It is hard to believe that Zondi Khosa is completely deaf when one watches her perform. Born and bred in Namakgale to a family of seven siblings, she has always been a dancer at heart. Zondi is not only deaf, but she is also mute. Her sister, Sgt Nkhensani Nkopane, told the Herald that Zondi has always loved dancing since childhood.

They never understood how she could dance to the beat as she could not hear anything. “We eventually realised that she could only dance to loud music with a base. We asked her how she follows the beat and she said she can feel the beat in her heart from the sound,” she explained. She is currently a general worker at Lulekani SAPS and is a member of the Lulekani SAPS Xibelani Group. She has represented the station and the province at a number of national events.

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She recently wowed the audience at the National Police Day hosted at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, an event which was attended by the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele. Nkhensani said that Zondi has always been a gifted child. In her teenage years, she represented South Africa in athletics for people living with disabilities in Rome, Italy. Last year she has also crowned the second princess of the Miss SAPS Mopani beauty pageant.