"So Authentic": Miss SA Qhawekazi Gets Soaked on Spring Day at Alexandra Children's Library
- Miss SA Qhawekazi launched National Book Week at the Alexandra 3rd Avenue Children's Library on 1 September 2026
- She read a local cricket story to children in two languages, then played a live cricket game with them in the spirit of the book
- Spring Day caught her off guard as the children made sure she did not escape the water festivities
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Miss South Africa Qhawekazi showed up to the Alexandra 3rd Avenue Children's Library ready to promote literacy. She was also in for a soaking on Spring Day.
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The visit marked Day One of National Book Week, a campaign celebrating a love for reading and making literacy accessible and engaging for children across South Africa and the continent. Partnering with Literacy Roots, Qhawekazi chose to kick things off in Alexandra, one of Johannesburg's oldest townships.
The centrepiece of the visit was a reading session built around a local story which follows a young boy who discovers his talent for cricket by playing with three tins. Qhawekazi read the book in English, then repeated the story in a second language to make sure every child in the room could follow along and feel included.
After the reading, the children played a real game of cricket outside, living out the emotions of the character they had just heard about. Qhawekazi joined in, and by her own admission, got a little too invested in the game. She reflected on why moments like this matter:
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"That's exactly what reading does for a child. It unlocks the ability to dream, to learn, and to see themselves represented in a way they don't on a typical day."
The library's facilities impressed her, and the children were warm and engaged throughout. Then Spring Day arrived, and the tone shifted entirely. The children doused her with water, and she eventually surrendered. Watch the Spring Day surprise unfold at the Alexandra library:
Mzansi falls in love with Miss SA
South Africans in the comments on @qhawemazaleni's Instagram reel could not get enough of the moment:
@slenda_samamillion wrote:
"Mama they poured water on Miss South Africa, I'm telling you the truth😂❤️ you are such a ray of sunshine love!"
@homba_mazaleni said:
"Wow, this woman is genuinely so good at heart 😍😍"
@amaqamata called her:
"The people's princess 😍"
@khanyisamabece added:
"When you won Qhawe, we also won as a country. This is beautiful ❤️❤️❤️👏🏾🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦"
@thandabantu_ shared:
"The best Miss SA in our era 🥹♥️!! You are so authentic!!"
@qhamani_sonkononkono declared:
"Favourite Miss SA by faaaarrrrr!! 😍❤️🔥"
@motheomokobi added:
"You are so authentic! Definitely my fav Miss SA by far 😍"
Other Briefly News stories of Spring Day
- A video captured a taxi driver's furious chase after young pranksters drenched him with water during South Africa's Spring Day celebrations.
- Spring Day water celebration in a South African township amused Mzansi as a man attempted to navigate through a lively crowd.
- Chaotic Spring Day scenes in a Gauteng neighbourhood showed a massive water fight.
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