One lucky reader stands a chance to win a book hamper, including signed copy of Bassie: My Journey of Hope by Basetsana Kumalo, courtesy of Penguin Random House!

The hamper includes products from Lux worth R1000.

Bassie: My Journey of Hope is an intimate, candid and inspiring account of a remarkable life. The book includes never-before-seen photographs that take the reader on a beautiful visual journey
through Kumalo’s family history. It also covers the secrets of her business success, how she maintains a healthy work/life balance, and her approach to motherhood and marriage.

 

 

To stand a chance of winning a copy, fill in the form below, and answer the simple question: What year did Basetsana Kumalo win Miss South Africa?

 

• Not loading? Click here

~~~

About the book

Basetsana Kumalo shot to fame as Miss South Africa in 1994 and soon became the face of South Africa’s new democracy. As the first black presenter of the glamorous lifestyle TV show Top Billing, she travelled the world and interviewed legends like Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jackson and Luther Vandross. After a successful career in front of the camera, Bassie’s drive and ambition took her into the world of business and entrepreneurship. The street savvy that her entrepreneurial mother bestowed on her as a child stood her in good stead as she built a media empire.

In Bassie: My Journey of Hope, Bassie recounts her life journey, including her relationships with mentors like Nelson Mandela. She also shares the secrets of her success and all the lessons she’s learnt along the way. She opens up about the pressures of her high-profile marriage to Romeo Kumalo and their heartbreaking struggle to have a family. She talks honestly about motherhood and maintaining a healthy work/life balance, and unpacks how she pays it forward through mentoring young people she has met along the way.

Bassie also describes the legal battles she has had to wage in order to protect her name and her brand over the years. She gives a chilling account of the stalker who has harassed her for decades, and the spurious ‘sex-tape’ allegation that rocked her family and almost destroyed her career.

Bassie’s enthusiasm, humour and hope infuses every page of her memoir, making it an intimate, inspiring and entertaining account of a remarkable life.

Terms and conditions
The competition closes 5 pm 31 October 2019.
The prize can only be delivered within South Africa.
By entering this competition the participant agrees to the terms and conditions. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
The prize may not be exchanged for cash.
The winner will be contacted via email.
The winner may be required to participate in publicity.
Employees or agencies of The Reading List and Penguin Random House South Africa or their family members, or anyone else connected with the Prize Draw, may not enter the competition.
The Reading List and Penguin Random House South Africa accept no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by you as a result of entering the Prize Draw or accepting the prize. The Reading List and Penguin Random House South Africa further disclaim liability for any injury or damage to your or any other person relating to or resulting from participation in connection with the Prize Draw.
The Reading List and Penguin Random House South Africa shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations where the failure is caused by something outside its reasonable control.

Categories Non-fiction South Africa

Tags Basetsana Kumalo Bassie: My Journey of Hope Biography Competitions Memoir Penguin Random House SA Win