Letoya Makhene Celebrates Grandmother Turning 102 Years Old: “You Are a Queen”

Letoya Makhene Celebrates Grandmother Turning 102 Years Old: “You Are a Queen”

  • Actress and singer Letoya Makene celebrated her gogo's birthday recently despite all the controversy surrounding her
  • The talented lady shared a moving post on social media appreciating her granny for being a mbokodo in their homestead
  • Social media users shared how blessed the singer was and joined in wishing the grandma a happy birthday
Mzansi people joined singer Letoya in wishing her grandmother a happy birthday
Letoya Makhene penned a sweet birthday for her grandmother. Image: @letoyamakhenep
Source: Instagram

Former Generations: The Legacy actor Letoya warmed the hearts of many social media users after sharing a sweet post to celebrate her granny on her 102nd birthday.

The singer recently announced her return to music, held a cute celebration at home with loved ones for gogo and got her a massive cake. The post was shared on her Instagram page under the user handle @letoyamakhenep.

The birthday girl celebrates her birthday in style

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Letoya shared two video posts to celebrate her granny. She captioned the first one:

"My beautiful Lily flower is 102 today 🥰🥹😇🙏🏽. From being my rock up to this day to being my mother and my best adviser ever! I know how truly blessed we are to have you, Ouma Lily ❤️. You are a queen. A true matriarch of this family. You’ve led with grace and you have loved us fiercely and well 🫶🏽🤍🥹"

Watch the videos below:

She followed with a second video:

Mzansi peeps, Granny's birthday wishes

The post attracted many comments from social media users who joined the Qinisela hitmaker in wishing the young-looking great-grandmother a happy birthday.

User @lindiwepantshwa said:

"Highly favoured. She is soo beautiful and very strong. You are very lucky. Strong genes. ❤️❤️🙌🙌👏👏"

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User @thembanichamane complimented:

"Wow, she still looks 70s🔥👏🙌❤️Happy birthday, Gogo Lily🔥🙌❤️"

User @matlalatebogo noted:

"What a blessing 🙌🙌 🌹🌹💐💐💐God continue to bless her and become stronger she looks younger than her age 😍"

User @fortune.project posed a lot of questions:

"I find it hard to believe. Are you sure she is not maybe 82? Are you sure Home Affairs didn’t make a mistake on her ID book? Are you trying to tell us she had your father at 33? Is your father a firstborn?"

User @mbali_enhle2022 added:

"Lucky girl, what a blessing 🙏 she looks amazing 😍"

Letoya Makene returns to music again

In another Briefly News article, amid her divorce saga, Letoya Makhene announced her return to the music scene after taking a break for a few years.

The singer spoke with Briefly News, sharing that her return was about re-discovering herself holistically and bonding with herself.

Source: Briefly News

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Bongiwe Mati (Editor) Bongiwe Mati is an experienced reporter currently working under the Human Interest desk at Briefly News since (Aug 2024). Prior to joining the Briefly team, she worked for a campus newspaper at the University of the Western Cape (2005) before joining the Marketing and Sales department at Leadership Magazine, Cape Media (2007-2009). She later joined BONA magazine as an Editorial Assistant (2023-2024), writing for digital and print magazines under current news, entertainment, and human interest categories. She can be reached at bongiwe.mati@briefly.co.za