In the spirit of women’s month, Guy-Gal Conner has granted  my best friend and I an opportunity to spent a night at The Fabulous Woman Awards with other phenomenal women, such as the likes of the radio and tv personality, Hulisani Ravele, businesswoman and media personality Dineo Manaka, Mrs Joani Johnson, CEO of Mrs South Africa, just to mention a few.

                      By: Kgalaleo Phakwe

 

With more than 100 phenomenal women and young girls in attendance, the awards were announced at a gala dinner at Radisson Blue Hotel, Sandton.

The 5th August, was nothing but inspirational and memorable to me, Kgalalelo Pakwe, a master student in Biochemistry, from the North West Province (NWU Mafikeng) and my best friend Zanele Barbie Mthimunye, a Phlebotomist from Gauteng Province.

The Fabulous Woman Awards are FG Foundation’s initiative founded by Pontsho Manzi, the proud winner of The 2014 DTI Premier Business Awards Young Entrepreneur and Play Your Part Awards for her work with young women and girls of South Africa and as a young business woman. Pontsho is also the Editor in chief for the Fabulous Women Magazine.

The awards are aimed at honouring SA women and girls who have done sterling in the empowerment and advancement of women and are the embodiment of ethical womanhood in South Africa. These are the first ever awards in SA that recognise both women and girls.

Any fabulous women who was present at the award will testify that it was exquisite ceremony and the awards shone the light on women whether they’re teachers, students, learners, doctors, engineers, in private or public sectors, flying aeroplanes or running small businesses. The award recognised the ethical values that are embodied in the campaign for women upliftment and empowerment, and women unity. The awards are aimed at engendering a spirit of sisterhood and cross generational bonding for all women of South Africa.  This spirit of empowering women is creating new entrepreneurs, driving the economy and inspiring young girls to dream big and to achieve even bigger.

Here is some of the highlights of the evening…

 

In absentia South African businesswoman and tv mogul received the  The Fabulous Woman of the Year 2017 and she took it to Instagram to express her gratitude

I cannot begin to say how truly humbled and honored I am by this recognition. It means a lot!🙏🏾 Every woman has a fabulous quality about them, something that makes them stand out, that makes them special, that makes them unique! A love for what we do, passion, dedication, hard work and undying faith guarantee success! I celebrate all you fabulous women and wish you a very happy Women’s Month!

Here is to all fabulous queens out  there, who wakes up every morning to work hard and put smiles on our face, to women who goes through a lot everyday but carry on with life as if nothing bad is  happening, women who are pillars, and talk us out of bad decisions, here is to ‘Izimbokodo’   ‘Dikakapa’. We salute you and admire your strength, here is to fearless queens running their races at their own paces. Here is to our STRONG BLACK FABULOUS SISTAS. Here’s to strong women, may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them .

pic cred :Fabwomanmag