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Businesswoman Ayanda Ncwane received an award that recognises her work in the industry over the past 10 years.
The Global African Awards awarded Ncwane for Outstanding Contribution to Entertainment and the Music Industry and the former Real Housewives of Durban (RHOD) star said the recognition was humbling.
She wrote on Instagram: “The past decade was incredibly significant for me in business. Mine was to work hard and harder than the other day, not knowing someone is watching all that hard work, excellence, passion and dedication.
“The business side of music is very male-dominated and when I was told I wasn’t going to make [it] because it’s hardcore and brutal for females, especially blacks, that statement fuelled me and years later, our independent record label became [the] best-selling company for four consecutive years.
“All the hard work I was doing was a driving force of our company, producing outstanding results and breaking records that ’til this day have not been broken. That evidence changed how I was perceived from just as ‘Sfiso’s wife’ to ‘Madam Ayanda’ who deserves the respect because she had earned it!
Ncwane is the CEO of Ncwane Communications, which represents multiple gospel artists. She’s also the president of Africa Gospel Awards.