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MATEZA MAKES DUT PROUD AS THE NEW INDONI MISS CULTURAL SA 2023/2024
“It’s wonderful to receive not just recognition, but public recognition for something you have done. I have been longing to win this for eight years and on the ninth year I won it. I don’t only feel ecstatic about winning this title but I feel happy that now I will be able to visit several organisations and voice how a particular challenge should be solved as I have thousands of ideas on how challenges can be solved; before my voice was not heard but now I believe they will give me an ear,” she replied euphorically.
In explaining more about the competition, Mateza expressed that Indoni Miss Cultural SA 2023/2024 is a platform that changes the lives of young people in South Africa, giving them opportunities to discover themselves professionally, psychologically and socially, and to work hand in hand with local governments and traditional leaders.
She relayed that the national cultural pageant advocates for moral regeneration. It targets the youth by using identity focused programmes such as a tool for addressing social ills and bringing about behavioural change.This competition took place in Richmond at the Indoni Village kwa Gengeshe.
KINGDOMS
MEET AND COMPETE.
“Indoni is a national cultural pageant where
Pictured: Inako Mateza, Indoni Miss Cultural South Africa 2023/2024.
Inako Mateza recently clinched the national title of Indoni Miss Cultural SA 2023/24. She is from the Durban University of Technology (DUT) Winterton Residence, and she believes it is one of the best things that ever happened to her.
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These kingdoms include Xhosa, Zulu, Venda, Ndebele, Tswana, Pedi, Thembu, Mpondo, Khoi-San, Tsonga and Swati. It is vital for the youth like me
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