Kabelo Tlhabanelo
What are the odds of winning more than one out of 10 competitions you enter? Not very high.
But Belinah Mathakhoe from Welkom in the Free State takes winning eight out of 10 competitions in her stride!
She’s been winning competitions since 1995, and she says there is no secret.
“I just have a Lady Luck who looks out for me,” she said.
The biggest prize she has ever won was R100,000 cash from Yambu Legal Services in March 2013 and a Kia Picanto from Cosmetic Connections in 2017.
She enters every competition with the smile of a winner who rarely goes a whole year without a win. The latest win was in February where she won R1,000 with Spar Squillos Juice and Walton Stationery.
Belinah, who lives with her husband, Sechaba, and their three boys, Lerotholi, Naledi and Prince, said that she suffered during lockdown.
“Most magazines and newspapers were not available and I couldn’t play,” she said.
“I enjoy entering competitions at stores and I have been winning a lot.”
Belinah insists she has no secret.
“I’m just lucky. I always win.”
Belinah has won a wish competition with Spar and she chose to have 40 pairs of school shoes that she donated to her school.
“I’m from a rural area and I chose to give the shoes to pupils of Tsholo High School in Phahameng, Phuthaditjhaba,” she said.
“Entering competitions is in my blood. I love doing it.”
