Mandela Month Youth Interview - Up We Go Mzansi Youth Creative Campaign and Competition (DSAC)
Up We Go Mzansi invite The Public to Vote to determine the Winners of the Up We Go Mzansi Youth Creative Competition
An initiative led by Social Cohesion Advocates in partnership with gold-youth, and powered by The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture
On Friday, 3 September, The Department of Sport, Art and Culture’s Social Cohesion Advocates announced the top 5 finalists in each category of their Up We Go Mzansi Creative Competition. Up We Go Mzansi also invite the public to vote for who they believe deserves to win R25 000 in each of the four categories: SONG, DANCE, SPOKEN WORD and ART.
Voting opened 3 September 2021 and closes 20 September 2021. The winners are to be announced on Heritage Day (24 September 2021). This will be a celebration of the heritage of all people in South African and will hopefully inspire us all to use our power and collective strengths to move SA upwards together!
How the public can vote:
1. Go to the @UpWeGoMzansi Instagram Page or the Up We Go Mzansi Facebook page (@UpWeGoMzansi) and like your favourite entries in each category.
2. Share the posts you like either to your Facebook page or Instagram stories. Use the hashtag #UpWeGoMzansi and Tag Up We Go Mzansi.
3. Make sure you follow Up We Go Mzansi on Instagram or Facebook.
Each person who likes and shares their favourite entries will stand a chance to win 1 of 5 Tempo Pulse 3.0 Smart Watches launching in SA later this year!
Up We Go Mzansi is a movement calling all people living in South Africa to use our personal power and collective strengths to move South Africa upwards together. This competition is searching for the best entries from our youth that will inspire our nation to move SA upwards together. The winner in each category will win a cash prize of R25 000. Your likes together with the judges' scores will determine the winners. The judging panel is made up of creative specialists and prominent Social Cohesion Advocates and include among others, anti-apartheid activist and vocal artist PJ Powers/Thandeka, social anthropologist and Capitol Radio presenter Dr Raj Govender and founder of The Institute of Afrikology Dr Yaa Ashantewaa Archer-Ngidi.
How the public can vote:
1. Go to the @UpWeGoMzansi Instagram Page or the Up We Go Mzansi Facebook page (@UpWeGoMzansi) and like your favourite entries in each category.
2. Share the posts you like either to your Facebook page or Instagram stories. Use the hashtag #UpWeGoMzansi and Tag Up We Go Mzansi.
3. Make sure you follow Up We Go Mzansi on Instagram or Facebook.
Each person who likes and shares their favourite entries will stand a chance to win 1 of 5 Tempo Pulse 3.0 Smart Watches launching in SA later this year!
Up We Go Mzansi is a movement calling all people living in South Africa to use our personal power and collective strengths to move South Africa upwards together. This competition is searching for the best entries from our youth that will inspire our nation to move SA upwards together. The winner in each category will win a cash prize of R25 000. Your likes together with the judges' scores will determine the winners. The judging panel is made up of creative specialists and prominent Social Cohesion Advocates and include among others, anti-apartheid activist and vocal artist PJ Powers/Thandeka, social anthropologist and Capitol Radio presenter Dr Raj Govender and founder of The Institute of Afrikology Dr Yaa Ashantewaa Archer-Ngidi.
Likes will be counted as of midnight on 20 September 2021 and winners will be announced on Heritage Day 24 September. This will be the perfect day to celebrate the diversity of our people and the exciting future we can make a reality when we all use our power to move SA upwards TOGETHER!
Here are the 5 finalists per category (In no specific order):
The Top 5 in SONG:
· Dionne – Gauteng
· Pako Meremetsi - North West Province
· Riley Gandhari – Kwa-Zulu Natal
· Kabelo Nokaneng – Gauteng
· Relebogile Latane – Gauteng
The Top 5 in DANCE:
· Nhlakanipho Kubeka – Gauteng
· Synced Brothers – Mpumulanga
· Jakane Ntswagae – North West
· Gilbert Goliath – Gauteng
· Thabelo Kgathi Dance Cultural – Northern Cape
The Top 5 in ART:
· Anathi Maho – Gauteng
· Polelo – Gauteng
· Unathi Mgolombane – Gauteng
· Lizalise Mfenyana – Western Cape
· Wanda Nyakathisa – Western Cape
The Top 5 in SPOKEN WORD:
· Lungisa Zondi
· SACS – Western Cape
· Gabriel Plaatjies – Western Cape
· Monde Koloi – Northern Cape
· Tshiamo Nzeko – North West Province
To show that you commit to using your personal power and strengths to move yourself, others and the country forwards and upwards, display the Up We Go Mzansi overlay on your profile pic on social media.
“Up We Go Mzansi is a movement calling all people in South Africa to use our personal power and collective strengths to move SA upwards together!”
“LET’S EACH USE OUR POWER AND MOVE SA UPWARDS TOGETHER!”
To show that you commit to using your personal power and strengths to move yourself, others and the country forwards and upwards, display the Up We Go Mzansi overlay on your profile pic on social media.
