{"id":39915,"date":"2025-10-27T21:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T21:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39915"},"modified":"2025-10-27T21:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T21:40:04","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncyril-ramaphosa-congratulates-miss-sa-2025-qhawekazi-mazaleni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/27\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncyril-ramaphosa-congratulates-miss-sa-2025-qhawekazi-mazaleni\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyril Ramaphosa congratulates Miss SA 2025 Qhawekazi Mazaleni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_102939\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102939\" class=\"wp-image-102939 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cyril-Ramaphosa-congratulates-Miss-SA-2025-Qhawekazi-Mazaleni.jpg?resize=600%2C392&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cyril-Ramaphosa-congratulates-Miss-SA-2025-Qhawekazi-Mazaleni.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Cyril-Ramaphosa-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-102939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyril Ramaphosa celebrates Qhawekazi Mazaleni<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended his warm congratulations to newly crowned Miss South Africa 2025, Qhawekazi Mazaleni.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old beauty from the Eastern Cape was crowned during the prestigious national pageant, earning praise from many.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to his official X (formerly Twitter) account on Sunday, 26 October 2025, Ramaphosa shared a heartfelt message celebrating Mazaleni\u2019s win and commending her advocacy work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWarmest congratulations to the Eastern Cape\u2019s Qhawekazi Mazaleni on her crowning as Miss South Africa 2025,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur newest national flag bearer is an advocate for the empowerment of women and for the education of our nation\u2019s youth, and her vision for these causes bodes well for her reign and beyond. I wish you well, Qhawekazi, and I extend my good wishes to deserving runners-up Luyanda Zuma and Karabo Mareka.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While many applauded the president for acknowledging Mazaleni\u2019s achievement, others were less impressed.<\/p>\n<p>Some South Africans took to the comments to express frustration, accusing him of focusing on pageantry instead of addressing the country\u2019s pressing challenges.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Warmest congratulations to the Eastern Cape\u2019s Qhawekazi Mazaleni on her crowning as Miss South Africa 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Our newest national flag bearer is an advocate for the empowerment of women and for the education of our nation\u2019s youth, and her vision for these causes bodes well for her\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bNEXJdowjX\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/bNEXJdowjX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cyril Ramaphosa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 (@CyrilRamaphosa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyrilRamaphosa\/status\/1982472049131196915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Cyril #Ramaphosa #congratulates #Qhawekazi #Mazaleni<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Cyril Ramaphosa celebrates Qhawekazi Mazaleni President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended his warm congratulations to newly crowned Miss South Africa&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39917,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39915\/revisions\/39917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}