Onicah Moonsor
Tweek Gcwala had a meet and greet with the young and culture-passionate Nhlanhlalenhle Dlamini, who is 24 years.
She is a daughter, a niece, a granddaughter, a cousin and an aunt. She is a God-fearing and family oriented young woman who has a strong passion cultural practices. During the meet and greet with the Gcwala team, she shared what culture means to her as well as what she she knows about African Day.
However, she started by opening up about her personality, narrating that she is curious and inventive. “I am curious and inventive, always willing and ready to learn something new and grow.
“Every little opportunity I get to learn something new I take it seriously with both hands.
“I believe you’re never too old to learn or know too much for more experience. “Another one is Conscientiousness, I am efficient and organised, I am all about a planned and organised approach rather than randomness. “I am a perfectionist. There is also agreeableness which is my ability to show compassion and co-operation and lastly, neuroticism, I am secure and confident, I have a strong emotional intelligence,” Dlamini said.
week Gcwala is crushing on 21-yearold young woman born and bred in Nhlangano known as Onicah Moonsor.
She did both her primary and high school at St Michael’s and she is currently doing second year at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology where she is studying Business Management.
Onicah is a reliable, responsible, trustworthy and honest young woman.
She may be too critical of situations and others and it may come off as if she is unapproachable when in actual fact she has boundaries and she prefers to choose who she wants in her personal space and life. She is also fun to hang around with.
Onicah is also an MC, who is known for her hot dance moves and vibrant energy when on
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She went on to explain what culture means to her as well as what she likes about the local culture.
“Culture refers to the beliefs that people hold about reality, the norms that guide their behaviour that are passed down from generation to generation, the values that orient their moral commitment.
“It’s the way of life of an entire society, community or country. For example their dress code, language, stage.
If it has to do with Dancing, I believe she can do anything you put her up to. She was a dance leader in high school and was really good at it.
Dlamini also said she is able to express herself through the local culture as a young woman.
“I am able to express myself through culture, from how I carry myself as a young girl in my community and beyond my community because as you grow, you end up growing out of home because of school and job opportunities. “I also express myself in language, we have the most beautiful language, I enjoy speaking in my mother tongue, expressing myself freely the best way I know how to.
“And lastly, I am utterly obsessed with our traditional attires, emahiya to be specific because they don’t necessarily have an occasion, I get to rock them anytime anywhere suitable and I always stand out, even in formal events I pull up in my traditional attire and attract a lot of attention with it. I guess this is how I get to express myself through culture,” shared Dlamini. “Culture helps in preserving myself as a
The likes of DJ Sgitha and others saw her talent and encouraged her to hop onto it. Sgitha rooted for her to be an MC at Solani’s for the Scorpion Kings show in 2020, but for a beginner she felt like it was too big for her and she couldn’t take it.
And then around May 2021 Sibane, Senza and Sihle gave her an opportunity to be a resident MC at Sapphire Lounge, she agreed to do only one show just to see if she could actually do it, and it turned out that she could.
From there she never looked back as she is still doing more as an MC. religion, rituals and art.
“What I like about local culture is how Eswatini has actively maintained and preserved a remarkable cultural heritage, honestly that’s probably unmatched anywhere in Africa. Our cultural heritage has been a tourist attraction for years and it keeps growing every year, which is also good for local business.
“Visitors get a better idea of traditional African culture here, during the famous Umhlanga Reed Dance, Incwala, Buganu ceremonies just to name the few significant ones. Another thing, emaSwati are proud and extremely friendly, we are the nicest people and that’s is also part of our culture, to as how we treat people, I really like that,” she said.