JUMBO DINNER NOMINATIONS CLOSED

MBABANE – Nominations for this year’s Jumbo Dinner are now closed.

This was confirmed by Jumbo Khumalo, who founded the annual event. He said the build-up to The Jumbo Dinner 2021 was impressive in terms of participation from members of the public. With this, Khumalo said: “As the first phase of our model, we opened submissions for people to send their profiles to contend for the Lifestyle Awards. We then received an average of 130 profiles in each category. In the second phase, we urged the public to nominate their own people into the Lifestyle Awards via all our social media platforms and e-mail address. On average, we received 1 450 nominations.” The Jumbo Dinner aims to be a good corporate player as it has the ‘Kweshumi Mission’ as its corporate social responsibility strategy where 10 per cent of its proceeds are then donated back to the community. He further thanked everyone who had engaged in any way from the contenders up to the people who nominated them. He went on to say that the next phase was now to shortlist the contenders into a number which would then be ready to be voted via SMS.

One-of-a-kind

“And of course, we will be formally asking for consent from everyone nominated before we shortlist him or her for voting,” he added. This one-of-a-kind event is full of splendor dinner that celebrates and hallmarks iconic corporate and social personalities. It includes lifestyle awards (35 categories), networking/meet and greet, celebratory toast, feast, business keynote session, celebrity appearances, fashion, photography and charity work. The caliber of the dinner’s attendees (famously referred to as icons) includes business executives, influential leaders, and social media figures, public figures, achievers, hustlers, movers and shakers of the society. Its leader is Jumbo Khumalo, who is assisted by an executive team of six members. It is annually hosted every October, since 2018.

Last year, through their corporate social responsibility; the annual event’s representatives donated food hampers to 100 elderly people. Part of the lifestyle award winners across all the previous three editions include Gciniwe Fakudze, Daladi Dlamini, Macford Sibandze, Larry Mhlanga, Sandziso ‘Sands’ Matsebula, Smilwesihle Ndlandla, Siphesihle Nkwanyana, Comedian Mdura, Gcebile Mvubu, Nana Sambo, Mrs. M, Coralee Vilakati, Philly Shiba, Sicelo Ndlandla, Thabiso Dlamini, Cheeks Nxumalo and many more. Their previous strategic partners include; Malkerns Town Board, Saverite Stores, Premier Foods, Hala Group, The Lion King Studios, Young Inc, Abuti Clothing to name a few.

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