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Bonang and Nomzamo do big things at the UN General Assembly

8y By Gugu Mhlungu

As two of the biggest personalities in SA, it’s no surprise that Bonang Matheba and Nomzamo Mbatha are flying the South African flag high at the current 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Local citizens joins Global Citizens advocates 

Nomzamo, who is also a UN Refugee Agency ambassador, shared that she will be hosting the Annual Concordia Summit in addition to moderating a panel on solutions to empower refugees.

https://twitter.com/NomzamoMbatha/status/1044528450952986624

Nomzamo travels to Kenya for humanitarian work 

Queen B, who is an advocate for the empowerment and education of girls, will be moderating the UN General Assembly discussion titled “12 Years to Break Barriers and Leave No Girl Behind- countdown to 2030” with French President Emmanual Macron, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and British PM Theresa May.

Bonang pays for girls to go to school

https://twitter.com/bonang_m/status/1044561760672526336

https://twitter.com/Education2030UN/status/1044554106033979392

So much black girl magic!

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