Speaking to media at OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park to welcome her daughter Makhadzi, her mother said the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Award-winning artist has made her proud. “I cannot explain my joy to these people. I am who I am because of my child.
I am proud of her. She has made me somebody among the nation,” speaking in TshiVenda Makhadzi’s mother, Josephine Munyai, said. Family, media and a handful of fans welcomed Makhadzi at the OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park on Wednesday morning following her win at the 24th edition of the BET Awards on Sunday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.
Makhadzi won the BET Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act . Together with other members of the family, Makhadzi ’s mother waited for the Zwivhuya singer with excitement, where they sang, danced and ululated even before she arrived at the airport. ALSO READ: Makhadzi wins Best New International Act on her birthday at BET Awards ‘ I was manifesting and I believe in myself.
.. ‘ “I still cannot believe I gave birth to such an intelligent child.
What I can tell you is that Makhadzi was able to achieve success with God’s help. Prayer is important. If you pray day and night, God will listen and lead you,” averred her mother, who gave Makhadzi a bouquet of roses.
“What I can tell her is to hold on to God and involve God in all her ways. I don’t have much to say; I am overjoyed,” she said before being ushered off..