PALI LEHOHLA | Miss SA saga: what issue and whose voice gets top priority?
Are matters of crime, gender-based violence and energy generation as weighty as those of beauty contests?
02 September 2024 - 04:44
Political authority went into overdrive when the issue of the beauty pageant raged a month ago. The love-hate relationship between Nigeria and South Africa was not about Bafana Bafana vs Eagles, but moved to the stage of the Miss South Africa pageant. Action was taken to clarify the uncertainty. South Africa’s would-be lead had to withdraw from the Miss SA pageant due to the outpouring of rage on the matter of citizenship...
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