South African digital content creator Mandisi Tshingana is nominated by the Emerge Africa Awards under the Humanitarian Award category.
Emerge Africa Awards is an initiative to honour and celebrate a cross-section of the nation’s most influential individuals, brands and organisations from all around Africa.
Most of us know Mandisi for his famous TikTok videos where he portrays a domestic worker who is always in a good mood and dancing along with his funny Facebook posts where he engages with his followers.
I personally think that Mandisi is a perfect candidate for the category because of the initiative he recently started to help South African actress, Brenda Ngxoli who was living in a toxic environment along with her daughter Sky.
Mandisi took it upon himself to start a donation initiative for Brenda which not only helped her raise R150,000 but also opened doors to new opportunities, including securing more gigs.
Some social media users extented a helping hand and raised gift vouchers and services over R20 000 for her. Recently, it was shared that the award-winning actress received a role in an upcoming rom-com called, A Scam Called Love which is set to premiere the 7th of March.
This initiative proves that the Xhosa phrase, ‘Umntu ngumntu ngabantu‘ is true and makes Mandisi a good fit for the award.
Taking to his Facebook page, Mandisi announced the nomination and wrote, “Nindithandile [you have loved me].”
Fans and supporters buzzed his comment section assuring him that he will win the award as he is deserving of it.
One wrote: “You deserve it! Thank you for letting your humanity shine through someone else’s dark hour.”
While others shared screenshot showing that they have started voting already, some congratulated the award-winning content creator.
Also see:Brenda Ngxoli secures role in an upcoming local rom-com movie, ‘A Scam Called Love’
