SENIOR CITIZEN WINS E1 000 CASH, 2 NIGHTS AT HOTEL, BUT ...

MBABANE – The news of emerging first prize winner in the TV Licence Pay and Win Competition has left Victor Mabaso with a bitter sweet feeling.

Mabaso, who is 71 years old won a two-night stay at The George Hotel and a cash prize of E1 000.
He is not sure whom he will go with to the hotel because his wife is bedridden.
This is the first draw of the competition which was conducted at the Times of Swaziland boardroom yesterday.
When asked how he felt about winning the prize, the elderly man said; “I am excited about winning and could jump through the roof.”

He said the prize was a challenge for him as a matured citizen who was nursing his bedridden wife.
Mabaso said it would be very difficult for him to sleep out two nights as he had the responsibility of looking after his wife who could not come along with him due to her condition.
Meanwhile,  Thulisile Sibiya (63), who won the 3rd prize, said she was surprised by winning in the competition.

Sibiya said she was thrilled by her winning as she desperately needed cash to pay her children’s school fees.
She said she was a first time winner and had never won any other competition. To qualify for the competition, you have to own a television set and should have paid up in full your TV licence for the periods of 2017 and 2018.
TV Licence Project Manager Modicai Donga said they were impressed by the entries. Donga said they were yet to verify if the participants complied with the competition requirements.

The first prize winner gets to spend two nights at The George Hotel and E1 000 cash, second prize is cash amounting to E1 500 and third prize is E1 000 cash.
According to Donga, consolation prize winners will get E500 cash. He said they had noted during the first draw of the competition was that some of the participants did not attach the receipts which led to a number of entries being disqualified.

Meanwhile, Times of Swaziland News Editor Cassandra Shaw said there were people who were interested in taking part in the competition in the regions and the good news was that they could drop off their entries at any Times of Swaziland offices around the country.

“We would like to further advise that the competition runs for a period of three months and has already started this January and will end in March. In each month we will be conducting two draws,” said Donga.     

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