Mkhondo Local Municipality Celebrates Heritage Month Through Ingoma
September sees South Africans celebrating and honoring heritage month by showcasing their cultural diversities.
On the 25 of September 2016 Mkhondo Local Municipality hosted an Ingoma event at the Sulpherspring Show grounds, where 27 groups were invited to compete against each other as a way of celebrating and displaying the beauty of our culture through ukugida. The community of Sulpherspring and surrounding areas came out in numbers to witness this thrilling occasion, where the participating groups wore cultural attires and performed enthusiastically as the crowd roared with excitement for their favorite groups. As the competition draw to an end the MMC, Honorable Cllr. Thembi Khumalo, and Honorable Cllr. Thokozani Manana from Ward 9 thanked the community for their support and involvement during the course of the event. The top five winners were announced at the end of the show where together they took home a some of R30, 000 in cash. Indeed the event was nothing short of extraordinary.
