Reigning Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi returns to South Africa for her official homecoming celebration on Saturday.
The African beauty was crowned the 68th Miss Universe on December 8 in Atlanta, Georgia. Tunzi is scheduled to embark on a week-long celebration that includes visits to Joburg, Cape Town, Mthatha and the two villages she grew up in, Tsolo and Dutywa in the Eastern Cape.
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Tunzi said yesterday, “I can’t wait to feel the energy when I get back. This win hasn’t just been about me, I share it with all South Africans and I have been counting the days until I can celebrate this achievement with my people in the spirit of Mzansi”.
Her whistle-stop visit will include official welcomes at OR Tambo and Mthatha airports, street parades in Mthatha, Tsolo, Cape Town and Joburg. She will also be a guest of President Cyril Ramaphosa at his State of the Nation address.
Tunzi will be welcomed at OR Tambo by the Soweto Gospel Choir.
She will also be received by Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams and Deputy Arts and Culture Minister Makhotso Sotyu.
“While I have been in New York, I have longed for two things, sunshine and the voices of African people raised in song.
“I cannot wait to be a part of the celebration - Eastern Cape style - that is being planned,” she added.