Miss South Africa 2019 titleholder Zozibini Tunzi. Picture: Instagram
Miss South Africa 2022 took place over the past weekend, and South African Venda star Makhadzi as well as other public figures attended the event dressed to impress to watch Ndavi Nokeri being crowned as this years titleholder.
On the judging panel sat South African advocate and professor of law – Thulisile Madonsela, Miss Universe 2021 – Harnaaz Sandhu, Miss South Africa and Miss Universe 2019 – Zozibini Tunzi, award winning investigative television journalist – Devi Sanaree Govender, Miss World 2014 – Rolene Strauss, Miss South Africa 1990 – Suzette van der Merwe, as well as actress and businesswoman – Thando Thabete.
During the Miss South Africa 2022 crowning ceremony, Venda star Makhadzi got the chance to meet Zozibini Tunzi who won the beauty pageant in 2019.
In a video that has quickly gone viral, Tunzi is seen making her way to the singer to embrace her in a warm and friendly hug, but Makhadzi is then quickly shuffled to the side away from Tunzi.
Although the moment happened really quickly, tweeps spotted Tunzi’s shocked and disappointed reaction towards her bodyguard’s behaviour after she had stepped forward to give Makhadzi a hug.
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The meet and greet moment touched many people’s hearts as they were happy to see the two unproblematic and loveable public figures showing love and kindness towards each other.
However, the video stirred some fury from some tweeps who were upset with how the Zwivhuya hitmaker was treated by the bodyguard, and felt that Tunzi should have checked him and told him off in that exact moment.
While the video may have shown Tunzi’s bodyguard being harsh and overly dramatic with the way in which he handled the singer, a few understood that he may have mistaken Makhadzi for a fan, and that he was just doing his job to protect the 2019 Miss Universe.