First Lady

First lady of Greater Tzaneen Municipality Precious Mangena recognized women councillors and management in the Mopani region ranging from Managers to Mayors and treated them to a meal. The lunch was served at Sima Lodge in Tzaneen on the 30th of November 2017. The ladies who honoured the invitation were colourfully dressed in white, yellow and lime which was the theme of the day, they included GTM female councillors and managers, former GTM first lady Fony Muswana, Executive Mayor of Mopani Nkakareng Rakgoale, and Greater Letaba Municipality councillors. The first lady commended the ladies for making the effort to look beautiful and honouring the invitation. “The main aim of today’s gathering is to appreciate all of you for your hard work and give you a well-deserved break”. She also acknowledged and appreciated the main sponsor of the day Wisani Burial for their continuous support throughout the year. Mangena invited motivational speaker Siyani Shihundla to motivate the hard working women, she narrated her story of poverty to success to the keen audience “I started working as a domestic worker and worked my way up” she spoke. Beauty Therapist Kgaugelo Maponya of Devine Glamour Spa was invited to share beauty tips with the first lady’s guests. “It is important for a lady to care of herself in order to boost your self-esteem, women must use beauty products to keep clean and enhance their beauty”. Speaker of GTM Council Dikeledi Mmetle encouraged the ladies to work together and support one onother “the speakers here today said a mouthful and left us motivated, let us put in to use what we have been taught today. The ladies cheered and sang along as they were entertained by the Wisani Burial Choir to different songs. Each of the ladies left with to a goodie bag filled with beauty products courtesy of Wisani Burial.