Wits SRC President has graced the cover of this month’s Destiny magazine
The cover came under a lot of criticism on social media as many people complained about the fact that Nompendulo was wearing an ANC head dress.
Nompendulo, or Ulo as she is more commonly known, rose to prominence as the Mbokodo leading the #FeesMustFall protests at the university.
The cover came under a lot of criticism on social media as many people complained about the fact that she was wearing an ANC head dress.
Destiny went to defend the cover by saying that Ndalo Media writes about issues that concern all South Africans.
I myself see no issue with her head dress, especially because I have never seen her without it.
Destiny has also featured DA leader Mmusi Maimane on the cover of Destiny Man.
I love this young lady. I admire her leadership especially in a world that lacks female political leaders.
Destiny magazine has took to Twitter sharing their reasons as to why they picked Nompendulo to feature on the cover:
Hi all, at Ndalo Media we write about issues that concern all South Africans across all political spectrums.
— DestinyConnect (@DestinyConnect) November 15, 2015This is why the Nov issue of @Destiny_Man had DA leader Mmusi Maimane.
— DestinyConnect (@DestinyConnect) November 15, 20153. In the Dec issue, we have Wits SRC leader Nompendulo Mkatshwa & we'll continue to feature all leaders regardless of political affiliation
— DestinyConnect (@DestinyConnect) November 15, 20154. Although Nompendulo is affiliated to the ANC, the story is about free education, misogyny & political change
— DestinyConnect (@DestinyConnect) November 15, 20155. The story also recognises she's a leader in a national student movement that involved people from various political parties
— DestinyConnect (@DestinyConnect) November 15, 20156. In terms of the ANC scarf, we did request she go with a more neutral one
— DestinyConnect (@DestinyConnect) November 15, 20157. But Nompendulo felt it was part of her image and how she had been captured throughout the #FeesMustFall protests – we agreed with that
— DestinyConnect (@DestinyConnect) November 15, 20158. As a publication, we recognise that we'll sometimes get agreement on our cover stars, and sometimes we won't.
— DestinyConnect (@DestinyConnect) November 15, 20159. But we'll always portray a wide spectrum of beliefs. We look forward to further engagement after you have read the article. Thanks.
— DestinyConnect (@DestinyConnect) November 15, 2015