MTN Bushfire’s E262 000 for festival beneficiaries

MBABANE – MTN Bushfire has announced a sponsorship to the tune of E262 455.63 for festival beneficiaries in 2022.

that the event’s commitment towards creative activism to effect positive, meaningful and sustainable change had earned the festival a worldwide reputation for its visionary, authentic and inclusive approach, winning the Best Responsible Event Award at the 2017 African Responsible Tourism Awards.

“From the onset of MTN Bushfire, we have shared the belief that we all have to play a more conscious and active role in developing and supporting the communities and environments within which we live. MTN Bushfire’s call to action, Bring Your Fire, leverages the transformational power of the arts to inspire collective action on the social and environmental challenges of our time,” stated Thorne.

Cheques were presented to Young Heroes, BoMake Rural Projects and the newly-established Malandela’s Legacy Fund on October 26, 2022, at House On Fire.

This sponsorship was only made possible by the collective effort inspired by the ‘Bring Your Fire’ call to action to make a positive difference in our communities as narrated by the event’s Creative Director Jiggs Thorne.

He thanked the various partners involved in making the MTN Bushfire Festival such likened MTN Bushfire to a a memorable experience, and charitable organisation because most especially the festivalgoers The proceeds of the sponsorships it is community based, thanking who purchased the tickets are to be used primarily in the audience for attending “this and merchandise used to sponthe Lobamba Lomdzala constituency important milestone, where we sor the festival’s beneficiaries. in which House On Fire, give back to our fellow Swazis,

Thorne shared that MTN the venue for the MTN Bushfire the ones less privileged than Bus͵hfire w”as‡m•o‡re”th˜an‡sim’p”ly‹a…‡Fˆe‘sti”valŽ,ƒislo†cate‹d. ƒ–•ƒ’uŠs.”ƒ music festival; it was an expression Lobamba Lomdzala Member Speakers at the cheque handover of social consciousness and of Parliament (MP) and ceremony included Lobamba an engine for local community Chairman of the MTN Bushfire Lomdzala development. He also stated Board, Marwick Khumalo, Mphiyakhe Fakudze, Sibusiso district of Manzini, outside the Old Regional Administrator’s Office, Manzini at 2:30pm tomorrow.

Conditions of sale are available for inspections at the office of the sheriff in the High Court building in Mbabane at the Offices of the

Regional Administrator, Manzini.

MBABANE – A reserve price of E3 010 800 has been placed on an industrial land covering 1.003 hectares situated in Matsapha.

The property will be sold by public auction by the deputy sheriff for the

Venue

Nhleko, Acting CEO of MTN Eswatini, as well as members of the Lobamba Lomdzala community, who spoke about how much MTN Bushfire’s support meant to their daily lives.

Young Heroes, which assists the youth orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS, has been supported by the MTN Bushfire Festival since inception in 2007, and benefits from

(Courtesy pic) MTN Bushfire Creative Director Jiggs Thorne (L) in a group photo with representatives of the beneficiaries and other stakeholders including Chairman of the MTN Bushfire Board and Lobamba Lomdzala MP Marwick Khumalo (C) and MTN Acting CEO Sibusiso Nhleko (2nd from R).

(Courtesy pic) The industrial land situated in Matsapha.