Family video wins 170th birthday prize
TO celebrate The Herald’s turning 170 today, we gave our readers an opportunity to win a luxurious night for two at Pumba Private Game Reserve by sending in birthday wishes for the newspaper.
The Herald received entries via Facebook, Twitter and e-mail from all corners of the globe.
Paul Chambers sent his birthday wish from London via YouTube.
Others took a more amusing approach and sent in memes to celebrate the big day.
Cupie Howse Munro’s meme via Facebook stated: “They say only the good die young. I guess that makes you an old bad ass.”
But there has to be a winner and in the end, the newsroom opted for a video produced by the Pillay family who live in Hunters Retreat.
The video featured the family of five, including six-month-old Meekha Lia – who cannot wait for her turn to read The Herald – in a heart-warming birthday wish from the young to the old.
“I remember The Herald being delivered to my parents’ house when I was in primary school,” Meekha’s mother Delia, 34, said.
“The Herald is my way of staying informed. Without reading it I feel completely disorientated. All my friends at work know how much I love doing the Sudoko as well.”
Grandfather Dennis Nockfar, 82, and Meekha’s nanny Lindiwe Monica Yi- sake, 46, also featured in the video.
Delia and her husband Sanjay, 37, will be going to Pumba Private Game Reserve.
“I think my husband and I need just one night to ourselves,” Delia said.