Speaking to Channel24, Zozibini, who was in South Africa for her homecoming tour, told us about her plans for the year ahead, and what life has been like as the queen of the universe.
6. You've become a role model for many girls. Who are some women that you look up to?
I was recently lucky enough to meet Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, a woman I admired growing up in South Africa as a child. She is the executive director of United Nations Women and is a United Nations Under-Secretary-General. UN Women is the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.
As cliché as this may sound, my mother Philiswa Nadophu has always been a role model for me as well. She instilled the importance of education, hard work and discipline. Now, more than ever, women are rising to take their rightful place at the forefront of greatness. A baton was passed to my generation by the women who marched in Pretoria, back on August 9 1956, to continue the work of shattering glass ceilings, kicking down closed doors and being women of great stature who rise and open doors for other women. As women, it is our responsibility to make sure that the baton never falls. We have to pass it on to the next generation of women.
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