Memorial Lecture

Miss World and Miss South Africa attend Charlotte Maxeke Memorial Lecture.

Miss World Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica joined Miss South Africa 2020 Shudufhadzo Musida at the Charlotte Maxeke Memorial Lecture which took place at Glen High School in Tshwane today.

Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, delivered the keynote address on the life and times of Charlotte Maxeke, the first black woman in South Africa to graduate with a B.Sc. and the first black woman to fight for freedom from exploitative and social conditions for African women.

Motshekga’s lecture also marked a celebration of the International Month of Girl Child.

Following the event, the two beauty queens travelled to Thabisang Primary School in Orlando West, Soweto where Musida read to the learners from her recently released book Shudu Finds Her Magic, before going on to visit Mandela House and the Hector Petersen Museum.

Singh and Musida rounded off their day together with a late lunch at Vilakazi Restaurant where Miss World was given a taste of some of South Africa’s most well known indigenous dishes.

Singh has visited South Africa once before, when she was invited by Chief Zwelivelile “Mandla” Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s eldest grandson, to celebrate his mother’s 70th birthday in Mvezo and donate 1 300 pairs of shoes as part of Beauty with a Purpose’s continued support of local schools and children.

Singh arrived in South Africa last week to attend the Miss South Africa pageant.

Musida will be participating in the 70th edition of the Miss World pageant to be held on 16 December, 2021 at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Miss South Africa is presented by Weil Entertainment in association with M-Net, Mzansi Magic, Sun International and the City of Cape Town.

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