember when I won a gold Pendoring Advertising Award in 2020? That was my first time being nominated. I was nominated again in 2021 and I’m so happy to say that Professor Claudine Storbeck and I’s book, Mpumi and Jabu’s Magical Day! won a silver Pendoring. It’s really special to know that there exists a…
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Second Runner-Up in one of Daily Maverick’s Person of the Year 2021 categories
The Youth Champion of the Year to be exact. Imagine, a whole second runner-up in this big country of ours where many young people are hard at work trying to make their communities better? This was unexpected and wonderful! I only found out about the call for nominations and “The Person of the Year” search…
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I am the host and poet of South Africa’s official Women’s Day broadcast!
This was such a moment! I was asked to be the host and poet of the South African government’s Women’s Day broadcast. It was obviously an honour to contribute to the honouring of women’s work in South Africa. Please enjoy the video below. *** Thank you, Jen, Nnaniki and the production team!
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Get my new book with every Wimpy kids’ combo meal!
As a child, story time always consisted of my mother and I reading books together. At some special moments when she would need to keep me calm and entertained (usually necessitated by a Saturday thunderstorm), she would tell a story from memory. Nanana Boselesele was one such story. I won’t tell you too much about…
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I’m the official poet of the South African Reserve Bank Centenary
On Thursday, 30 June I had the honour of closing the South African Reserve Bank’s Centenary with a special poem that I wrote for the occasion titled, A Purposeful Journey. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s third wave in South Africa and the majority of the population still being unvaccinated, the Reserve Bank marked this milestone…
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A Promax Award Winner
I have a wonderful update. Remember how excited I was last year, when I collaborated with MultiChoice in their Most Loved Storyteller campaign with my poem, “Ten Thousand Stories“? Since then, our collaboration which was produced by Studio Zoo, was awarded not one but TWO Promax Africa Awards! The Promax Awards are “the world’s premier celebration of outstanding achievement in…
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