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Telkom gives 3 Mo’Winz competition winners 20k prize money each!

MyPR: Telkom gives 3 Mo’Winz competition winners 20k prize money each!:

Telkom has, for the longest time, stayed true to its brand purpose and promise of leaving no man behind. Even during the devastating times of Covid-19 where people are not able to make ends meet, Telkom continues to throw in a lending hand for those who deserve it the most.

Three such beneficiaries of Telkom’s generous gesture is Puleng Aau (23) from Tumahole, Free State, Raymond Zwane (50) from Daveyton, Gauteng, and Luyanda Mkhize, from Phiri, Soweto. They are the Telkom Mo’Winz Weekly Winners of R20 000!

This is the prize money that will indeed take Puleng a long way, considering the challenges she is already facing in her life. “I’m a College dropout due to lack of Finance. And I’m currently Unemployed,” said Puleng, during an interview with Telkom.

Puleng explains how easy she won the prize money. “I entered the Telkom Mo’Winz Competition through my Phone. I had just recharged and I wanted to Buy Data bundles using *180#. Immediately after I entered the USSD code I saw the Telkom Mo’Winz option, so I decided to enter and Register,” said Puleng.

“That’s when I started playing the game. The first day I entered the free competition I saw the VIP option and decided to Enter it.”

Puleng says the questions there were interesting. Even when she had finished answering them, she still had the eagerness to answer more. “So it started to get interesting and I played every day. I still do,” added Puleng.

This money is, according to Puleng, going to change her life in a big way as she intends on going back to college to further her education. And she will forever be grateful to Telkom for this great opportunity to leave no man behind. “I will be Investing the Cash prize for my education and finish my studies. And I would love to thank Telkom for giving me this opportunity. The cash prize is going to be making an impact on my life. Thank You so Much Telkom?,“ concluded Puleng.

“I entered the competition after receiving an SMS invitation to join,” said Raymond Zwane during an interview with Telkom.

Zwane says the cash prize will assist him greatly during the lockdown implemented by the government to deal with the spread of Coronavirus in South Africa. “I am going to use the prize money to mitigate the lockdown consequences,” he said.

Thanking Telkom for the opportunity, he said “I would like to say thank you to Telkom and that Telkom is indeed the best service provider for me. I also wish to thank Telkom Mo’Winz for the fabulous prize money which came at a much trying time,” concluded Zwane.

Luyanda Mkhize, a BSc in computing student at the University of South Africa. Studying a says she is a lover of competitions and quizzes. “I consider myself as someone who enjoys random facts and weird knowledge,” says Mkhize.

I played religiously on the Telkom plus Mo’Winz quiz and I’m going to use a lot of my winnings towards my university fees.

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From Sophiatown to Triomf

By 1963, Sophiatown had been physically razed to the ground. In a final act of psychological warfare, the government built a white working-class suburb over the rubble and named it Triumph (Triomf). They wanted to erase the very memory of Sophiatown from the landscape. For decades, the name Sophiatown disappeared from maps, replaced by the neat, sterile streets of the victors.

The “resurrection” of Sophiatown began officially in 2006, when the City of Johannesburg formally restored the original name to the suburb. Today, the neighborhood is a quiet, leafy residential area, but the ghosts of the “Paris of the Transvaal” are everywhere. The Sophiatown Heritage Centre, housed in the former home of Dr. A.B. Xuma (a former ANC president), is one of the few original buildings that escaped the bulldozers. Walking through the streets today, you can still find small markers of the past: a lone Victorian pillar, a specific tree mentioned in a poem, or the rebuilt St. Joseph’s Church.

The legacy of Sophiatown is not just one of tragedy, but of an indestructible cultural spirit. The music, the slang (Tsotsitaal), and the “Drum” era aesthetic continue to influence South African fashion and film today. It serves as a reminder that while you can bulldoze a house and rename a street, you cannot kill the soul of a place that once danced to the sound of a thousand saxophones.