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She made laugh as we spoke about the Covai-19, and I shared my story, and in her true fashion, she flipped the narrative and made me see things from a positive perspective. I understand where they were coming from, but I was definitely not ready to listen to them.
I just took the car keys one day and attempted to drive and unfortunately I crashed.
Her zest for life speaks for itself, she walks the unimaginable paths but takes so many with her, for me, that is beyond any person who can afford a designer outfit. She is a remarkable woman who, according to doctors, scientists or whoever judged her, should never have succeeded, achieved and accomplished the things she already has in her life. It was not easy for me, I run out of breath a couple of times, it was also very cold up there but I was determined to get to the top and just take a picture and return back home.’
As if this was the newest thing she had done, Masunga just completed a 21km marathon run to the amazement of everyone.
Against all odds, she passed matric (after failing twice because her handwriting was so poor), got her driver’s licence after eight years of trying, started her own TV show and, in June 2018, summited Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak.
Flow was proud to host Masunga in our Johannesburg office recently and to hear her story.
“I have done things the way they were never meant to be done,” she told Flowstars, explaining how she had been born with cerebral palsy, a coordination disability, after being breached at birth and not receiving enough oxygen.
Born to loving parents in Limpopo, Masunga went to a “normal” primary school (though she disputes the term “normal”, explaining it is contextual, according to your circumstances), but failed Sub B (Grade 2) after struggling to write legibly.
She provoked laughter by saying that, after she went to a “special” school for high school, she was made to use a typewriter because her handwriting was so poor.
Honestly, I was not impressed. Oh, and that every one of us is a celebrity!” – Edwina van der Burg, content team manager
“After listening to Masingita speak about her life, I realised: the world doesn’t owe any of us anything – but we ALL have a lot to give to the world. My three passions in life are womxn, Africa, and the arts and in this blog, I to salute another mighty warrior, Masingita Masunga.
I met Masingita, in around 2002/2003 when I was still on Generations.
“I started a beauty pageant called Miss Confidence SA – a beauty pageant for women with physical disabilities.”
She also started a TV show on DStv called Masingita With Confidence, and delivered a five-minute TED Talk in 2016 titled “Defying cerebral palsy, every single day”.
She encouraged people to be the best they could be, no matter their circumstances.
She is the founder of MISS CONFIDENCE SA in 1999, the first beauty pageant for women with physical disabilities. “Now I was ‘special’ in a ‘special school’.” She said she refused to use the typewriter because it tied her to a desk, near a plug, and she didn’t want to be physically confined.
After failing matric twice, she went to the premier’s office in Limpopo and refused to leave until a senior education official had come to meet with her.
Masingita is one of those lights that do not need to exert themselves; their aura represents who they are when they enter the door.
Over the years, Masingita has become a household name through her TV show “Masingita With Confidence”. The key things that resonated were when she discussed the notion of what constitutes ‘normal’ – that really made me pause and think.
Powerful stuff.” – Christina Kennedy, writer
“I think Masingita’s story is a remarkable one, which she told with humour and passion. It takes four days to summit the mountain and two days to return. The show, narrated in English, Xitsonga, Tshivenda Sesotho and IsiZuluin. Also, about disabled people feeling confined and how, all her life, she has had to break out of confinements.
Something no one thought she could every do.
‘I started training. “One of those initiatives was to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and I was able to do it.
She is currently the Managing Director of MASINGITA MASUNGA Media, a company whose business model focuses on several distinct but complementary businesses, operating in television production, exhibitions-conferencing and publishing, thus creating a synergistic business group. “Masingita with confidence show” is a 30 minutes talk production that flights on Soweto TV on the DSTV cable network weekly.
Also, that disability is how you view and how you respond to the world.” – Tondani Luvhengo, business development executive
“Jaribu (this should perhaps be the name of her website. She is an established motivational and inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, producer, TV director, and philanthropist.
I respect her outlook on life and how we handle our circumstances.