A toast to new beginnings for Soweto wine fest
The Soweto Wine Festival is making a comeback again this year.
Following a rather disappointing event last year at the Soweto Theatre, the Soweto Wine Festival is making a comeback again this year. In its 13th edition, the premier kasi wine festival promises to be much bigger and better.
What wine lovers and Sowetans I general will find more exciting about this year’s festival it that it comes as a 100% black-owned entity. Mnikelo Mangciphu and Saki Zamxaka are the brains behind this biggest township wine festival in the African continent.
They bring a wealth of knowledge to an already big even from their experience in the in the local wine industry. Mangciphu is not only the co-founder of the festival but he is also the owner of Morara Wine Emporium, a first of its kind in Soweto.
Together with majority shareholder Zamxaka, will be at the helm of the festival going into the future. What better way to kick off Heritage Month than with the Soweto Wine Festival as it returns to a historical monument and a tourist attraction which is the Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown.
It will run from the first to the second of September is it will be nothing but a showcase of the best of wine, food, lifestyle brands and all that Soweto and South Africa as a whole has to offer. Zamxaka who has been collecting wine for over 15 years is passionate about sharing it with Sowetans and the rest of the country.
“I’ve purchased the Soweto Wine Festival because I think there is immense potential to build the wine industry both here in South Africa and abroad. In the future, I envision the Soweto Wine Festival as a world-class festival that encapsulates not just South African wine but truly represents South Africa and can introduce the world more deeply to us,” said Zamxaka.
“In addition to Soweto, we will take this festival overseas sharing our proudly South African wines with the world.”
With that being said, it no wonder the festival has been attracting thousands of people not only from the province f Gauteng but from across the country.
The 13th edition of the Soweto Wine Festival comes at a time when the country and the whole world are commemorating the centenary of Nelson Mandela.
As a historically significant place, Kliptown serves as a perfect venue for this year’s event which is in line with #Mandela100 celebrations. Other exciting news about this year’s festival is the announcement of Standard Bank as the headline sponsor.
Standard Bank’s involvement in this event is a way of showing support not only to the wine industry but to the Soweto businesses as well.
Mike Mashaba, Head of Marketing, Standard Bank, Gauteng, said, “Headlining the 13th Soweto Wine Festival is a testament to us putting our customers first in everything we do, and this includes being socially relevant.
“We are also delighted to announce that tickets purchased using any Standard Bank payment method will be discounted to 50% for the first 300 general access tickets.”
The involvement of Standard Bank in the festival has been welcomed by Zamxaka as great news for the local wine industry.
“They add tremendous value to all involved and do important empowerment work within the wine industry as a whole. We are very happy with this partnership of shared vision for Soweto and wine,” said Zamxaka.
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